Whispers Developments, the owners of Royton Assembly Hall are being taken to court again in August by OMBC. Anyone want to take bets on them turning up? You would have thought that with their past record with court appearances Oldham Council would try and keep a low profile. After all they haven't paid for the Vance Miller fiasco yet, (have they?). Anyone heard anything further on that? But no, not our eager legal eagles led by the ferocious tigers in that treasure house of litigation, the Council Legal Department. Onward ever onward is their motto.
If the Council had received the £6,699, plus mounting legal costs, that Whispers Developments Ltd, were fined last time they didn't appear, then we could have used that cash to pursue them into not appearing again, but as we know that was never paid. Why has there been no concerted effort to rectify this? If it were you or I owing even a groat to this bloody council, we'd have had bailiffs living with us permanently while they syphoned off every penny they could and sold our children into slavery!
Having failed to turn up to two meetings with Oldham Council officials to discuss the building’s future, the council is now taking enforcement action.
Ten fucking years this has been going on!!!
What have OMBC been doing over that decade? Trying to arrange TWO meetings!!! And NOW! they talk about enforcement action. What action? What can they do? Very little it appears. They can't put a compulsory purchase order on it. The council couldn't afford it anyway. They can't take over the premises and finish the job then claim the cost from the developers. Why? Because the developers are fucking skint! Read the details on these cowboys at Companies House.If they are skint they can't afford to finish the job. Will another company step in and purchase the rotting hulk? Unlikely. Who would pay them? Who would pay off the mortgage that is presumably hanging over the site? Who would buy the finished building? OMBC? Don't think so! What would the finished building be? How tall can minarets be? Another question. In 2002 Whispers bought the building for £215,000. From whom? Oh yes, I see it now, it was from OMBC. What happened to the cash? How much is left? It's not all been frittered away has it? That's almost a full three months council allowances!Council leader Jim McMahon and Councillor
Anyhow as we said at the start, they probably won't turn up, Whispers that is, not Little Jimmy Pudden Face and Gushforth. They have an unbeaten record in this competition:
Current scores - Whispers 5 OMBC 0
Don't forget you can keep track of this fast developing story via our Promise Clock in the right sidebar. Seven days, The Gusher said. See how much time remains on our countdown timer.
Perhaps while they are having their day in court the two amigos could pursue the owners of another building in the Borough that has been left derelict for a lot longer than Royton Assembly Hall. This is the large edifice with the neo-classical facade which is almost opposite The War Memorial on High Street. We believe it used to be called The Town Hall. Now it is purely a showcase for dozens of unique algae and lichens, not to mention the several sordid banners hung on it and the beauty of it's neo-bombsite wooden windows. You can't fucking fix that PuddenFace! Why are we not holding our breath over your latest foray into the dark underbelly of the law?
We show another pic of the gothic horror with no apologies. We need to spread word of our treasures far and wide, for don't forget, Metrostink will be with us shortly (well maybe) and there will be hordes of sightseers descending on our picturesque habitat and gawping at our beautifully preserved historic sites. Probably a few scientists from Porton Down as well investigating the alien life forms clinging to the neo-festering edifice!
FUCKING HYPOCRITES ..... THE LOT OF YOU!!!!
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