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milleniun tower nearly up and running......finally
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Lisa | Report | 26 Jul 2005 15:01 |
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after millions of pounds over budget which they had promised wouldn't come out of the council tax payers pockets which it has and only 5 years behind.i think they should have sacked their project manager.xxxxx): |
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~ Oleander | Report | 26 Jul 2005 15:03 |
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And which Millennium would that be Liza???? lol Jacquie xxxx |
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Unknown | Report | 26 Jul 2005 15:07 |
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They spent all that money, and it is still not as impressive as the Chimney at Fawley. |
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Unknown | Report | 26 Jul 2005 15:11 |
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I have no idea what this is lol |
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Lisa | Report | 26 Jul 2005 15:16 |
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it's a tower at gunwharf that should have been built for the millenium.will ask grampa how tall it will be as i have no knowledge .a few hundred feet i think.has a restaurant built at the top and a view over the solent to die for.unfortunetly i will not be going up because i am no good with heightsxxxx): |
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AnninGlos | Report | 26 Jul 2005 15:17 |
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I thought it was very impressive looked at from Gosport. Ann Glos |
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Lisa | Report | 26 Jul 2005 15:20 |
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i think you can see it from a few miles.it is impressive standing underneath it at gunwharf.they have put it in the ideal place.xxx(: |
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Tracy in Hants(45831) | Report | 26 Jul 2005 18:58 |
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The biggest waste of money ever - just think of all that NHS treatment and clean hospitals and education - which is going down the pan! Funny how the money gets found for the tower!! Tracy(in Gosport) |
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Maid Marian of | Report | 26 Jul 2005 19:30 |
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Yep agree waste of money! They could have used the money to clean up the filthy Queen Alexander Hospital ! |
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Liz | Report | 27 Jul 2005 01:44 |
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Google 'Portsmouth Harbour Eye' and you can see the webcam pictures of the harbour traffic and the tower. I've been taking three (even older) old girls down to sit near the Still and West pub once a week to gawp at it and oversee progress for the last few years! Our little ritual! It's VERY impressive and from TV programmes the view from the viewing floors looks stupendous. But will it ever pay back the council tax payers of Portsmouth and can I psyche myself up to try the view for real I ask myself?! ........ Pass! |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 27 Jul 2005 07:20 |
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I've watched this progress from our family home on Portsdown Hill. It does look impressive when the afternoon sunshine lights up the shape, but I couldn't believe it when I read that after all that time it still wouldn't be ready to coincide with the Queen's visit and consequent influx of visitors earlier this year. What an opportunity lost to recoup some of the money spent out. I'm glad Mum's rates go to Hampshire, not Portsmouth. |
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Liz | Report | 27 Jul 2005 22:15 |
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There was a crew from Meridian TV down there this afternoon making a film to show when it (eventually) opens ..... next Friday ..... the one after that ...... one day! Does anyone know who's going to open it? The film crew didn't know! Perhaps it will just 'open' and they'll have a formal ceremony later?! (Maybe for the next millenium!) Liz |
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