Well unless your eyesight is better than mine, I still do not see a for sale sign in front of the Victoria Institute, which is bad. Communication is a great tool, tell people what's going off and they don't get shirty in the workplace. Works just as well in this situation as well. Tell us what is happening or we just think the worst and then we get nasty when the worst happens. As somebody has already pointed out to me this appears to be a secret society with the majority of the trustees hanging onto this building for dear life. If there are any members with a grain of common sense they should put this building up for sale immediately.
I suspect the real reason is that they are waiting to see what happens with the old library and if this falls through they will turn their sights on the VI. I say they because there are no Chinese walls with these trustees some who are also parish council members. Public vote to sell or not, they think they know better.
Assuming they do sell to the parish council, what then. Too small for anything of value, too expensive to rebuild, unless you are then going to resell, not to mention the lack of parking. I suspect they are fermenting the idea of turning it into a new Misterton Centre but at what cost and certainly no shared costs as currently exist with the Police and Bassetlaw. You can then say bye bye to a police office and presence in Misterton.
Still they know best and what's good for us plebs!
The tragedy of this derelict building, sticking out like a sore thumb in the middle of Misterton, is that the rational intention of the former administration - to comply with the requirements of the trust deed - were thwarted in 2010. Otherwise the centre of the village would have been improved a long time ago - following demolition of the hideous village hall.
ReplyDeleteI first visited the village hall in January, 1999 to attend my interview for the Clerk to the Council job. It was a filthy night, raining cats and dogs. When I walked into the village hall - dank and musty - I miserably wondered what sort of a place Misterton was. Thankfully, the former administration eventually saw-off this eyesore.
Unfortunately, we weren't able to complete the sale of the Victoria Institute because of opposition by a tiny minority. Even before the place was vandalised it had no proper sanitation, and stank of leaking gas. It was the sort of place you'd avoid visiting. A horrible place.
David Wright