BensGrandad
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We lived in South Farm Rd for a time and my wifes brother went to St Andrews and used to walk down Congreve and Northcourt Road to our flat so I assumed it was off of Congreve.
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[Sussex] Teville Gate
- Thread starter The Large One
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Blimey, I live in a flat in south farm road. I wonder,..............
BensGrandad
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we lived at 112 in 1967/1868
BensGrandad
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Small world
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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It is an sad indictment that land adjacent to the train station of Sussex's second most populated town has been derelict for over 30 years.
You would have thought during the housing boom of the Blair years that developers could have made a killing. Transport links don't come much better than Teville Gate.
You would have thought during the housing boom of the Blair years that developers could have made a killing. Transport links don't come much better than Teville Gate.
BBassic
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Thirty years? I'm not sure on that. I'm 32 and remember there being shops and things actually open and trading there when I was a kid. Plus, my mate Richard used to live in the flats that used to be there.
There was one thought about moving the bus/coach depot there, and then redeveloping the existing bus station on the seafront, could've worked
The Sock of Poskett
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- Jun 12, 2009
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One of Worthing's ongoing sagas. I once wrote a song about it - a forlorn little ditty on the ukulele. Should have been a blues, really.
Pavilionaire
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Although Teville Gate is a fiasco it is worth noting that the viability of any project was not helped by the absolute train wreck of a development from the Town Hall through to the station with the ugly roundabout and awful underpasses. Both main central car parks plus the one at Teville Gate are complete eyesores and the Guildbourne Centre too. The 60s planners wrecked the town.
BensGrandad
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There were shops from The Central, as it was., right down to the join with Chapel Road when Railway Approach was open but I cant for the life of me think of what other shops were there other than those mentioned. I think possibly a builders merchants and wholesale newspaper depot.
It used to have a petrol station, tax office, lots of shops , and flats as well.
With a rising population, and immigration, I'm not sure why this area has not been looked into as a good investment for business people.
Also the Guildbourne centre in Worthing has only a few shops in it now, when it used to have 2 stories full up including a pub. It used to be a great place to go when the weather was bad.
I don't know if the fact that both places has a large multi storey car park is some reason for this.
With a rising population, and immigration, I'm not sure why this area has not been looked into as a good investment for business people.
Also the Guildbourne centre in Worthing has only a few shops in it now, when it used to have 2 stories full up including a pub. It used to be a great place to go when the weather was bad.
I don't know if the fact that both places has a large multi storey car park is some reason for this.
Pavilionaire
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In 1985 I did a school project on the rise of out of town shopping centres (Durrington Tescos) and the demise of inner city shopping arcades (Teville Gate). I remember doing a survey standing in Teville Gate recording how many shops had shut down, the place was already graffit'd up and on the slide even then.
The Large One
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Town planners in the 1950s and 60s had a go at wrecking a lot of places.
Churchill Square (first time around), Brighton Square, Theobald House, New England House - all in Brighton, and all blighted by pig-ugly 1960s blinkered thinking, though weirdly enough, only one of those was a failure.
Grateful the big one never came to fruition (never got past the ideas stage thankfully) - the demolition of North Laine for a flyover from Preston Circus to the seafront.
BBassic
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Oh yeah, when I say 'kid' I could only have been three or so. Definitely a couple of places. One of them was a stereo place; can remember being mightily impressed that speakers existed which were taller than me.
Buzzer
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- Oct 1, 2006
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It does have one claim to fame as [MENTION=27279]dazzer6666[/MENTION] can verify. It's the site of probably the world's only marathon race competed inside a multi-storey carpark and it took place a few months back. About 80 times up and down in it. And the bright spark who thought up that idiotic idea was my brother who is 1/3rd of Sussex Trails who also do the London to Brighton trail, Mouth to Mouth, Beat The Tide and other trail events around God's own county.
Incidentally, you can hear the underground Teville stream when you use the underpass at Worthing Station. It's right by the bottom of the stairs on the northern platforms.
Incidentally, you can hear the underground Teville stream when you use the underpass at Worthing Station. It's right by the bottom of the stairs on the northern platforms.
Buzzer
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When I was growing up in Worthing, our next door neighbour had a jewellery shop in Teville Gate. This was in about 1981. I think he finally gave up the shop in 1984 and then the site remained empty right up until it was all demolished. The last shop still going must have been that all-night cafe that catered for people coming out of Bensons/Illusions next to Chapmans and Area 51 near where Ron Mills Cycles used to be (showing my age here).
Teville Gate has been a criminal waste of a great location for decades. Even worse is the Guildbourne Centre, just have a look at the lovely old buildings that were demolished to build that eyesore.
Cheshire Cat
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How did you manage that? A tardis?
Buzzer
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- Oct 1, 2006
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Time stands still in Worthing. It also goes backwards, sideways and occasionally forward.
BensGrandad
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Sorry a mistype obviously, should have been 1968