spring is here

Sea Kale



Once I got down to the beach chalet, it was a lovely day apart from the wind: spring flowers all over the place.
Derek Jarman's retreat eat your heart out!!

Lift? What Lift?

Last week the lift was not working. It is working now, as I have just been told by the Sea Front Office. Tel: (01273) 292716
It is helpful for that office to be told if there is a problem, as they may have not been advised of it eg if the bell at the top does not work and thus the lift attendant at the ground floor (i.e. Concord 2 Bar) does not hear it.

The sellotaped signs show the various typical municipal prohibitions as to the use of the Lift eg no bikes, no kids without an adult, no impatience....
The one which says "No Lift Today" is unhelpfully un-dated.
Perhaps part of the renovation could include a neon sign showing the state of the Lift (Open/Closed), thus avoiding fruitless journeys....

how many councillors can you get into a lift?

http://www.theargus.co.uk/search/4282819.Brighton_s_historic_seafront_lift_reopens/

http://www.theargus.co.uk/search/4302274.Lift_safety/

http://www.theargus.co.uk/search/2131753.Historic_lift_essential_for_beach_access/

I was extremely disappointed to read Councillor Gill Mitchell’s irresponsible scaremongering about the safety of the newly restored Madeira Lift (The Argus, April 16). says Mary...

(but the April 16th story is not on the web site.....)

Punningly funny

see today's article in the local argus about the lift, page 17: or wait till it is on the web site.

talk about 2 old ladies locked in the (lift)......

LIFT WORKS: no bikes or kids allowed; dogs OK

LIFT WORKS NOW: no unaccompanied bikes or kids allowed; dogs OK

hours 9am to 7pm

internal refurbishment not done yet -- i say, keep it as it is inside

TRY THIS ONE

Brighton Blue or what? WARNING

Time to paint again, as per our lease: but what colour should we use? Last year I used left-overs from the contractor doing the railings, because I did not think the colour used previously one nearby huts was quite right.

One tenant tells me the following:

"When I was a Brewers, the man there was doubting it was the correct colour for Madeira Drive. I have to admit, it looked wrong on the colour chart - but the code in the council letter was what we went by.
The man in Brewers has been seeking clarification from Sue Marshall at the council but has had conflicting information sent back.
I went this morning to apply the top coat - it is Hove green/blue & not the Brighton Blue. (£16.00 down the drain).
Until this is sorted out could you post something on your blog to alert MD beach hut people to check before buying the paint.
I have spoken with Ian at Brewers & he will alert anyone going in to buy paint - he is waiting for instruction from council."

My tenancy states at clause 1 (d) "...cream (BS10C31) and/or Brighton seafront blue."
Letters dated January 2006 and 2008 states: "...BS480014 C35 Gloss (Brighton Blue) and/or ... BS10C31 (Cream) in the Dulux range."

No mention of the undercoat required......

I may be becoming colour-word blind anyway with a bit of synthesia thrown in as the colour changes with the waves.....

My doors are definitely Brighton Blue. It is silly to have had an alternative colour in the lease....
mind you, I wonder what it would be like if we all used different colours as in Blaker Street...