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Community centre is bulldozed

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There is profit in land but apparently no value in community.

Derelict public spaces are a common sight within small villages and towns around the UK. It seems to be impossible to keep these meeting places financially viable – they were once used as venues for parties, wedding receptions, exhibitions and discos but now that age as gone. “Essex County Council has sent bulldozers to the site… Read more

Essex County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex in England. It has 75 councillors, elected from 70 divisions, and is currently controlled by the Conservative Party. The council meets at County Hall in the centre of Chelmsford.

As of the 2011 census it serves a population of 1,393,600, which makes it one of the largest local authorities in England. As a non-metropolitan county council, responsibilities are shared between districts (including boroughs) and in many areas also between civil parish (including town) councils. Births, marriages/civil partnerships and death registration, roads, libraries and archives, refuse disposal, most of state education, of social services and of transport are provided at the county level.

Right Surveyors in Essex and North East London undertake various types of general practice surveying work, including Schedules of Condition and Dilapidation, Single Fault Assessments, Major Elements Surveys and Full Building Surveys.

Targeted Newsletters

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The newsletter below is from a targeted mail strategy – Can you guess what it is?

Class Study reveals the Poshest places in Britain – Is your town teeming with Precariats or the reserve of the Elite?
The BBC and the ONS have both recently released the results of their class surveys, sparking a rethink about how Britons classify themselves. The Beeb believes there are now seven distinct class ‘brackets’, ranging from ‘Preceriat’ to ‘Elite’. What class are you and your home town?
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A Month of Firsts – First Ever Neighbourhood Plan Referendum / First Council Promoted Planning Act 2008 Scheme
In an exciting month for planning, communities and local democracy, we look at two major firsts that are paving the way for further progress…
To read the whole article, click here.

Tougher Stance on Social Housing Introduced to Control Immigration Issues
The Prime Minister has laid out a number of changes to Social Housing and the way Private Landlords must ‘vet’ potential tenants. We discuss the changes below in the context of potentially hundreds of thousands more immigrants entering the nation as restrictions on Bulgaria and Romania are lifted…
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An email campaign that is linked to a company newsletter, sent to customers and prospects is a common marketing strategy, which can have benefits, provided it is a regularly distributed and the publication is generally on one main focused topic, that is of interest to its subscribers.

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Market your ART for free

Promote your music or art, website or product by simply filling in this form with a brief promotional text (html code should not be used) and we will add a link to your website. They will not place any other links on your page and do not expect any reciprocal linking in return. The SystemCulture.org posts also appear on several other websites. Place our  promo code (5mamd2012) after your name in the form here. This code is valid until 1st June 2012

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To Venice on the Orient Express

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There has been no murder on the train but the ‘Agatha Christie Cocktail’ is a delicious poison mixed expertly by Walter.

Leaving Victoria Station on a Thursday morning in the beautiful, fully restored ‘Gwen” a Pullman Carriage, in a cream and maroon livery, just like the carriages I had in my Tri-ang railway set which was pulled by my favourite steam train ‘Princess Elizabeth’.

Clickety Clacking to the Euro Tunnel and then boarding the ‘Real Deal’ in Calais.

The 1929 sleeper compartments ooze history (Hitler had one as a mobile brothel – if you believe some stories). The history of Europe’s decadent and brutal past is etched into the bur oak veneer and Lalique reliefs. Traveling at speed through the countryside, the graffiti covered suburbs of Paris,  then Lake Zurich and up into Austria.

There was a quick stop at Innsbruck and then a mad dash through Austria on into Italy. Disembarking at the train station – taking a water taxi to the Cipriani hotel on the tip of Giudecca Island, opposite San Marco on the main island of Venice, it has unrivaled views of the lagoon and Doge’s Palace.

Wow what a hotel…

…and what an amazing Easter Sunday – the view from the bedroom window has got to be one of the best ever!

The church bells rang out from dawn and the smell of Spring followed the call, fresh, new and slightly cool.

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Art ?

There is so much art in Venice to see – I must admit I neglected the galleries, except the Guggenheim, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, where Peggy Guggenheim lived and which has a couple of great Pollocks,  my favorite being Two, 1943–45 and a typical Bacon (Study for Chimpanzee).

by Peter Bright (aka This Window)

La Belle et La Bête for sale La Belle et La Bête – Original painting by Peter Bright. Media: Painting and Screen Print on canvas, signed and dated 2011. Size: 110mm x 820mm Supplied in the original black ‘temporary’ studio frame. Buy here from Morgue Gallery ARTIST … Continue reading →

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