Armley

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 10:19 pm

Started this thread as it wasn't the right place on the lost pubs thread!! Quote: The Regeneration consists of Tarting up Properties on Branch RdWhich I would have thought were private.About 8 or 9 months ago in the LCC vacancies there were over 20 jobs advertised(lowest salary approx £30.000) for staff who would be set on purely for this Scheme and would be kept on when it was finished.A nice chunk of the Money allocated.As I have already stated There are NO parking facilities NO decent shops NO Shoe shop NO proper Bakery No Butchers (unless you walk up to Skeltons) After six o'clock it's like a ghost town(everything shuttered)only Druggies, drunks and foreigners hanging about .It was never like it is now even the two CCTV's don't put villains or drunks off because they are sighted wrongly.As for Xmas a couple of Hundred £'s worth of Decorations,and shops full of TAT.Like I said Too Little Too LateA lost cause if you ask me,but don't worry if they need more money they can always shut another Day Centre (there one on Chapel Lane)100 yards from Town Street. 1. As someone who is on very good terms with the Project manager in charge of regen, Steve Crocker, the fact you claim that there was over 20 vacancies is rubbish!! The main team was and is in place! FACT. The extra vacancies were for low paid part time helpers to aid the consultation meetings!!!!2. The two camera's, you claim point in the wrong direction are actually free moving and rotate by the command of the CCTV comman centre in the centre of Leeds! 3. What are you comparing ATS to? Just EXACTLY the same for Bramley, Seacroft, Chapeltown, in fact all such areas have been in rapid decline. Would you feel totally 100% confident walking round harehills late at night as well??? 4. Chapel lane day centre, been, partley replaced by Castleton Day centre. Much more modern, much better facilities, but hey, lets not stop the facts get in the way of a [edited for content] argument.I see the experts on Armley are creeping from the woodwork. Yes, shiney new pavements, be a damn site better than the pothole ridden, tarmac strewn mess it was previously!! It's a small start! What about the multi million pound medical centre, the ultra modern state of the art leisure centre?? Swallow hill community college. Still, to a lot of you Armely has been allowed to fester so it must be full of drunken smack heads and not one single decent person eh and not worth a single penny of funds that a lot of you take for granted!!!!!!! Had any of you, who may live in or around the area know, had you bothered to get off your conceited arses, there is still to be multi milion pound building work to be carried out on the site of the old maisonettes. YES, the shiny billboard advertising the regen is actually funded by the two similar boards, bringing in far more than it costs to fund the regen ad. The vast majority of people who live in the area are decent hardworking folk, who are in gainfull employment. Still, it's armley, so the majority of us must be smackrats and wasters, eh? We have so little spent on the area it's about time it was brought up to a decent standard of living that the maj of you take for granted. The old chapel that is Mike carpets is being reg!! Aye, parking is [edited for content], but that is to be changed. A lot of what you see now is to dissapear and be regenerated into a very nice decent area. I for one relish the change that is taking place and will be glad to see the new area take shape. Hundreds of houses are now being fitted with Gas central heating. Just cos the change isn't a massive big redevelopment that replaces everything in one go, it must be a waste of time.Apart from Headingly and, to some extent, Harrogate Rd area, what other area of Leeds is NOT a ghost twon after working hours?

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 11:19 pm

simonm wrote: Started this thread as it wasn't the right place on the lost pubs thread!! Quote: The Regeneration consists of Tarting up Properties on Branch RdWhich I would have thought were private.About 8 or 9 months ago in the LCC vacancies there were over 20 jobs advertised(lowest salary approx £30.000) for staff who would be set on purely for this Scheme and would be kept on when it was finished.A nice chunk of the Money allocated.As I have already stated There are NO parking facilities NO decent shops NO Shoe shop NO proper Bakery No Butchers (unless you walk up to Skeltons) After six o'clock it's like a ghost town(everything shuttered)only Druggies, drunks and foreigners hanging about .It was never like it is now even the two CCTV's don't put villains or drunks off because they are sighted wrongly.As for Xmas a couple of Hundred £'s worth of Decorations,and shops full of TAT.Like I said Too Little Too LateA lost cause if you ask me,but don't worry if they need more money they can always shut another Day Centre (there one on Chapel Lane)100 yards from Town Street. 1. As someone who is on very good terms with the Project manager in charge of regen, Steve Crocker, the fact you claim that there was over 20 vacancies is rubbish!! The main team was and is in place! FACT. The extra vacancies were for low paid part time helpers to aid the consultation meetings!!!!2. The two camera's, you claim point in the wrong direction are actually free moving and rotate by the command of the CCTV comman centre in the centre of Leeds! 3. What are you comparing ATS to? Just EXACTLY the same for Bramley, Seacroft, Chapeltown, in fact all such areas have been in rapid decline. Would you feel totally 100% confident walking round harehills late at night as well??? 4. Chapel lane day centre, been, partley replaced by Castleton Day centre. Much more modern, much better facilities, but hey, lets not stop the facts get in the way of a [edited for content] argument.I see the experts on Armley are creeping from the woodwork. Yes, shiney new pavements, be a damn site better than the pothole ridden, tarmac strewn mess it was previously!! It's a small start! What about the multi million pound medical centre, the ultra modern state of the art leisure centre?? Swallow hill community college. Still, to a lot of you Armely has been allowed to fester so it must be full of drunken smack heads and not one single decent person eh and not worth a single penny of funds that a lot of you take for granted!!!!!!! Had any of you, who may live in or around the area know, had you bothered to get off your conceited arses, there is still to be multi milion pound building work to be carried out on the site of the old maisonettes. YES, the shiny billboard advertising the regen is actually funded by the two similar boards, bringing in far more than it costs to fund the regen ad. The vast majority of people who live in the area are decent hardworking folk, who are in gainfull employment. Still, it's armley, so the majority of us must be smackrats and wasters, eh? We have so little spent on the area it's about time it was brought up to a decent standard of living that the maj of you take for granted. The old chapel that is Mike carpets is being reg!! Aye, parking is [edited for content], but that is to be changed. A lot of what you see now is to dissapear and be regenerated into a very nice decent area. I for one relish the change that is taking place and will be glad to see the new area take shape. Hundreds of houses are now being fitted with Gas central heating. Just cos the change isn't a massive big redevelopment that replaces everything in one go, it must be a waste of time.Apart from Headingly and, to some extent, Harrogate Rd area, what other area of Leeds is NOT a ghost twon after working hours?

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 11:32 pm

I aren't a liar I saw those vacancies advertised along with some for part timers.I didn't claim the cameras were pointing in the wrong directionI said Wrongly sightedYou can use the Medical Centre ONLY if your GP is based thereI didn't use the term Smackheads or Wasters as you imply and I never said there wasn't one decent person in ArmleyI look forward to seeing the New Leisure centre open and yes the new Paving is nice and will look well when it is completed.I disagree that money should be spent on MIkes carpets he should never have been allowed to dress the old Church up like he did.I also disagree that we should spend on other privately owned shops.I fail to see where the Parking is going to be.My whole point is Too Little too Late.

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 11:39 pm

Just as a matter of interest.What is your friend the Project Managers salary for this scheme and will he have permanent employment when the project is finished ?How many Deputy this and Deputy that are there on this Project.I work for LCC and I did see those jobs advertised.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Sat 05 Sep, 2009 12:27 am

Well, I look forward to change, it's been a long time coming.I've lived in Armley for 10 years and not much has changed, whereas a lot of Leeds has. Hanging baskets o the York Road anybody?

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Sat 05 Sep, 2009 5:06 pm

Leeds-lad wrote: Just as a matter of interest.What is your friend the Project Managers salary for this scheme and will he have permanent employment when the project is finished ?How many Deputy this and Deputy that are there on this Project.I work for LCC and I did see those jobs advertised. As a project manager he aint perm on the West Leeds gateway regen permenantly! He is an employee of LCC. So your money envy is misplaced a tad. As to the camera's being misplaced, where would your expert eye have them??? BOTH can see the main shoppine area of the street. As to seeing the jobs, you must have a totally different one to the main web site that LCC has then.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Sat 05 Sep, 2009 5:12 pm

Leeds-lad wrote: I aren't a liar I saw those vacancies advertised along with some for part timers.I didn't claim the cameras were pointing in the wrong directionI said Wrongly sightedYou can use the Medical Centre ONLY if your GP is based thereI didn't use the term Smackheads or Wasters as you imply and I never said there wasn't one decent person in ArmleyI look forward to seeing the New Leisure centre open and yes the new Paving is nice and will look well when it is completed.I disagree that money should be spent on MIkes carpets he should never have been allowed to dress the old Church up like he did.I also disagree that we should spend on other privately owned shops.I fail to see where the Parking is going to be.My whole point is Too Little too Late. Wrong on the medical centre. You can use the many different depts within the centre. FACT. My wife has to have extensive treatment for a bone diseas she has and used the facility on many occasions, FACT. Oh, our dr is at the bottom of Green lane. Money HAS to be spent on Mikes carpets, once hehas lost his tenure on the building, which is up for contractual talks quite soon! As to the "private" business you claim can have no improvements. Seeing as you work for LCC you seem to know very little. Good grants are to be given, as well as decent investments in the shop frontage, to make them more appealing and in keeping with the original area had.Parking, you obvisuly know Armley very little!!! Old Armley baths are to be demolished for extensive parking. The area at the back of Blakeys is earmarked, the land on the old istress lane area is earmarked. Land at the back of town street is earmarked. Some of the land is privately owned and thus the council has to lieaise with the owners. Come along to the public consultatins and your views may be a little less anal.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Sat 05 Sep, 2009 5:15 pm

Just another point in the idea that the milions are being spent on Armely. Wrong. It's actually called the West Leeds Gateway regeneration and a massive wedge from the gyratory up to Pudsey is to benefit. However, Armley is the main investmentat present, but the money will move with the required work!!!!!!!

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Sat 05 Sep, 2009 5:16 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Well, I look forward to change, it's been a long time coming.I've lived in Armley for 10 years and not much has changed, whereas a lot of Leeds has. Hanging baskets o the York Road anybody? Thanks. Also, lets not forget the collage in the tunnels that costs many thousands of pounds and can hardley even be seen now.

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Sat 05 Sep, 2009 8:37 pm

Simon Your gutter language says it all.I note you are from Armley.I am also from Armley -56 years.The jobs I speak about were in LCC Vacancies Listing and if i remember correctly the listing only contained Regeneration vacancies and was seperate from normal vacancy lists,which we receive at work every fortnight.You are correct, I have not attended any consultation meetingsand therefore should not be allowed to voice my opinion(according to you).The people of Armley were led to believe that the Medical Centre would be a walk in Centre similar to South Leeds where you could be seen if you had minor injuries. People need to park as close to shops as possible and the rear of Town St was fine until the Taxi company bought the land,which LCC would not purchase.The footpaths on both sides of Town St were only done about 15 years ago and contractors believe it or not resurfaced the c/wayin the last 8 yearsThe point I was trying to get across was that Armley has been neglected and unfortunately the council in my opinion have left it too late( I hope not ) only time will tell.Millions of pounds have gone into Chapeltown/Harehills /Beestonlook at them now.By the way there was absolutely no need to resort to the character assassination that you did with me.We have not met but I can assure you that you wouldn't speak to me the same way as you write.