On 13 Sep 2008 at 9:09pm Old Git. wrote:
Lewes Is Boring! Its full of small minded smug people with inane grins, that whistle and sing "Oh isn't Lewes lovely". They stick to their poor cliches. Is there no original thought here? Bills, DFL, I Luv such an such.. Have I logged onto the Blue Peter Forum... no maybe its John Cravens Newsround.. Lewes is as crap as most small minded towns, it just has a few more pot toting misfits than average.. I could go on.. but the dog said not too.
On 13 Sep 2008 at 9:27pm MC wrote:
You need to grow up Old Git.
On 14 Sep 2008 at 5:32am Lewestrousers wrote:
unfortunately he may be right
On 14 Sep 2008 at 8:57am Lewesianne wrote:
Old Git, you wouldn't have round it boring in the Chat Room last night!!!!!
On 14 Sep 2008 at 10:31am Old Git. wrote:
Thanks Lewesianne there is hope then? Maybe I was having one of me old git turns. MC..You should dress your age, an if you have something to say, say it!
On 15 Sep 2008 at 9:23am Wicka Basket wrote:
as a newbie poster I must say I disagree - what about the Boxing Day Hunt - there's a radical breach of National law - at least Lewes has got loads to talk about - thank god its not like Crawley or Milton Keynes - Bonfire, NCP, Druids, currency, floods,, architecture, sensitive local council, hilarious local shops, a prison, a Priory, a castle - not much 60's concrete
On 15 Sep 2008 at 10:47am Old Git. wrote:
OK Wicka Basket you have a point. Lewes isn't soo bad.
I was in grumpy old git mode when I started this. But you did forget to mention the ridiculous, hilarious people that wear their Bonfire garb all year round. Do they wonder about in father christmas costumes on their days off?
On 18 Sep 2008 at 11:26pm Jester Thomson wrote:
we have 60's concrete too...example - East Sussex County Hall!.....lovely!
On 18 Sep 2008 at 11:40pm Wicka Basket wrote:
rue - it is only one nasty bit though, the rest of the town in that area is lovely blends of architecture around the castle
On 19 Sep 2008 at 12:16am mullermouse wrote:
And the Sussex Express building,and the telecom building!
On 19 Sep 2008 at 12:20am Jester Thomson wrote:
The council building seems to stare at you from every point outside Lewes though....a walk along the river to Newhaven can be spoilt by simply looking back towards Lewes.....it's like the castle was the symbol of power years ago but the council are the bosses now!
On 19 Sep 2008 at 9:32am Ben wrote:
The castle isn't by any stretch of the imagination a pretty structure, but it's regarded as valuable because it's old. Brutalist architecture of the '60s and '70s is unfashionable and misunderstood at the moment, but future generations will thank us for not demolishing it all, just as we are thankful to past generations for not demolishing all Victorian buildings, which were just as unfashionable and vilified earlier this century.
On 19 Sep 2008 at 1:00pm mullermouse wrote:
I disagree.There is history,memories and our heritage associated with the old buildings,not forgetting they are all normally much more pleasing to the eye.The 60's and 70's will be remembered as a bad time for such architechture as County Hall etc. Did you prefer the old Churchill Square in Brighton?
On 19 Sep 2008 at 1:28pm Ben wrote:
All I'm saying is that fashions change. County Hall isn't a bad building in itself, it's just that its style is out of fashion.
On 19 Sep 2008 at 6:35pm Jester Thomson wrote:
good buildings do tend to be structurally sound - county hall is falling apart and will probably close next year to move to Polegate (but you didn't hear it from me!).....