BRNC Dartmouth
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The problem with BRNC is that it is a Grade 2* listed building and the insides can't be touched.....not many hotels would want 200+ 8'x10' rooms!!
Listing simply means that changes to a building are subject to control through the planning system. The council as planning authority will give approval for works only if it is satisfied that these are compatible with the special interest of the building. Others may be involved in this decision, including English Heritage and the DCMS for the higher graded buildings. It is up to the applicant for listed building consent to make out the case for change. There are many examples of listed buildings that have undergone major alterations because the local Council has supported the need for them to play a new role if they are to survive.
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The problem with BRNC is that it is a Grade 2* listed building and the insides can't be touched.....not many hotels would want 200+ 8'x10' rooms!!
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar John must be turning in his grave - no way would CJH survive a developer's demolition hammer.
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If we accept its closure as a given, then the concern will be to develop the existing buildings in an appropriate way.
I note with some amusement that the patron of the Britannia Association is none other than the Prince of Wales!!!
The media are going to have a field day with this one as Charles wades in during the planning application phase - attacking everything he disapproves of and vetting every window frame and door handle
This place is very special to many of us and to the Prince it has personal connections with himself, his father, his uncle Louis, his brother and his son (I think? Even his mum is reputed to have first met his dad during a College visit in 1939 !
I for one would not be averse to living out my days in a pleasant Dart view apartment at "The Britannia" or whatever the marketing people will call it
I think however I might need a giant Stannah Stairlift to get to from Sand Quay!
How about BRNC OUTs being offered first preference or a discount
I note with some amusement that the patron of the Britannia Association is none other than the Prince of Wales!!!
The media are going to have a field day with this one as Charles wades in during the planning application phase - attacking everything he disapproves of and vetting every window frame and door handle
This place is very special to many of us and to the Prince it has personal connections with himself, his father, his uncle Louis, his brother and his son (I think? Even his mum is reputed to have first met his dad during a College visit in 1939 !
I for one would not be averse to living out my days in a pleasant Dart view apartment at "The Britannia" or whatever the marketing people will call it
I think however I might need a giant Stannah Stairlift to get to from Sand Quay!
How about BRNC OUTs being offered first preference or a discount
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BRNC Dartmouth would appear to be safe
Quoted from South Devon news, sport and entertainment | This Is South Devon
"Yes, well as Sarah Wollaston has said, after a meeting with Liam Fox, Dartmouth is safe. So this is a no story basically. I don't know why she is scare mungaring to be honest".
THE closure of Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth would be devastating for the town, says Totnes MP Sarah Wollaston.
"Yes, well as Sarah Wollaston has said, after a meeting with Liam Fox, Dartmouth is safe. So this is a no story basically. I don't know why she is scare mungaring to be honest".
THE closure of Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth would be devastating for the town, says Totnes MP Sarah Wollaston.
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My Dad was a Blake, entering as a 13 y/o in 1933 or 1934.
He will be 90 in December and is, I'm afraid, the last man standing of his class, which was, umm, rather depleted by the war.
He started his combat service as an Observer in Swordfish, and shortly before he retired got to ride as GIB on a Phantom. From 120 kts downhill with a tail wind to Mach 2 in one career
I was in Blake from April 78 to December of that year.
My father was a 13 y/o entry in 1947, in Hawke. His entry was joined by the first of the 16 y/o entry, and 18 y/o entry was well, and I think not long after he entered BRNC they finished the 13 y/o entry for ever.
My father was a 13 y/o entry in 1947, in Hawke. His entry was joined by the first of the 16 y/o entry, and 18 y/o entry was well, and I think not long after he entered BRNC they finished the 13 y/o entry for ever.
My Dad was a Blake, entering as a 13 y/o in 1933 or 1934.
He will be 90 in December and is, I'm afraid, the last man standing of his class, which was, umm, rather depleted by the war.
He started his combat service as an Observer in Swordfish, and shortly before he retired got to ride as GIB on a Phantom. From 120 kts downhill with a tail wind to Mach 2 in one career
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Shame I didn't see this earlier, i'm currently in Ark Royal Division - the older amongst you will know it as the BRNC Flight - and could have told you it wouldn't be closing. They've just built a new high ropes course up by the lower playing field, and have plans to build 6x new messes each to house an entire Division, like D93 ("the zoo") does nowadays.
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They've just built a new high ropes course up by the lower playing field, and have plans to build 6x new messes each to house an entire Division, like D93 ("the zoo") does nowadays.
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st athans is dead and gone. The money that foreign students and the prestige that their governments appropriate be to BRNC will be one hell of an argument to keep the place running. Very cheap considering the influence around the world it gives UK PLC
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Good point from airborne artist.
Fine example was the huge new accommodation building project at Portland Naval Base in the late 80s. That didn't last too long before the axe fell.
Heard its all been converted to appartments now and will be used for 2012 Olympics yachty goings on?
Fine example was the huge new accommodation building project at Portland Naval Base in the late 80s. That didn't last too long before the axe fell.
Heard its all been converted to appartments now and will be used for 2012 Olympics yachty goings on?
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Gryphon - the next intake (jan) will be 40 British cadets and 60 internationals. Plus we have two divisions from the Saudi Navy on a different bespoke course running simultaneously.
We were told 1 Int cadet pays for 5 of us
We were told 1 Int cadet pays for 5 of us
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With the possible exception of the House of Saud, very few governments are totally safe, so the income from foreign cadets isn't very easy to forecast. I often wonder how many of the Iranian OUTs at BRNC in the late 70s kept their heads post-revolution - they'd been paying for the place at the time.
As it was in the 60's: we had quite a few Internationals, the most noteworthy in Grenville Division 1967 was a Trinidad & Tobago Coastguard cadet with whom I shared a cabin. When selecting cadets for the inter divisional sports the call went around for a javelin thrower; his response......
"Throw the javelin? I can hit a white man at a hundred paces!"
"Throw the javelin? I can hit a white man at a hundred paces!"
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"Throw the javelin? I can hit a white man at a hundred paces!"
In the summer of 69 (hmmm, I'm sure there's a song in there somewhere . ..)
. . . I shared my cabin with a Nigerian cadet - Lucas Marasambo Lenjo, who had similar attributes !
Genuinely in the dark, I could only see his eyes and his teeth - it was something we used to laugh about - I was easy to spot!!!