From someone's blog - worth a read!
"And such a wonderful place as Ulverston stays in the memory long after . . . ."
"can already feel all the tension and worry and sleeplessness all sloughing off, time for me, for plenty of walking, maybe a bit of beachcombing and maybe a couple of beers along the way..."
Followed by interesting comments about the lantern procession.
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Here we go again ,positive comments about Ulverston from an ,obviously ,retired person. Everywhere is like that when you have a decent pension ,mortgage paid off and time to look around.Again ,I say ,retired people think that everyone else is retired and I dare say I will be the same.I'm just sick of hearing about it !!!!!!!
Real people worry about schools ,jobs ,floods ,bad roads and ineffective councillors . I couldn't even get a bench seat moved 20 yards because of all the agencies / stakeholders bollocks involved in reaching an agreement.
Geoff ,you should thank your lucky stars you didn't get elected !!!!! End of rant . Goodnight .
Just to elaborate ,if anyone is interested ,my point is that Ulverston is becoming a retirement town ,full of beaming retirees and early retirees clogging the roads and rambling over hill and dale . All very nice I agree and maybe I will join them soon so why am I getting so annoyed about it ? Because I don't see a future in the town for younger people. There is much less industry these days ,Glaxo in terminal decline ,Barrow shipyard shedding jobs. No stability of the type enjoyed by those now retired many of whom effectively sold their jobs for redundancy packages . All very well but no jobs for their sons or daughters.The opposition to Tesco and ,no doubt ,Lidl if it comes is consistent with those who can afford to shop at Booths. I don't want Ulverston to turn into a twee little town full of craft shops.
It's already there A.R. Fuelled by the conviction amongst many that we are "in the Lake District.". I shop in Barrow and/or Lancaster. Wouldn't touch this dump with the proverbial...
Even though I'm an oldie returning to retire here, I agree with you A.R.
Ulverston makes a very attractive town to settle in and reap its benefits, whilst contributing very little in return.
I excuse my presence here by devoting a lot of energy to promoting and sticking up for things that I see are important to the town.
Having been part of the tourism industry, I know the importance to the town of a well run holiday business which keeps the shops ticking over. The one I ran appealed to the well heeled who thoroughly enjoyed buying things here, what's more they visited off season when business was slower.
I'm really disappointed with the Ulverston based U3A (University of the Third Age) which now has a membership of 280 which has little involvement with people under 50 in the town. Amongst this membership is a wealth of expertise that would be of great benefit to the young people of the town. In addition to giving encouragement, they could provide business know-how with their membership including former business managers, entrepreneurs, teachers and executive bank employees.
Far from an atmosphere of a university this organisation spends most of its time being entertained in the atmosphere of a ladies tea party. It is significant that nearly all the 'study groups' are sadly lacking in people willing to study themselves and dependent on the few that put energy into providing leadership.
There are one or two in the organisation that recognise the potential of the U3A but up till now they are unsupported by very dictatorial leadership with a flock of sheeplike characters with little mind of their own.
With the recession, I hope there with be an increasing number who keep themselves motivated by involvement in the voluntary organisations or activities in the town.
I came across one such person that while they looked for their next job, was ploughing their energies into an allotment that had been neglected. Plants that were surplus were been given to schools to encourage a rounded education in a primary school.
J.S. said:
It's already there A.R. Fuelled by the conviction amongst many that we are "in the Lake District.". I shop in Barrow and/or Lancaster. Wouldn't touch this dump with the proverbial...
That's harsh J.S.
- there are some great shops here - Brocklebanks, Smith and Harrison, Co-op, Poppies, Allan Wilson to name a few.
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