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Despite Thursday night's torrential rain, around 40 people turned out
for the Newlyn Fishing Industry Forum's public meeting to discuss proposals
for the regeneration of the port.
Residents living in the port's conservation area were invited to the
meeting to identify improvements, restorations and enhancements as part
of the future plans for the harbour area.
The meeting, which took place at St Peter's Hall, Newlyn, was organised
by the Visual Environment Group from the Forum, whose members will be
drawing up a design guide to safeguard the historic character of the port
and to set the standards for regeneration.
Members of the panel included town councillor Ruth Simpson, Nick Howell,
of the Pilchard Works; Grevis Williams, of Golowan; and Newlyn historian
Ron Hogg.
Mrs Simpson told the gathering: "This is the opportunity for people
to identify, list and restore the incorrect or bent railings, missing
cobbles, broken seats and vandalised monuments that have become an unfortunate
part of Newlyn in recent years.
"We need people to indicate where the problems are and help us to
map them out first."
Chairman of the meeting Kevin Brownridge urged the public to come up
with an agreed design guide as a basis to work upon.
He said that once the group knew what people wanted, they would initially
concentrate on enhancing Newlyn's conservation area, which was about 80
yards inland around the harbour area from Newlyn Art Gallery to Sandy
Cove.
"It is recognised that the main business of Newlyn is fishing and
that this is an important working fishing port," he said.
"The objective is not to prettify the town, but to tidy it up, to
improve visual features where these have deteriorated over the years and
to ensure in future that visual features are built to high standards and
good quality."
Members of the public said they would like to see telegraph and electric
poles removed and cobbles and setts reinstated in some of the streets
where they were removed by the service industries over the years.
Guest speaker Tony Woodhams spoke on the two-year history of the forum
and its overall objectives for a sustainable future for the port.
During the meeting volunteers from the public formed three groups to
look in detail at particular areas of Newlyn that could be enhanced and
improved
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