tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post3437732840000282286..comments2023-12-21T00:14:07.455+00:00Comments on <center>EASTCLIFF RICHARD</center>: Turner Contemporary - An ApologyRichard Eastcliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10514972891192411470noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-9876912466957041302011-02-20T00:15:33.086+00:002011-02-20T00:15:33.086+00:00Margate now to be renamed Ugly Margate.Margate now to be renamed Ugly Margate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-50580641866939184502010-09-26T13:17:14.130+01:002010-09-26T13:17:14.130+01:00TBH I think Margate has become a sad state of affa...TBH I think Margate has become a sad state of affairs..I used to love going there as a teenager, since then the town has been sinking faster than the titanic.<br />Landloards who boarder on the criminal, huge migration (not just foreign hey northern authorities were offering free train tickets to their unwanted to settle in Margate). KCC ignored this for years...........and what do they come up with THE TURNER...don't know whether to laugh or cry TBH<br /><br />JJ<br /><br />http://kentandmedwayforum.com/phpbb/JJ70http://kentandmedwayforum.com/phpbb/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-2505754446750260962010-03-01T11:57:23.367+00:002010-03-01T11:57:23.367+00:00You really must see someone about your obsession w...You really must see someone about your obsession with purple headed penises, 5:37pm. As everyone knows, the Official Thanet Flag represents the North Foreland lighthouse nestling among the grassy tussocks of Joss Bay.<br /><br />If you don't get help soon, you'll be saying St Paul's is a huge breast, and that Nelson's Column is a 150ft todger.<br /><br />I can recommend a good psychiatrist if you want.Richard Eastcliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514972891192411470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-74701911512666583482010-02-28T22:54:21.586+00:002010-02-28T22:54:21.586+00:00I'm all for it, it will be a good thing for so...I'm all for it, it will be a good thing for some, not all but some, just like a ice rink or a revamped Dreamland will be good for some not all, but re Turner Contemporary if you don't like it don't go, i don't have a family but i pay for sure start, i don't take heroin but my tax fights the drug trade in Pakistan, i don't go to the opera but my tax pays for the royal opera house, i don't like illegal foreign wars but i pay for them as well. So good luck with your campaign 6.48.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-47567443652046222302010-02-28T20:07:52.552+00:002010-02-28T20:07:52.552+00:00Personally I am happy to pay for anything that has...Personally I am happy to pay for anything that has the potential to bring visitors to Margate. Paying Thanet scumbags to lie on their backs while some of us work for a living is what narks me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-84928326365933602592010-02-28T18:48:34.700+00:002010-02-28T18:48:34.700+00:00"If KCC had consulted me, I would have said y..."If KCC had consulted me, I would have said yes please."<br /><br />And that is perfectly alright with me as long as you agree to pay for it too. What has gone wrong here is that the local electorate has been dumped with a massive bill when most of them would never have agreed to go give the project the go-ahead if this had been made public at the outset. I really think that we need a campaign to withold this portion of our Council taxes. The duplicitous scum, who decided to go ahead with this project without being honest about the costs, should pay for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-61725214789104138022010-02-28T18:00:02.101+00:002010-02-28T18:00:02.101+00:00Speaking as someone whose contribution to Thanet a...Speaking as someone whose contribution to Thanet art is immeasurable, I think even ECR's flag is a better idea than Turner Contemporary.Peter Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283534498743254609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-16029048396568012802010-02-28T17:37:25.462+00:002010-02-28T17:37:25.462+00:00Yeah but nobody is going to listen to a country bu...Yeah but nobody is going to listen to a country bumpkin hick like you whose sole contribution is a purple headed penis as the flag for the home country. No wonder the stiffs in the council offices thing people like you are ****holes. Point proved in my view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-51602185558180509682010-02-28T14:06:25.140+00:002010-02-28T14:06:25.140+00:00Er.. s'cuse me. I'm a local and I am engag...Er.. s'cuse me. I'm a local and I am engaged with it.<br />I KCC had consulted me, I would have said yes please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-69278416421075049872010-02-26T18:27:54.355+00:002010-02-26T18:27:54.355+00:00I don't get how or why it's costing £17mil...I don't get how or why it's costing £17million to build (before the over-run) The building itself is about the size of 24 flats. They're using cheap construction techniques and, being an art gallery, you don't need yards of wiring or plumbing when you come to fitting it out. I can't help wondering if we're being ripped off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-113967486660162752010-02-26T18:06:09.598+00:002010-02-26T18:06:09.598+00:00"Thats the KCC way for everything.
The peopl..."Thats the KCC way for everything.<br /><br />The people of Kent are too stupid to understand anything so lets not consult ,but just hand down from on high."<br /><br />Not just the KCC way. Didn't we find out last week that senior officers in TDC are of the opinion that all local people are *rs*h*l*s? When will the elected Councillors hold these arrogant pr*cks to account?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-58128000151709025502010-02-26T15:49:51.159+00:002010-02-26T15:49:51.159+00:00Great White Hope or Great White Elephant? I'm ...Great White Hope or Great White Elephant? I'm packing my trunk.A scepticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-10671797690965040952010-02-26T13:24:07.500+00:002010-02-26T13:24:07.500+00:00I see in today's Gazette that even respected a...I see in today's Gazette that even respected artist & arts organizer (& former supporter of The Turner Centre) thinks it's a bad idea.<br /><br />As for investing in Margate, if I had money to invest in a shop in Thanet then it would have to be in Birchington - the only town (or village) in the area that's still thriving.Peter Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283534498743254609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-52888902722635850012010-02-26T12:21:47.452+00:002010-02-26T12:21:47.452+00:00Thats the KCC way for everything.
The people of K...Thats the KCC way for everything.<br /><br />The people of Kent are too stupid to understand anything so lets not consult ,but just hand down from on high.<br />A classic example is the roadworks on Broadstairs high street . KCC have descended fucked it up and most businesses are barely hanging on and do not need the added problem of making it a no go area for shoppers.<br /><br />Some of the alleged improvements they made last year such as road narrowing on Albion Street they have already removed as they were a complete waste of time and money.<br /><br />By the time they have finished traffic will be as bad as they have not addressed the main issue of at least part pedestrianisation but only half the amount of shops will still be open.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-79014284393752382252010-02-26T11:50:46.373+00:002010-02-26T11:50:46.373+00:00The reason people would prefer an ice rink or a sw...The reason people would prefer an ice rink or a swimming pool is because they can see the benefit. Nobody can see the benefit of the Turner. It has been imposed from the top down and has singularly failed to engage with the locals. That's why their sceptical.Anna Soulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-48556423846206709802010-02-26T11:49:59.009+00:002010-02-26T11:49:59.009+00:00There will be plenty of visitors to the Turner. KC...There will be plenty of visitors to the Turner. KCC will order all of its schools to book Kent Top Travel coaches and get down to Margate. So if you have a spare van, convert it to a burger one or an 99 icecream one and you can make a killing. Dont leave it to all those van folk that decend from outside Thanet whenever there is something on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-7723926722939116982010-02-26T11:49:05.958+00:002010-02-26T11:49:05.958+00:00"when i grow up I want to be the tate""when i grow up I want to be the tate"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-17538716931540122732010-02-26T11:46:30.262+00:002010-02-26T11:46:30.262+00:00i think fart-arseing around "challenging idea...i think fart-arseing around "challenging ideas about culture and their rather shabby seaside town" is a luxury businesses in Margate and thanet in general cannot afford.<br /><br />Time, energy and money ploughed into turner over a decade could have been much better spent improving what was there. Margate as a brand has been sullied forever over this period. People are going to know of it as a shithole, and their perceptions will be confirmed when people come to visit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-53723870145089460042010-02-26T11:45:45.757+00:002010-02-26T11:45:45.757+00:00Good to see you making as much sense as ever there...Good to see you making as much sense as ever there, Don. *sighs*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-13659859303189323212010-02-26T11:37:03.868+00:002010-02-26T11:37:03.868+00:00stupid ice rink ehhhhh ECR entombed in sand. The p...stupid ice rink ehhhhh ECR entombed in sand. The possibilities are endless. I tend to agree with Roger and say Margate Old Town aint a bad place to be setting up business. But then I aint against the Turner Centre or Margate. I quoted a remark on Thanet Strife earlier written about Margate ;-VICTORIA POMERY<br /><br />Selling culture to Margate<br /><br />The planned centre for the visual arts in Margate is challenging local residents’ ideas about both culture and their rather shabby seaside town. <br /><br />Well Richard your are OK over in the Millionaire's playground but not all of us in Margate are going to stick our head in the sand and hark back to the "GOOD OLD DAYS" WHEN PEOPLE WENT DARN TA MARGIT as you say he chas and dave days . I remember them fondly but lets look to the futureDon Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099505939055955603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-73034382518951850542010-02-26T11:21:42.051+00:002010-02-26T11:21:42.051+00:00Er, OK. That's an idea. Any takers?Er, OK. That's an idea. Any takers?Richard Eastcliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514972891192411470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20691138.post-64961572170197038022010-02-26T11:15:47.014+00:002010-02-26T11:15:47.014+00:00Why don't you call your new exhibition "L...Why don't you call your new exhibition "Let's Have a Stupid Ice Rink instead" ?<br />That should get the support of the locals.<br />Or how about "Chuck the Arts Council and Euro Money Away and Get Nowt" ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com