The Grand

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

For the record, anyone who sets foot in the new Grand is a ****.
Simple as that.

In the word's of Mel Brooks, "how can anyone argue with that". :stunned:

 

[Mad Cyril]

For the record, anyone who sets foot in the new Grand is a ****.
Simple as that.

There is graffiti all over the window shuttering explaining exactly how some local residents feel.

**** off TOWIE ***** your (sic) not wanted.

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

There is graffiti all over the window shuttering explaining exactly how some local residents feel.

**** off TOWIE ***** your (sic) not wanted.

Keep up Cyril, this was washed off months ago. Ivy removed yesterday. I'll keep exiles updated as I said I would. Locals can avert their gaze as it seems to upset them so.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Keep up Cyril, this was washed off months ago. Ivy removed yesterday. I'll keep exiles updated as I said I would. Locals can avert their gaze as it seems to upset them so.

I am all for something being done with the building but surely we can do better than Sugar Hut Mk II.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I am all for something being done with the building but surely we can do better than Sugar Hut Mk II.

A new mosque? :winking:

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

I am all for something being done with the building but surely we can do better than Sugar Hut Mk II.

Time will tell. Having lived for for 35 years within 110yards of the Grand anyhing is better than seeing one of the town's most disinctive buildings crumble to dust and a block of the usual uninspired flats being built. I'm old enough to remember the Victoria Hotel, the Grand Pier and the Queen's and the beyond c rap buildings in their place when they were demolished. And the best thing is it's not costing the ratepayer diddly squat.

 

[Crawliano]

And the best thing is it's not costing the ratepayer diddly squat.

Apart from selling the soul of a town to an orange, perma-tanned devil for the use of half brained nob ends.

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

Apart from selling the soul of a town to an orange, perma-tanned devil for the use of half brained nob ends.

Yeah, let's just knock the ****er down.

 

[ozzie]

Time will tell. Having lived for for 35 years within 110yards of the Grand anyhing is better than seeing one of the town's most disinctive buildings crumble to dust and a block of the usual uninspired flats being built. I'm old enough to remember the Victoria Hotel, the Grand Pier and the Queen's and the beyond c rap buildings in their place when they were demolished. And the best thing is it's not costing the ratepayer diddly squat.

yes spot on..remember in the mid-late 60s (when we lived in elm rd) walking past the grand,and always parked outside was a rolls-royce..everytime ,i had to have a look inside..great british car..still my wish ,one day to drive one(not stolen)..remember carl.c. father had a roller as well

 

[Calvin Candie]

Your a fool if you believe the grand is going to be a "boutique hotel & spa" its going to be a nightclub & large capacity bar and will ruin every other bar restaurant in the area due to his high profile manner

He is only incorporating a minimal number or rooms and a small spa area to get the planning permission

Leigh is a lovely town we don't need these fools and the egotistical bell ends it will bring running the town

 

[Mad Cyril]

Your a fool if you believe the grand is going to be a "boutique hotel & spa" its going to be a nightclub & large capacity bar and will ruin every other bar restaurant in the area due to his high profile manner

He is only incorporating a minimal number or rooms and a small spa area to get the planning permission

Leigh is a lovely town we don't need these fools and the egotitical bell ends it will bring running the town

I am pretty sure that The Carlton with its niche clientele will be OK.

I make you right though. Leigh will be a magnet for every permatanned empty vessel in the area. Even more so than it is today.

 

[Gremlin]

I am pretty sure that The Carlton with its niche clientele will be OK.

The Carlton is no more! By name, anway.

 

[LCBB]

The Carlton is no more! By name, anway.

The Carlton was the best pub in Leigh once , back in the early 70s its where the Old Leigh Comm used to drink and sort out the away games to follow Southend .

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

The Carlton was the best pub in Leigh once , back in the early 70s its where the Old Leigh Comm used to drink and sort out the away games to follow Southend .

It's just been repainted, new roof and redecorated inside and rebranded "The Broadway".

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

Your a fool if you believe the grand is going to be a "boutique hotel & spa" its going to be a nightclub & large capacity bar and will ruin every other bar restaurant in the area due to his high profile manner

He is only incorporating a minimal number or rooms and a small spa area to get the planning permission

Leigh is a lovely town we don't need these fools and the egotistical bell ends it will bring running the town

Only one fool here and it's not me. Look at the plans. Why build a basement spa and a hotel extension if you're not going to use it. If there's money to be made in a Hotel and Spa then MN will make piles of it. Nightclub, pub, bar whatever. It'll be doing what it has done since it was built. The building will be working harder than it ever has in the past. Get over it.

BTW I seem to be the only one who's met MN and spoken to him. He's OK. He's a business man and good at what he does. I can't wait for the opening which is now scheduled for Nov 2015.

 

[Crawliano]

I can see it now, people who live and breathe the new version of the Broadway will become "Broadies", then we'll end up with an absolute prickfest of a programme called Broadie Shore.

If anyone is living in Leigh, sell up and move to Basildon, you may suffer slightly less property depreciation.

Likewise, I'd sooner "salt of the earth" people than orange *****.

 

[Calvin Candie]

Only one fool here and it's not me. Look at the plans. Why build a basement spa and a hotel extension if you're not going to use it. If there's money to be made in a Hotel and Spa then MN will make piles of it. Nightclub, pub, bar whatever. It'll be doing what it has done since it was built. The building will be working harder than it ever has in the past. Get over it.

BTW I seem to be the only one who's met MN and spoken to him. He's OK. He's a business man and good at what he does. I can't wait for the opening which is now scheduled for Nov 2015.

the figures speak for themselves my friend 800 plus capacity bar and your telling me he isn't planning a nightclub ?

 

[Mad Cyril]

It's just been repainted, new roof and redecorated inside and rebranded "The Broadway".

I popped in Saturday evening and it is still Leighs roughest pub by some margin.

That said there seem to be aggressive ****ed up types in many Leigh pubs.

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

the figures speak for themselves my friend 800 plus capacity bar and your telling me he isn't planning a nightclub ?

Just for clarity the licencing committee in March 2012 approved the licence to allow the bar to open from 8am to 12.30am Sunday to Thursday and 8am to 1.15am on Fridays and Saturdays. Other conditions attached to the licence include having no more than 599 patrons in the premises, excluding staff and hotel residents and no new admittance to the venue after 12.30am.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Just for clarity the licencing committee in March 2012 approved the licence to allow the bar to open from 8am to 12.30am Sunday to Thursday and 8am to 1.15am on Fridays and Saturdays. Other conditions attached to the licence include having no more than 599 patrons in the premises, excluding staff and hotel residents and no new admittance to the venue after 12.30am.

How many rooms does The Grand have, a dozen?

599 is quite some capacity for a hotel bar.