tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post3374023756631961634..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Haile Selassie in Craven ArmsJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-21236795061222868042019-07-27T18:14:16.214+01:002019-07-27T18:14:16.214+01:00My grandfather was John Dayman Coole, Stationmaste...My grandfather was John Dayman Coole, Stationmaster during the war and buried in Stokesay He was so proud to receive Haille Selassie at Craven Arms station.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570723791454795083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-82381942796617147322016-04-28T18:49:09.943+01:002016-04-28T18:49:09.943+01:00Many thanks for the information, Ludlow Lout.
I l...Many thanks for the information, Ludlow Lout.<br /><br />I like the cut of your jib.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-65486550382567095422016-04-27T14:28:43.368+01:002016-04-27T14:28:43.368+01:00Looks like the end is nigh for the Temperance. A ...Looks like the end is nigh for the Temperance. A great loss to the Victorian history of the town. <br /><br />The hotel roof is now wholly stripped off, the windows are all knocked out, and bulldozers are growling at the walls.<br /><br />The Shropshire Star yesterday (Tues 26 Apr 2016) reported on proposals for the erection of 27 dwelling units on the site of the former Hotel. Is that over-development? Certainly sounds like a lot of dwellings for such a small plot of land. And what consideration for car parking?<br /><br />http://i.imgur.com/aK8hXDV.jpg<br /><br />According to the Star, development proposals were submitted by Neu Carbon Limited. The company has a Mr Timothy Claude Summerfield listed as sole director and shareholder. Summerfield lives in nearby Halford. <br /><br />https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07569455<br /><br />In a poorly-edited online article from 2003, the BBC identifies Summerfield as one of the "Trustees" of the Hotel, but doesn't explain the context. A Family Trust holding property assets, including the hotel, perhaps?<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/3343829.stm<br /><br />The property development company is leveraged by a £700,000 loan from Lendy Ltd, a peer-to-peer / cloud-sourced lender, via "nominee" company, Saving Stream Security Holding Ltd. The site is valued at £1,200,000 with a loan-to-value ratio of 58%.<br /><br />https://savingstream.co.uk/loanparts/parts_149.pdf<br /><br />According to the Particulars, the purpose of the initial loan is for "clearance of site and pursuance of full planning permission."<br /> <br />The lender adds that "When he [Summerfield] has gained full planning permission, Lendy Ltd will consider lending him the funds to complete the build as another loan."<br /><br />Ludlow Louthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149251761784759606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-33221185861040661382013-01-21T11:35:46.850+00:002013-01-21T11:35:46.850+00:00Have you been to Craven Arms?Have you <i>been</i> to Craven Arms?Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-58584425348375064002013-01-21T10:15:07.851+00:002013-01-21T10:15:07.851+00:00Hey this a good post,I hope in the future by using...Hey this a good post,I hope in the future by using <a href="http://www.reddyexpress.com/" rel="nofollow">online bus reservation</a> tourists will surely come here to visit this magnificent place regularly Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579878646236410870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-56662673993515825202013-01-19T18:48:01.555+00:002013-01-19T18:48:01.555+00:00Ah, Craven Arms.
Home of a massive brick-built ca...Ah, Craven Arms.<br /><br />Home of a massive brick-built carriage shed just NW of the station. The purpose of which has never been clear to me.<br /><br />BUT in the late 1950s/ early 1960s - long after any obvious purpose had gone - it retained trackwork, doors and was well maintained.<br /><br />Because it was home to a Regional Control Train which - had the Russians chosen to launch a nuclear attack - would have shuttled the regional great and good to some obscure location to carry out whatever duties were still available to them.<br /><br />Around 2003 there was an attempt to create a heritage centre of some sort at the Carriage Shed, but this appears to have folded.crewegwynnoreply@blogger.com