Spectator's Notes
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Car park may be lost but classic line lives on
AMID all the hype surrounding
the forthcoming
demolition of the Get
Carter car park at
Gateshead, a fleeting moment of
black humour from the famous
film is being overlooked.
Crooked businessman Cliff Brumby,
played by Bryan Mosley, aka Alf
Roberts in Coronation Street, is
thrown to his death from on high
by a vengeful Carter minutes after
meeting two developers working
on his latest dubious project.
On hearing sirens and seeing approaching
police cars, one of the
dapper duo adjusts his cuffs and
tie and observes sniffily: "Something
tells me we're not going to
get our fees on this job." A great
throwaway line, worthy of Hollywood-
on-Tyne.
Changes afoot
WE reported some time ago (in
August 2006 to be precise) that
Thirsk's venerable hotel the Golden
Fleece - one of England's oldest
inns - had changed hands and
that the new buyer had ambitious
plans for the much-loved institution.
Hopes of a significant makeover
were raised by buyer Richard Murray
Wells's track record with another
hotel, The Feathers at Helmsley,
which has been substantially overhauled
and is now considered one
of North Yorkshire best country
hotels.
Significant similar progress at the
Fleece has been notably absent so
far, but Spectator understands that
may soon change, with plans for a
major extension to the rear among
the proposed improvements.
Fighting for space
Efforts to encourage the cafe culture
in Darlington's pedestrianised
town centre have struggled of late
with the poor spring weather.
But the squabble between two establishments
over space in the
market square suggests stakes are
higher than perhaps we might
have thought. There's only a yard
at issue in the dispute which,
given the size of the market place,
is comparatively tiny.
Another bar/cafe is due to open its
doors soon on the opposite side of
the square which, if the weather is
kind this summer, increases the
prospect of that continental cafe
ambience the borough council
craves so much becoming a reality,
if only temporarily.
Valued landscape
Spectator can well understand
why villagers at Seamer, near
Stokesley, and Hilton, near Yarm,
are not best pleased at the
prospect of a large windfarm in
the countryside between the two
communities.
The stretch of rolling countryside
is very unusual in the Tees Valley
which, beyond the Cleveland Hills,
is best known for its featureless
flatness. Arguably, it is a microlandscape
as valuable as any in a
national park.
1:05pm Friday 2nd May 2008
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