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Bentley Wildfowl Trust insolvent?
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On 21 Oct 2018 at 9:15pm MG wrote:
I was told this evening that Bentley Wildfowl Trust is closing, insolvent with £300K debts.
Is this true?
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On 21 Oct 2018 at 9:35pm Goose and duck wrote:
duck'd if I know
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On 21 Oct 2018 at 9:50pm Archie wrote:
Such a genuine shame. Find a Tory and thank them.
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On 21 Oct 2018 at 10:30pm Old Bert wrote:
That's a heck of a lot of debt. What they been up to ?
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 12:03am Tom Pain wrote:
£.300,000?....Can you buy a house for that in Lewes? It sounds a lot of money to me but ,in the world of business, it's pocket change.
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 4:20am @Mr Pain wrote:
It's not exactly a BIG business is it ! Surprised they managed to get that much credit in this day and age. Unless they've got themselves too many flash motors !
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 9:08am Cup of orange wrote:
It is a shame, but the only real attraction there is the railway, (if it’s still going) the high ropes and wood fair. Went there a lot when kids where young, and it was ok, just expensive for what it was. Enjoyed the woods and trains more then the cars and wildfowl park. Has such potential.
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 9:27am remembering wrote:
Didn't this happen once before and it was saved? Quite some time ago. My memory's vague but I thought it couldn't be sold because it was left in some kind of trust for the public. I seem to recall either LDC or ESCC being involved. Does anyone have a better memory than me? I think it may have been talked about on the Forum. Just feel uneasy since since LDC appears to e riding rough shod over the caveats enshrined in the Downs school and estate gift to Seaford. A commercial shop hardly fits with recreational activity? Housing at the Bentley could be tempting? Land grabs are all the go.
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 9:38am Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:
I have a vague recollection that ESCC were among the trustees, when it was "rescued" before.
That was a long time ago though.
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 10:12am Fowl wrote:
ESCC ran Bentley for a number of years but rising running costs forced them to sell it back to the Askew family.
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 10:22am Dexter wrote:
Here's the Telegraph's spin on it from 2005
Clickety.....

Check it out here »
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 11:27am Accounts are askew, are wrote:
they not ?
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 4:19pm Rod wrote:
No loss, terrible set up with terrible food.
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On 22 Oct 2018 at 4:37pm Knee wrote:
Yeah, I've had better grub from the van parked @ Nelson Mandela Tower.


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