Welcome to Winning Back Morecambe's West End

Name: Brian Quinn

Position: Geographic Inspector for Morecambe, Lancashire Constabulary

Brian Quinn is the recently appointed local Inspector for Lancashire Constabulary and has responsibility for policing resources covering Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth. Brian has long-standing connections to the Morecambe area having worked in Northern Division for the majority of his twenty years service. He has held posts both in uniform and CID.

Inspector Brian Quinn said: “I am honoured to be appointed as Geographic Inspector for the Morecambe area. Like the majority of my staff, I have long standing family and personal connections to the area and I take a personal pride in the policing of Morecambe and the surrounding areas.”

He also said: ”I am acutely aware of the concerns of the public which regularly are raised via the PACT (Police and Community Together) panels and other public consultation exercises that we regularly conduct. I hope that the recent “Clean Sweep” and Operation Nimrod (drug raids) that took place in the West End are clear signals of our intent to improve the area for those that live work and play in the West End.”

Inspector Quinn recognises the importance of partnership working and said: “I am convinced that the work of the Winning Back Morecambe’s West End team will go a long way to delivering what the local residents want. I can assure them that I will do everything in my power to assist in that process.”

Local residents are invited to the local Galloway’s Society Christmas concert. The event will take place at the Salvation Army Centre on Balmoral Road on Saturday 2nd December at 7.30pm and tickets cost £3.00 each. The Galloway’s Community Choir, which is for both sighted and visually impaired people, will be performing along with the Rainbow Singers.

Galloway’s help blind people within the local community and offer services such as talking books and newspapers, interest groups, outdoor activities, holidays as well as offering advice and support. For more information, please contact Tony Kimpton at the Morecambe Blind Centre on 01524 414846.

Winning Back Morecambe’s West End has secured funding to redevelop the Promenade Gardens.

Work is due to start on site (the part of the promenade between the Battery and Regent Road) next month and will continue through to Spring 2007.

The results from the fun day and consultation event held at the gardens on the 25th July showed that the majority of people preferred the design with a new toilet facility at the Battery end of the gardens.

There was concern expressed over the loss of the water feature and the designs have now been developed to take into account the results and comments from local residents who took part in the consultation event. A water feature has now been included within the performance area. This is expected to consist of jets of water shooting upwards with ambient lighting to enhance the feature.

Further feasibility and design work needs to be undertaken for the new toilet facility and planning permission will also be required. Therefore, the new toilet facilities will not be delivered within this phase of the redevelopment.

A large proportion of the Promenade Garden will continue to be ‘green’ areas, consisting of grass, perennials and annual plants.

There will be a gentle slope leading up to the viewing area which will not be any higher than the current wave reflection wall. There will also be a small leaning rail facing the bay.

A road crossing point opposite the main entrance to the gardens is also planned. However, this may not be delivered until later in the year, as this needs to go though a separate planning process.

The land is held under conveyance for the purpose of public pleasure grounds and public walks. Confirmation has been received that all the planned alterations are permissible by s76 Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907.