The Skylon

[joe-90]

Has anyone ever heard of this? I never have. Would you like to see it come back? In time for the Olympics maybe?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7492913.stm

 

[Diyisfun]

As long as its not paid for by London

 

[Steve]

As long as its paid for by london and not us northerners who'd never see any benefit.

 

[Diyisfun]

As long as its paid for by london and not us northerners who'd never see any benefit.

These things like the Olympics, should be paid for by the UK Ltd.
The country as a whole benefiets from this type of structure/event

 

[Shytalkz]

The country as a whole benefiets from this type of structure/event

How?

 

[mattylad]

What use is a skylon?

Despite the millenium dome being useless to people up north at least it was used after the event.

This skylon will be useless even during the event.

I certainly dont want to pay a penny towards it.

 

[Deluks]

It looks rather like a V2 rocket to me, were they taking the **** when they built this thing?

 

[Diyisfun]

The country as a whole benefiets from this type of structure/event

How?

Visitors to the UK, put this on their list, along with the London Eye & Big Ben.
Then when they travel north they see Hadrians Wall etc.

 

[Shytalkz]

But then they're just as likely to come, even if Skylon is not there. Or, to put it another way, they're not not likely to visit, because it isn't there.

Thus £x millions spent, net increase in tourism and inflowing money - zilch.

There are plenty of basic things in this country that need sorting and plenty of calls on the money that would otherwise be spent, before erecting yet another edifice to pander to someone's ego, surely?

 

[Diyisfun]

People visit Norfolk to see for miles.

 

[Shytalkz]

No: they visit to see people with webbed feet, cleft palets and tongues just that little too large for their mouths, who call their brother "Daddy"

 

[jefoss]

As long as its paid for by london and not us northerners who'd never see any benefit.

who paid for the rusty angel of the north?

 

[Diyisfun]

As long as its paid for by london and not us northerners who'd never see any benefit.

who paid for the rusty angel of the north?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7448997.stm

Dumfries and Galloway Council has earmarked £50,000 for the first phase of the scheme.

The remaining funds will come from Scottish Enterprise and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

 

[anobium]

Has anyone ever heard of this? I never have. Would you like to see it come back? In time for the Olympics maybe?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7492913.stm[/QUOTE]

I always thought that it was bought by the Belgians and erected in Brussels after the festival, or was that another structure built for the same festival?

 

[jefoss]

As long as its paid for by london and not us northerners who'd never see any benefit.

who paid for the rusty angel of the north?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7448997.stm

Dumfries and Galloway Council has earmarked £50,000 for the first phase of the scheme.

The remaining funds will come from Scottish Enterprise and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

fair enough.

cant they sort out this new jobbie then?