What is to blame for the collapse of The Poly? (From Falmouth Packet)

What is to blame for the collapse of The Poly?

9:40am Saturday 30th January 2010

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Money is the lubricant of business, so let’s face facts, in spite of the overwhelming support as outlined in your paper of the many members of the Falmouth Polytechnic Society, with so much support why then did The Poly collapse?

They ran out of lubricant and full support like so many other businesses in today’s financial climate.

If the new town manager was to take a little time and walk along Arwenack Street and also Church Street down to the bottom of Market Street he will find a total of 18 (at the last count) empty shops.

If he then ventures on to Discovery Quay he will find a further three empty shops – they have all run out of lubricant.

Who is to blame? One may say, first and foremost the present financial climate.

True, but let’s face it this area of town is a dirty, grubby shambles of a shopping area. Most of the shops require a good clean up and fresh paint, and in some places greenery grows from the gutter.

May I also say whilst I am on the subject, the maritime museum is a splendid enterprise but the entrance looks like a run down timber yard – this is in need of a good face lift.

Falmouth has during the past few years become a tired, dirty town badly in need of a facelift.

Our new council members (bless their new salaries) ignore Arwenack Street completely and the road surfaces and pavements are a disgrace.

When one thinks that the town is blessed with a fine dockyard, a wonderful waterfront a much improved railway, thanks really to the thousands of students who use it and the cruise ships that come in by the dozen spending money – the lubricant/Falmouth should be booming.

Instead, in my opinion as one that loves Falmouth, it has become rather dirty grubby shortly to become full of coffee and charity shops along with the empty ones.

Noel Johnson Leach Mariner Court Avenue Road Falmouth

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