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Off Topic Hull City Centre Public Realm Strategy

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  1. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
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    They look alright...

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  2. originallambrettaman

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    Humber Street looks decent...

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  3. Chazz Rheinhold

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    Way too irregular for me. Coulda done a lot better job than that
     
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    Well, I s'pose they could have tarmac'd it, in regular black:grin:
     
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  5. originallambrettaman

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    The painfully slow paving of Victoria Square continues...

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  6. bum_chinned_crab

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    Jesus Christ. As someone who doesn't live in hull and hasn't been in town for years I had no idea it was like this. Is it basically a no go area?

    And I'm no expert, I'm not even a novice, but instead of doing this in pockets all around the city centre, wouldn't it be better to put all the effort into one section - say QVS - finish it then move on to the next part?
     
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  7. dennisboothstash

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    Novice !
    Don't come here spouting your common sense!
    To be fair I'm sure there is a reason, but it does seem odd. If it was my house I'd just start at one end and keep going until I'd got to the other end ! (I'd have used bigger pavers too because I'm lazy)
     
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  8. DMD

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    Oi, don't be trying to start a trend. If you're posting on this thread, you've got to include a picture of paving slabs or tarmac. Them's the rules.

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  9. dennisboothstash

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    When were you in my garden?
     
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  10. originallambrettaman

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    They are doing it in sections with the aim of causing as little disruption as possible, but it's not working very well, mainly because they always seem to have one bloke laying pavers while another eight stand and watch.
     
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    I'm not showing you my patio. The first wife's under it.:bandit:
     
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  12. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

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    Is that towards Queens Gardens?
     
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  13. originallambrettaman

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    Yes.
     
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    Victoria Square's getting there...

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    HOLE IN THE GROUND
    by
    Bernard Cribbins


    There I was, a-digging this hole
    A hole in the ground, so big and sort of round it was
    There was I, digging it deep
    It was flat at at the bottom and the sides were steep
    When along, comes this bloke in a bowler which he lifted and scratched his head
    Well we looked down the hole, poor demented soul and he said

    Do you mind if I make a suggestion?

    Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere
    You're digging it round and it ought to be square
    The shape of it's wrong, it's much much too long
    And you can't put a hole where a hole don't belong

    I ask, what a liberty eh
    Nearly bashed him right in the bowler

    Well there was I, stood in me hole
    Shovelling earth for all I was worth
    There was him, standing up there
    So grand and official with his nose in the air
    So I gave him a look sort of sideways and I leaned on my shovel and sighed

    Well I lit me a fag and having took a drag I replied

    I just couldn't bear, to dig it elsewhere
    I'm digging it round 'cos I don't want it square
    And if you disagree it don't bother me
    That's the place where the hole's gonna be

    Well there we were, discussing this hole
    A hole in the ground so big and sort of round
    Well it's not there now, the ground's all flat
    And beneath it is the bloke in the bowler hat.

    And that's that!
     
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  16. originallambrettaman

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    Courtesy of Keith Parker (Hull: The Good Old Days)
     
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  17. mistermc

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    Where have the other 3 gone?....Only 5 watching lol
     
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  18. originallambrettaman

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    They were on a tea break.

    How **** is that Princes Quay sign?

    The ****s them.
     
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  19. GLP

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    5 workmen standing around doing nothing. I'm amazed they have managed to keep everything on plan so far!
     
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  20. originallambrettaman

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    Looking at this, at does make you wonder why they're doing the entire site in one go, they're only working on small bits of it at any given time...

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