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BOSCOMBE'S new surf reef has attracted its first major investment in Bournemouth's high street.
Clothing retailer Fat Face has told the Daily Echo it will open a giant new town-centre store by the end of June.
The news follows Bournemouth Borough Council's announcement that the reef will definitely be completed by the end of this year.
The borough council's deputy leader, Cllr John Beesley, welcomed the retailer's investment, saying that the return of "quality and excitement" to the retail sector was part of the authority's master vision for the town centre.
The new store on Old Christchurch Road will cover nearly 3,000 square feet selling surfboards, windsurfs and dinghies as well as clothes.
Plans to build the Northern Hemisphere's first artificial surf reef just two miles away were key to the company's decision to invest in the town, said one of its directors.
The long-hoped-for ripple effect from the new reef has now started in earnest. The first of the new businesses has arrived and it is anticipated that more will follow to service the needs of a new breed of tourist.
"Bournemouth is a prime location in the UK, especially with the UK's first surf reef being developed. The new store will be an amazing building, in a great position in the town," said Sarah Baskcomb, the brand's communications chief.
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Project manager Mick Marran, who is overseeing the new store, described the turn-of-the-century structure as "incredibly interesting".
"The building has two glass atriums which will be fully refurbished and become major features of the store.
"It's one of the reasons we took the second floor out, so people can enjoy them," said Mr Marran.
Copper-clad windows and the building's stone facia will undergo "substantial refurbishment" and timber backed by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) will be used in the refit, he added.
7:08am Monday 19th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Richard, Bournemouth on 10:45am Mon 19 May 08
If people are happy paying about £30 for a t-shirt in Fat Face then good luck to them.
If people are happy paying about £30 for a t-shirt in Fat Face then good luck to them.
Posted by: JayKayDV, Helsinki, Finland (From Poole) on 11:24am Mon 19 May 08
Such a pity that local highly successful ANIMAL UK based in Poole cannot see the same vision and support its local communities in the same way!
Such a pity that local highly successful ANIMAL UK based in Poole cannot see the same vision and support its local communities in the same way!
Posted by: JayKayDV, Helsinki, Finland (From Poole) on 11:30am Mon 19 May 08
....but then again, ANIMAL has come a long way from the days of painting logo's on the side of WV Surf Campers parked up at Sandbanks. Those boys probably know better growin up locally. Shoplifters, drunks smashing windows, pot heads and random drunken attacks in the high streets at night. Welcome to Bournemouth, Surfy capital of the northern hemisphere...all nice and rosy as usual? Boscombe....the new sandbanks...Hmmmmm..
.me thinks not.
....but then again, ANIMAL has come a long way from the days of painting logo's on the side of WV Surf Campers parked up at Sandbanks. Those boys probably know better growin up locally. Shoplifters, drunks smashing windows, pot heads and random drunken attacks in the high streets at night. Welcome to Bournemouth, Surfy capital of the northern hemisphere...all nice and rosy as usual? Boscombe....the new sandbanks...Hmmmmm..
.me thinks not.
Posted by: omegaman, Bournemouth on 11:33am Mon 19 May 08
What rubbish - the surf reef is in Boscombe and the shop will be in the town centre. Who is spinning what here!
What rubbish - the surf reef is in Boscombe and the shop will be in the town centre. Who is spinning what here!
Posted by: JayKayDV, Helsinki, Finland (From Poole) on 11:36am Mon 19 May 08
Well said omegaman!
Posted by: V1 on 11:40am Mon 19 May 08
[quote][bold]Richard[/bold] wrote:
If people are happy paying about £30 for a t-shirt in Fat Face then good luck to them. [/quote] I am one of those people who are happy to pay £30 for a t-shirt. The quality of their clothes is superb and they are not made by a small child in China or somewhere along those lines being paid a pittance unlike Primark. It is about time we had a decent sized Fat Face in Bournemouth. If it is like the one in Truro I know one person who be very happy (me!)
YIIIIPPPPEEEE
Richard wrote:
If people are happy paying about £30 for a t-shirt in Fat Face then good luck to them.
I am one of those people who are happy to pay £30 for a t-shirt. The quality of their clothes is superb and they are not made by a small child in China or somewhere along those lines being paid a pittance unlike Primark. It is about time we had a decent sized Fat Face in Bournemouth. If it is like the one in Truro I know one person who be very happy (me!)
YIIIIPPPPEEEE
Posted by: JayKayDV, Helsinki, Finland (From Poole) on 12:12pm Mon 19 May 08
V1:The quality of their clothes is superb and they are not made by a small child in China or somewhere along those lines being paid a pittance unlike Primark. - - - - extremely good point if in fact its true. We should all be more aware of where our clothes are made and who suffers....including the local community when too much 'spin' is put on such stories by the ECHO and local Gov.
V1:The quality of their clothes is superb and they are not made by a small child in China or somewhere along those lines being paid a pittance unlike Primark. - - - - extremely good point if in fact its true. We should all be more aware of where our clothes are made and who suffers....including the local community when too much 'spin' is put on such stories by the ECHO and local Gov.
Posted by: Cheryl Carr Brotherton on 12:25pm Mon 19 May 08
Trago Mills + a soup kitchen is fine and more than enough for the old f**t*rs that use these threads most of the f***s that i see in boscombe need putting through a car wash.
Trago Mills + a soup kitchen is fine and more than enough for the old f**t*rs that use these threads most of the f***s that i see in boscombe need putting through a car wash.
Posted by: Ashley, Verwood on 12:27pm Mon 19 May 08
Fat Face in Bournemouth Town Centre is finally moving from out of it's lonely place onto OCR. Then they should get a bigger and better shop.
I wonder what will happen the to Quadrent centre then though!
Fat Face in Bournemouth Town Centre is finally moving from out of it's lonely place onto OCR. Then they should get a bigger and better shop.
I wonder what will happen the to Quadrent centre then though!
Posted by: Noel, Bournemouth on 12:45pm Mon 19 May 08
Who are these Fat Face people anyway?
Will their shop disappear in a couple of years when their clothes go out of fashion?
And what is going to happen to this Surf reef when everyone realizes that the Hydraulic research Institute at Wallingford's assessment that it "will have a largely neutral effect" is true?
Who are these Fat Face people anyway?
Will their shop disappear in a couple of years when their clothes go out of fashion?
And what is going to happen to this Surf reef when everyone realizes that the Hydraulic research Institute at Wallingford's assessment that it "will have a largely neutral effect" is true?
Posted by: vote-them-out, Dorchester on 1:29pm Mon 19 May 08
Fat Face are one of the success stories of British retail in recent years. Really good quality clothes that last, take wear and tear very well and while not "timeless" seem less open to the vagaries of fashion. I stopped buying Animal stuff when their staple product became the hoody, aimed fair and square at the teen market.
Fat Face seem to market their product at a broader range of customers, from mid 20s into their 40s.
I'm somewhere in the middle.... ish.
Although I'm reasonably well paid, I have found recent pressures on fuel and food have curtailed my spending on clothes, so I have to question if the retail public will have the money in its pocket to make this store a short-term success, although long term I think it will be a winner.
Fat Face are one of the success stories of British retail in recent years. Really good quality clothes that last, take wear and tear very well and while not "timeless" seem less open to the vagaries of fashion. I stopped buying Animal stuff when their staple product became the hoody, aimed fair and square at the teen market.
Fat Face seem to market their product at a broader range of customers, from mid 20s into their 40s.
I'm somewhere in the middle.... ish.
Although I'm reasonably well paid, I have found recent pressures on fuel and food have curtailed my spending on clothes, so I have to question if the retail public will have the money in its pocket to make this store a short-term success, although long term I think it will be a winner.
Posted by: Simon, London on 1:45pm Mon 19 May 08
Well said vote them out. Funny to see that all the old backward looking farts are squirming as the reef starts to pull in some investment. The poor luvs just don't like any change..
Well said vote them out. Funny to see that all the old backward looking farts are squirming as the reef starts to pull in some investment. The poor luvs just don't like any change..
Posted by: Richard, Bournemouth on 1:56pm Mon 19 May 08
[quote][bold]Simon[/bold] wrote:
Well said vote them out. Funny to see that all the old backward looking farts are squirming as the reef starts to pull in some investment. The poor luvs just don't like any change..[/quote] So says the surf dude from.........London. Many decent clean breaks on the Thames these days?
Personally, I'm all in favour of the reef and despite what some others have said, I think it will do the town a lot of good.
However, I do resent these clothing companies that peddle a certain 'lifestyle look' at ludicrously high prices.
Simon wrote:
Well said vote them out. Funny to see that all the old backward looking farts are squirming as the reef starts to pull in some investment. The poor luvs just don't like any change..
So says the surf dude from.........London. Many decent clean breaks on the Thames these days?
Personally, I'm all in favour of the reef and despite what some others have said, I think it will do the town a lot of good.
However, I do resent these clothing companies that peddle a certain 'lifestyle look' at ludicrously high prices.
Posted by: Christopher, Wallisdown & Winton West on 2:24pm Mon 19 May 08
[quote][bold]Cheryl Carr Brotherton[/bold] wrote:
Trago Mills + a soup kitchen is fine and more than enough for the old f**t*rs that use these threads most of the f***s that i see in boscombe need putting through a car wash.[/quote] I take it you know most of the f**t*rs that use these threads. Now I would not have took you as a f**t*rs. Then again one never knows who one is talking to these days.
Cheryl Carr Brotherton wrote:
Trago Mills + a soup kitchen is fine and more than enough for the old f**t*rs that use these threads most of the f***s that i see in boscombe need putting through a car wash.
I take it you know most of the f**t*rs that use these threads. Now I would not have took you as a f**t*rs. Then again one never knows who one is talking to these days.
Posted by: nickboy, West London on 4:09pm Mon 19 May 08
Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.
Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.
Posted by: Trifecta, Southbourne on 5:17pm Mon 19 May 08
Whilst the link between the opening of this store and the surf reef seems somewhat tenuous at best (If it were true surely they could get bigger premises for much less cash in Boscombe) at least this sort of retailer is vaguely interested in a clientelle that actually do something, even if it is just watching the outdoors on the telly whilst wearing the gear!
Whilst the link between the opening of this store and the surf reef seems somewhat tenuous at best (If it were true surely they could get bigger premises for much less cash in Boscombe) at least this sort of retailer is vaguely interested in a clientelle that actually do something, even if it is just watching the outdoors on the telly whilst wearing the gear!
Posted by: Chris McColl, Bournemouth on 5:46pm Mon 19 May 08
" the surf reef is in Boscombe " err, no !
The 'few' luxury appartments are there, the carpark is as good as gone, but guess what....NO SURF REEF.
First sunday of sunshine last week and all of Sea Road was blocked up with cars - all receiving a ticket for their trouble. No where else to park.
Reading some of the above posts I'm not surprised how easily so many were duped over the Imax.
Completed by autumn 2007 I believe we were told. Cue much handwring by the council this time next year. We've been had... again !
" the surf reef is in Boscombe " err, no !
The 'few' luxury appartments are there, the carpark is as good as gone, but guess what....NO SURF REEF.
First sunday of sunshine last week and all of Sea Road was blocked up with cars - all receiving a ticket for their trouble. No where else to park.
Reading some of the above posts I'm not surprised how easily so many were duped over the Imax.
Completed by autumn 2007 I believe we were told. Cue much handwring by the council this time next year. We've been had... again !
Posted by: omegaman, Bournemouth on 8:12pm Mon 19 May 08
[quote][bold]nickboy[/bold] wrote:
Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.[/quote] Stay in London you ****!
nickboy wrote:
Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.
Stay in London you ****!
Posted by: Si, Poole on 8:22pm Mon 19 May 08
Why are people slagging of Fat Face? Nobody is forcing you to go there. It's just constant moaning...
Why are people slagging of Fat Face? Nobody is forcing you to go there. It's just constant moaning...
Posted by: nickboy, West London on 8:48pm Mon 19 May 08
[quote][bold]omegaman[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]nickboy[/bold] wrote: Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.[/quote] Stay in London you ****![/quote] I'm not in London, I'm in Bournemouth , my home town and I used to work in Boscombe and some of my family and friends still do, so I know what i'm talking about . So shut up you **** !
omegaman wrote:
nickboy wrote: Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.
Stay in London you ****!
I'm not in London, I'm in Bournemouth , my home town and I used to work in Boscombe and some of my family and friends still do, so I know what i'm talking about . So shut up you **** !
Posted by: Simon, London on 9:17pm Mon 19 May 08
Well said - and to Richard. I grew up in Bmth, so entitled to my view thanks. why do you think so many people move away?? to get away from the small mindedness? or all the constant moaning??
Well said - and to Richard. I grew up in Bmth, so entitled to my view thanks. why do you think so many people move away?? to get away from the small mindedness? or all the constant moaning??
Posted by: omegaman, Bournemouth on 10:02pm Mon 19 May 08
[quote][bold]nickboy[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]omegaman[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]nickboy[/bold] wrote: Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.[/quote] Stay in London you ****![/quote] I'm not in London, I'm in Bournemouth , my home town and I used to work in Boscombe and some of my family and friends still do, so I know what i'm talking about . So shut up you **** ![/quote] Since when has West London been in Bournemouth?
nickboy wrote:
omegaman wrote: nickboy wrote: Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.
Stay in London you ****!
I'm not in London, I'm in Bournemouth , my home town and I used to work in Boscombe and some of my family and friends still do, so I know what i'm talking about . So shut up you **** !
Since when has West London been in Bournemouth?
Posted by: Dorset Red, Dorset on 11:26pm Mon 19 May 08
I'm very pleased to hear that Fat Face will be opening a larger store in Bournemouth. It's about the only place other than M & S where a slightly overwieght middle-aged man like myself can get clothes that look ok!
I am a bit sad, however to hear that this shop won't be in Boscombe where the reef itself will actually be located! It's high time Boscombe was given the opportunity to go back up-market again!
I'm very pleased to hear that Fat Face will be opening a larger store in Bournemouth. It's about the only place other than M & S where a slightly overwieght middle-aged man like myself can get clothes that look ok!
I am a bit sad, however to hear that this shop won't be in Boscombe where the reef itself will actually be located! It's high time Boscombe was given the opportunity to go back up-market again!
Posted by: vote-them-out, Dorchester on 9:23am Tue 20 May 08
Before anyone leaps on the fact that I live in Dorchester.....
I was born in Boscombe and work in Bournemouth.
Just thought I'd clear that up in advance of any micro-xenophobia.
Hell, what chance do we stand with the rest of the world if we offer this kind jingoistic nonsense in response to people less than 120 miles away?
Before anyone leaps on the fact that I live in Dorchester.....
I was born in Boscombe and work in Bournemouth.
Just thought I'd clear that up in advance of any micro-xenophobia.
Hell, what chance do we stand with the rest of the world if we offer this kind jingoistic nonsense in response to people less than 120 miles away?
Posted by: nickg, canford heath on 11:05am Tue 20 May 08
[quote][bold]omegaman[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]nickboy[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]omegaman[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]nickboy[/bold] wrote: Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.[/quote] Stay in London you ****![/quote] I'm not in London, I'm in Bournemouth , my home town and I used to work in Boscombe and some of my family and friends still do, so I know what i'm talking about . So shut up you **** ![/quote] Since when has West London been in Bournemouth?[/quote] You try changing your location details when updating personal details - it doesn't work ! I am not in West London, I am now living in Bournemouth. I moved down to Dorset in 1979, going up to London to work in 2001 and now i'm back home. As I said before, I know what i'm talking about, but you seem to have the rather small-minded attitude that a lot of people here have, which is a shame.
omegaman wrote:
nickboy wrote: omegaman wrote: nickboy wrote: Hopefully the investment in Boscombe sea front will continue all the way up Sea Road to Boscombe precinct and the Sovereign Centre. Then they can knock it all down and start again - firstly by getting rid of all the wasters,druggies and benefit scrounging cackers that plague the place.
Stay in London you ****!
I'm not in London, I'm in Bournemouth , my home town and I used to work in Boscombe and some of my family and friends still do, so I know what i'm talking about . So shut up you **** !
Since when has West London been in Bournemouth?
You try changing your location details when updating personal details - it doesn't work ! I am not in West London, I am now living in Bournemouth. I moved down to Dorset in 1979, going up to London to work in 2001 and now i'm back home. As I said before, I know what i'm talking about, but you seem to have the rather small-minded attitude that a lot of people here have, which is a shame.
Posted by: bob sagget, b'mouth on 12:14pm Tue 20 May 08
[quote][bold]JayKayDV[/bold] wrote:
Such a pity that local highly successful ANIMAL UK based in Poole cannot see the same vision and support its local communities in the same way![/quote] um what you mean like having a store in bournemouth just up the hill from m&s? although fatfaces new store will no doubt dick all over it..
JayKayDV wrote:
Such a pity that local highly successful ANIMAL UK based in Poole cannot see the same vision and support its local communities in the same way!
um what you mean like having a store in bournemouth just up the hill from m&s? although fatfaces new store will no doubt dick all over it..
Posted by: kevcal, Poole on 1:03pm Tue 20 May 08
Reef's a good idea (if it works).. Guy I spoke to from Perth had mixed ideas about it. Now it's a pity the council sell off the car park so no-one can use it. There was mention of a park & ride for the surfers.. A bus full of surfers and surfboards ;-) can't see that happening. Also the voluntary lifeguards that would have been an asset to this have lost their unit due to the redevelopment - complete madness!
Reef's a good idea (if it works).. Guy I spoke to from Perth had mixed ideas about it. Now it's a pity the council sell off the car park so no-one can use it. There was mention of a park & ride for the surfers.. A bus full of surfers and surfboards ;-) can't see that happening. Also the voluntary lifeguards that would have been an asset to this have lost their unit due to the redevelopment - complete madness!
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