Comments on: Carmarthen – a lesson for Newcastle Emlyn? http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/carmarthen-%e2%80%93-a-lesson-for-newcastle-emlyn Heart of the Teifi Valley / Calon Dyffryn Teifi Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Unett http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/carmarthen-%e2%80%93-a-lesson-for-newcastle-emlyn/comment-page-1#comment-355 Andy Unett Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:37:17 +0000 http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/?p=636#comment-355 I'm glad that we can find something to agree on Richard. But unlike you I think the only way that we may get the Cawdor 'eyesore' site developed imaginatively is with the unfortunate concession to a 'Megabucks plc' funded project, as you so aptly put it; the Council surely won't do anything. I just think that rather than kicking our heels against the inevitable, we need to embrace it by using their money to our own ends. And incidentally as somebody who was raised in Coventry and whose late parents lived through the blitz of that city during World War Two, I am more than familiar with the sad results of that campaign. I still don't see the validity to this side of your argument quite frankly. I’m glad that we can find something to agree on Richard. But unlike you I think the only way that we may get the Cawdor ‘eyesore’ site developed imaginatively is with the unfortunate concession to a ‘Megabucks plc’ funded project, as you so aptly put it; the Council surely won’t do anything. I just think that rather than kicking our heels against the inevitable, we need to embrace it by using their money to our own ends.

And incidentally as somebody who was raised in Coventry and whose late parents lived through the blitz of that city during World War Two, I am more than familiar with the sad results of that campaign. I still don’t see the validity to this side of your argument quite frankly.

]]> By: Richard Vale http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/carmarthen-%e2%80%93-a-lesson-for-newcastle-emlyn/comment-page-1#comment-354 Richard Vale Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:59:27 +0000 http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/?p=636#comment-354 I don't think the demise of the small shops in Carmarthen has much to do with the recession, but rather more to do with greed and wilful destruction of the oldest town in Wales. Think about Newcastle Emlyn for a moment and how all the shops are currently occupied, and then ask yourself why that might be. Very possibly because our town hasn't yet outsourced its economy. And I couldn't agree with you more - the Cawdor site is an eyesore. Like most people, I would like to see an imaginative development which would benefit the town and its people rather than some Megabucks plc. By the way, the Luftwaffe bombed Swansea and Cardiff along with a string of cities in England, events which may well be 'bizarre and obscure' to people like Katie Price, but surely not to the majority of people over the age of 16. I don’t think the demise of the small shops in Carmarthen has much to do with the recession, but rather more to do with greed and wilful destruction of the oldest town in Wales. Think about Newcastle Emlyn for a moment and how all the shops are currently occupied, and then ask yourself why that might be. Very possibly because our town hasn’t yet outsourced its economy.

And I couldn’t agree with you more – the Cawdor site is an eyesore. Like most people, I would like to see an imaginative development which would benefit the town and its people rather than some Megabucks plc.

By the way, the Luftwaffe bombed Swansea and Cardiff along with a string of cities in England, events which may well be ‘bizarre and obscure’ to people like Katie Price, but surely not to the majority of people over the age of 16.

]]> By: Andy Unett http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/carmarthen-%e2%80%93-a-lesson-for-newcastle-emlyn/comment-page-1#comment-353 Andy Unett Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:26:29 +0000 http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/?p=636#comment-353 Tut tut Mr Vale! Once again a sideways swipe at market progress, coupled with an argument hinged on the all too unfortunate nationwide effects of one of the biggest economic recessions in history, and an obscure and bizarre reference to a war 70 years ago! Surely you can conjure up a more constructive criticism than that? On a similar note, I parked in the Cawdor car park with a work colleague this week, and we both walked into NCE. Both of us commented on what an eyesore and a let down to the town this area has become. I would once again humbly suggest that what we should all be working towards is how this site can be developed, and that if it can only be done with the help of a large-scheme developer, be it supermarket or property, we should actively encourage that, and not constantly harp on about the negative points. Tut tut Mr Vale! Once again a sideways swipe at market progress, coupled with an argument hinged on the all too unfortunate nationwide effects of one of the biggest economic recessions in history, and an obscure and bizarre reference to a war 70 years ago! Surely you can conjure up a more constructive criticism than that?

On a similar note, I parked in the Cawdor car park with a work colleague this week, and we both walked into NCE. Both of us commented on what an eyesore and a let down to the town this area has become. I would once again humbly suggest that what we should all be working towards is how this site can be developed, and that if it can only be done with the help of a large-scheme developer, be it supermarket or property, we should actively encourage that, and not constantly harp on about the negative points.

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