Dear Friends,
Just a quick note to let you
know I have got the web page up and it can be found here
It is a complex subject but I have tried to make
it as clear as possible. For those of you who want a quick overview I have three
sections at the top, followed by a link to the page with the illustrations
on.
For those who really want to get their heads round it as much as
possible I have further information below that, if you can bear to read it
:-)
What I don't mention, except in passing, is my concern as to how this
will affect Folk Week and thus the economy of the town. Having started off
coming here as a Folkie in 1975 I am well aware of what makes the town so
attractive to the festival. I don't think that it would be easy to fit the Ham
marquee on the area of grass which will remain. We are certainly losing out on
the opportunity to provide space for the festival to expand.
Although I
am a designer by trade I am by no means an artist, even my graphics skill leave
a lot to be desired. So I apologise for the poor quality of the images I
present. I have done my best to get the scale right and if I have erred then it
reflects badly on the Councils who couldn't be bothered to give us full
information so that I didn't need to try to do this.
I have received an
email from Mike Osborne, author of the book about Drill Halls in the UK, saying
he has filled in the EDDC survey ... stressing how important it was that these
buildings are not lost but re-used.
On the subject of the survey, it has
been pointed out to me that this survey is being run entirely in house by EDDC.
I knew this because it says so on the survey page, but I hadn't considered the
fact that that means the results will only be released at EDDC's whim. Perhaps
now is the time for us to consider running a parallel survey or a petition? Let
me know your thoughts.
I have also heard from Paul Turner of Turner
Architects who won the Re-imagining Port Royal competition last year. If I
remember correctly the competition required that the proposed development was
realistic, ie funding from outside Sidmouth could be identified. Perhaps Paul
will give me an article I can put online?
To the many of you who wrote
with encouraging words, thank you. I have had no time to reply yet but I promise
I will do.
kind regards, Mary |
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