"Pier 'cultural centre' is boringly named" (From Southend Standard)
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"Southend Pier 'cultural centre' is boringly named"
10:00am Saturday 27th October 2012 in Echo News
The pier's cultural centre
SOUTHEND Pier’s new £3million cultural centre is too boringly named to attract any visitors.
That’s the verdict of Anna Waite, the former Tory leader of Southend Council, who has called for it to be rechristened to draw more people to the end of the pier.
The authority has said it is willing to listen to any offers to use the cultural centre, which has already hosted art exhibitions, musical performances, comedy gigs and private events since it opened in July.
But Mrs Waite questioned why it had been given such an uninspiring name in the first place.
She said: “Let’s face it, how many children or teenagers, or even any visitors, are going to get excited about visiting a ‘cultural centre’?
“Would you hold your wedding or celebrate an important birthday in a ‘cultural centre’?”
“Even our diehard locals are sceptical.”
Derek Jarvis, the Tory councillor responsible for culture, said the new building’s title could be changed in the future.
However, he argued the current moniker was not damaging its attractiveness in any way.
“It is a working title in a sense and I’m sure that, in the future, we can have a debate about what it should be called,” he said.
“But one thing is certain: it is not hindering business at all.
“We have had a lot of interest in the centre and it has been a great success so far.”
Comments(39)
Spawnof
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10:42am Sat 27 Oct 12
Agree it is boringly named though. Perhaps it should be called the Phoenix For the amount of times it has come back from the ashes up that end of the pier.
Shoebury_Cyclist
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10:43am Sat 27 Oct 12
heartbeat
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10:44am Sat 27 Oct 12
Just not The Waiting Room please, I don't want to be reminded of HER forever more!
Eric Whim
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10:45am Sat 27 Oct 12
We don't care.
heartbeat
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10:46am Sat 27 Oct 12
Spawnof wrote:I've never seen anything advertised there, apart from a little piece in the Echo about the opening event. Where do they advertise?
We went to the centre last night for a showing of Monster Humanoids from the Deep. Everyone there had a right good time and i will be looking out for more events.
Agree it is boringly named though. Perhaps it should be called the Phoenix For the amount of times it has come back from the ashes up that end of the pier.
Aint it just the truth
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10:55am Sat 27 Oct 12
Shoebury_Cyclist
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11:42am Sat 27 Oct 12
v.randy
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1:04pm Sat 27 Oct 12
Most people I've met don't even know it exists.
Give it 12 months and it will follow in the wake of the Shoebury Youth Club,so the only name suitable is WHITE ELEPHANT .
emcee
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1:47pm Sat 27 Oct 12
DogsMessInLeigh
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3:15pm Sat 27 Oct 12
Spawnof
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3:37pm Sat 27 Oct 12
heartbeat wrote:Visit southend website.
Spawnof wrote:I've never seen anything advertised there, apart from a little piece in the Echo about the opening event. Where do they advertise?
We went to the centre last night for a showing of Monster Humanoids from the Deep. Everyone there had a right good time and i will be looking out for more events.
Agree it is boringly named though. Perhaps it should be called the Phoenix For the amount of times it has come back from the ashes up that end of the pier.
http://www.visitsout
hend.co.uk/thedms.as
px?dms=72&shop=15&pr
od=6583
Dawn of the dead on next Friday followed by a zombie walk down the pier.
Regards
@sporadic_steve
Spawnof
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3:38pm Sat 27 Oct 12
v.randy wrote:Movi last night cost £8 inc. train both ways
Very middle class..great if you've got spare cash or your names jaime Oliver but for the average Southender travelling half way to Kent is a no go..
Most people I've met don't even know it exists.
Give it 12 months and it will follow in the wake of the Shoebury Youth Club,so the only name suitable is WHITE ELEPHANT .
v.randy
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4:54pm Sat 27 Oct 12
Spawnof wrote:precisely!!!!!!!!!!!
v.randy wrote:Movi last night cost £8 inc. train both ways
Very middle class..great if you've got spare cash or your names jaime Oliver but for the average Southender travelling half way to Kent is a no go..
Most people I've met don't even know it exists.
Give it 12 months and it will follow in the wake of the Shoebury Youth Club,so the only name suitable is WHITE ELEPHANT .
!!
Shoebury_Cyclist
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5:03pm Sat 27 Oct 12
jolllyboy
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5:44pm Sat 27 Oct 12
Joe Wildman
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6:44pm Sat 27 Oct 12
heartbeat wrote:It was a joke, it was never actually planned to ever happen, why rename the airport after somebody that had nothing to do with it, abd who has more of a link to Canvey than Southend.
Whatever happened to the idea of the enormous seafront statue of Lee Brilleaux? If that's not going to happen and the airport isn't going to be named after him then I suppose the cultural wotsit would do. I suppose something posh like the Dame Helen Mirren Centre wouldn't go amiss either.
Just not The Waiting Room please, I don't want to be reminded of HER forever more!
Joe Wildman
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6:45pm Sat 27 Oct 12
v.randy wrote:pricess are on par with the Odeon, not as busy and a unique venue sound good to me.
Spawnof wrote:precisely!!!!!!!!!!!
v.randy wrote:Movi last night cost £8 inc. train both ways
Very middle class..great if you've got spare cash or your names jaime Oliver but for the average Southender travelling half way to Kent is a no go..
Most people I've met don't even know it exists.
Give it 12 months and it will follow in the wake of the Shoebury Youth Club,so the only name suitable is WHITE ELEPHANT .
!!
Aint it just the truth
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9:05pm Sat 27 Oct 12
jolllyboy wrote:"The pier used to be packed" ... with things that were appropriate for the end of a very long pier. The word appropriate used to be top of the list on the "hierarchies of importance" of architects, planners, designers etc. Sadly these days it is fashionable to reject such sensible principles - especially amongst people who are not fully trained architects, planners, designers etc - which is why we have a tin box on the end of the pier and we'll be getting a museum for the quiet contemplation of the Prince of Prittlewell right in the middle of Southends primary chav magnet. I give up.
I took visitors there and they were soooo dissappointed. There is nothing at the end of the pier. Bring back the good old days - before my time, just look at the old photos and you will see what I mean. the pier used to be packed.
Aint it just the truth
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9:07pm Sat 27 Oct 12
heartbeat
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9:13pm Sat 27 Oct 12
Joe Wildman wrote:But Lee spent several years living in Leigh. Leigh is under the flight path and gets the bulk of the aircraft noise so it's a no-brainer shirley?
heartbeat wrote:It was a joke, it was never actually planned to ever happen, why rename the airport after somebody that had nothing to do with it, abd who has more of a link to Canvey than Southend.
Whatever happened to the idea of the enormous seafront statue of Lee Brilleaux? If that's not going to happen and the airport isn't going to be named after him then I suppose the cultural wotsit would do. I suppose something posh like the Dame Helen Mirren Centre wouldn't go amiss either.
Just not The Waiting Room please, I don't want to be reminded of HER forever more!
DogsMessInLeigh
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9:52pm Sat 27 Oct 12
siddymint
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10:26pm Sat 27 Oct 12
silverleaf48
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11:21pm Sat 27 Oct 12
people did not like her.
silverleaf48
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11:25pm Sat 27 Oct 12
southchurch bob
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11:42pm Sat 27 Oct 12
Spawnof wrote:Will be interesting in winter nights how much "culture "will be enjoyed on the Pier what we need covered in areas for entertainment venues etc other towns still have ther pier entertainment, we used to go The Diamond Horseshoe at the end of the Pier all year round 'till 12 tpm getting last train back -Majic
We went to the centre last night for a showing of Monster Humanoids from the Deep. Everyone there had a right good time and i will be looking out for more events.
Agree it is boringly named though. Perhaps it should be called the Phoenix For the amount of times it has come back from the ashes up that end of the pier.
SARFENDMAN
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6:17am Sun 28 Oct 12
bongking
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4:00pm Sun 28 Oct 12
bongking
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4:03pm Sun 28 Oct 12
Spawnof wrote:how many people can see the show at a time? with out sitting outside.
We went to the centre last night for a showing of Monster Humanoids from the Deep. Everyone there had a right good time and i will be looking out for more events.
Agree it is boringly named though. Perhaps it should be called the Phoenix For the amount of times it has come back from the ashes up that end of the pier.
cris300
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4:24pm Sun 28 Oct 12
silverleaf48 wrote:She picks on vulnerable people with overgrown front gardens.#nastyselfis
mrs waite was the council leader of southend but she lost her vote
people did not like her.
htype
Shoebury_Cyclist
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5:53pm Sun 28 Oct 12
siddymint wrote:She was allegedly also known as BoB - The Butcher of Barling - for all the destruction she wrought on the borough's trees, usually organising felling to be done in the dead of night.
who's mrs waite????
But now - as far as I can tell from comments by current council tories - she's no-one, a hasbeen local politician disliked by even her own party.
Spawnof
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1:16am Mon 29 Oct 12
bongking wrote:Around 90 at a guess. A suprisingly large screen too
Spawnof wrote:how many people can see the show at a time? with out sitting outside.
We went to the centre last night for a showing of Monster Humanoids from the Deep. Everyone there had a right good time and i will be looking out for more events.
Agree it is boringly named though. Perhaps it should be called the Phoenix For the amount of times it has come back from the ashes up that end of the pier.
notinwestcliffanymore
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7:15am Mon 29 Oct 12
v.randy wrote:well its £4 to get to kent and back over the bridge without entertainment.
Spawnof wrote:precisely!!!!!!!!!!! !!v.randy wrote: Very middle class..great if you've got spare cash or your names jaime Oliver but for the average Southender travelling half way to Kent is a no go.. Most people I've met don't even know it exists. Give it 12 months and it will follow in the wake of the Shoebury Youth Club,so the only name suitable is WHITE ELEPHANT .Movi last night cost £8 inc. train both ways
Shoebury_Cyclist
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7:28am Mon 29 Oct 12
notinwestcliffanymorPlus petrol, VED, insurance, MOT...
e wrote:
v.randy wrote:well its £4 to get to kent and back over the bridge without entertainment.
Spawnof wrote:precisely!!!!!!!!!!! !!v.randy wrote: Very middle class..great if you've got spare cash or your names jaime Oliver but for the average Southender travelling half way to Kent is a no go.. Most people I've met don't even know it exists. Give it 12 months and it will follow in the wake of the Shoebury Youth Club,so the only name suitable is WHITE ELEPHANT .Movi last night cost £8 inc. train both ways
bongking
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11:12am Mon 29 Oct 12
alimac69
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12:16pm Mon 29 Oct 12
DogsMessInLeigh
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12:25pm Mon 29 Oct 12
freecomment
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12:18pm Thu 1 Nov 12
freecomment
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12:18pm Thu 1 Nov 12
Shoebury_Cyclist says...
10:14am Sat 27 Oct 12