Scenic Railway On Fire

[Bitch]

[k33p3r No. 1]

Originally Posted By: Alexmfc

Maybe you could do the same and get a fire engine down, then some pikeys can thieve the sat navs and other items from it.

Alex, what key opens any lock?









a PIKEY

[Ian_Sanderson]

Now been confirmed as Arson

[Hornet]

Ian, are you saying that The Gunners manager is responsible for setting light to the scenic railway? No wonder they lost, he should have been with the team, not down in Margate with a can of petrol. Wonder if it was Sandy who lit the match?

[Cookie]

I doubt it,not personally anyway. Makes me laugh when he says he & the Council are going to do everything in their power to get it re-built.He has to say that.Especially now that its back-fired to some extent & not ALL been burnt.Thats not quite the same thing as saying "We guarantee it will be re-built".They have no intentions of doing so i.m.o. & in most peoples opinions I think.More empty words.

This council survive purely on promises.I wouldn't be surprised to hear that the Turner white elephant is scrapped soon too.

My message to Thanet council is this."If the Cutty Sark can be restored then so can this structure".

We are watching,we are watching.

[Hornet]

Plenty of Eastern Europeans ( coinsidence or long lost cousins perhaps) who'll do anything for a tenner.

[Ian_Sanderson]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7335985.stm

[American FLEET FAN No1]

What a shame............There goes a part of my youth, in fact it was the first Roller Coaster I ever rode!

[rayw]

Very mysterious....Bit like the fire in Pleasurama in Ramsgate....Wasnt that owned by Jimmy Godden as well?

I wonder if Thanet Council will be calling for a full public enquiry? If they dont i hope somebody will. Its a tragedy what has happened to Margate over the years.

Once upon a time visitors were stunned by sea views, nowadays they are stunned by the decay and boarded up buildings.

[AncientBlue]

Most days you can't see the beach because of all the smoke!

[SteveB]

Originally Posted By: rayw

Very mysterious....Bit like the fire in Pleasurama in Ramsgate....Wasnt that owned by Jimmy Godden as well?

Yes it was although that was particularly unlucky as there was a fire there a few days before it actually burnt down but the fire brigade put that one out with not too much damage.
Not forgetting that he also owned the arcade that burnt down on Margate seafront.
He also owned the Rotunda at Folkestone and there was a fire in a building there as well as one on a roller coaster. Oh, and the Waltzer caught fire at Dreamland a couple of years back.
Also, on a blog somewhere (possibly East Cliff Richard's) it was pointed out that this unfortunate businessman has also seen fires at arcades of his in Herne Bay and Whitstable.
I do not see why people think that there would be a need for a public enquiry?
Steve

[Ian_Sanderson]

Originally Posted By: Steve B 2

Very mysterious....Bit like the fire in Pleasurama in Ramsgate....Wasnt that owned by Jimmy Godden as well?

His arcade and funfair at Folkestone also went the same way.

[Cookie]

Didn't he also own & have a fire at a Cliftonville(ex butlins)Hotel too? This bloke is extremely unlucky isn't he?

[Tony_T]

For 'Unlucky' read 'Terribly Convenient'......

[Coffin Ender]

Good to see this story mentioned in the new edition of Private Eye. On page 13 under the headline 'Unlucky Jim' if you fancy a browse in WH Smith.

 

[Drummer]

According to Radio Kent a few minutes ago it is a legal requirement that the repairs are undertaken. Something to do with a council meeting this morning but as I heard it in the car I did not get the full story.

[Frankie100]

The Council "HOPED that the owners of the site, the Margate Town Centre Regeneration Company, would undertake the necessary work"

 

The council should not HOPE but DEMAND that the Reading based company (who have been trying to sell the Dreamland site to the property company who have built unsellable luxury flats on the Sea Bathing site) rebuild and if (more like when) they come up with all manner of excuses then Thanet Council should compulsory purchase the site and give Toby Hunter and Jim Godden 1p for their troubles and tell them to bugger off

 

I would not give Jimmy Godden the price of a can of petrol

[Guernsey Tom]

100% Frankie, Godden is a crook (alledgedly)

[Hornet]

Unfortuneately the new enemy within seems to be Paige Properties who are buying up every spare bit of land for shoebox accomadation. When is someone going to construct for what Margate should be-a coastal leisure town?

[Frankie100]

Originally Posted By: Hornet

Unfortuneately the new enemy within seems to be Paige Properties

Would you buy a property from a company who dismiss their contractors then lock the contractors equipment on the site despite being told by the police to release the stuff, or a company who go into an agreed purchase then backtrack causing all manner of confusion, or a company whose description of items leaves a lot to be desired