Topic: | Watermans out of touch? | |
Posted by: | Anthony Waller | |
Date/Time: | 02/01/13 22:26:00 |
Having read the message to patrons and the piece on TW8 I am beginning to feel that Watermans has become out of touch with both reality and it's paying clientele. Moving to a new site, even in Brentford, won't make it better. If it ends up in the ghastly proposed site along the hight street it will be bankrupt, dead and gone forever in no time. I wonder if any of the committee, management or friends actually live in Brentford. Unless it's the deep cushioned haven of the Butts. If they did they will know that almost all the new developments that currently exist are ghost estates with business/retail units that are completely non viable as going concerns. Brentford is a long non radial town and the existing site is perfect for a more arts orientated patronage from both Ealing and Richmond. That will be lost in an instant. For most in Brentford, it is not more than a 15 min walk ( with the exception of the Boston Manor part.) Now they must be on a deathwish. The last USP for getting bums on seats. - Free parking is to be abolished in exchange for a 'policed' car park. It will make no difference, the car park has been bandit territory for decades and everyone will continue to park where they always park, around Brook Roads streets. They must be daft. But also deluded. It could be years before they move and no way should they move unless the alternative site beats the pant's off the existing one - which is a classic example of Hounslow's architectural pedigree which endures to this day! Free Parking is a banner that even Hounslow council has recognised as a lifeline for ailing commerce. They have it and want to ditch it when no-one will use it anyway. How do they think they will attract people to use it? They blame the Olympics for a dismal summer. What about the dismal weather? Perfect for indoor activities. But the list of films this summer was dismal as was the events arranged. Dull and lacklustre. More to do with a mentality of Art School highbrow intellectualism than running an all embracing art centre. At least after months of denials and silence we know that are planning to move but to what? A Potting shed or the few remaining garages? Myopic and Naive....yet again. |