Comments on: A Letter To Crest Nicholson

By: Jacqueline Tillyer

Jacqueline Tillyer — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:46:21 +0000

Right behind you GA. Ask for what is rightfully yours.

The company concerned Crest Nicholson has now a forthright and determined challenge sitting on their tail.

I so enjoy your website such quality and thought in every posted e-mail. An inspiration to keep the real East End recorded and alive.

By: John Daltrey

John Daltrey — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:37:42 +0000

Good for you!!!
It simply shows what arrogant scum they are

By: Stephan Glover

Stephan Glover — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 19:38:46 +0000

This has happened to me before with various pictures of the East End, City Of London and Dresden in Sachsen. Thankfully not by anyone as nefarious as Crest Nicholson. Perhaps I wil send you some from the last twenty years.

By: Rita

Rita — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 13:57:34 +0000

Outrageous theft.

Good luck and a successful outcome for you.

By: Sally Hirst

Sally Hirst — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 21:02:58 +0000

I hope it is a very large fee. They are robbers.

By: Bee

Bee — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:27:42 +0000

Well done Gentle Author. I’m a keen amateur photographer and it never ceases to amaze me how some people think they can just take your work and use it without permission.

I note that in promoting their plans for the London Chest Hospital, Crest Nicholson parade Valentine Place as one of their achievements. No mention of the local fight we residents had to embark on to stop the heritage of this historic industrial townscape being destroyed completely.

It began in 2010, much to our shock, with the sudden demolition of an immaculate Victorian warehouse at 1a Valentine Place. Everything then went quiet for a while, until a sneakily placed demolition sign appeared on the window of the stunning neo-classical Edwardian Maltina Bakery building on the same site.

Perhaps they thought we wouldn’t spot the sign. Big mistake. We halted the demolition with a petition, and Valentine Place was subsequently designated a conservation area.

The bakery survived, albeit in façade only. Lost along the way were beautiful chimney pots, the tall oven chimney, a magnificent wooden vaulted ceiling and the original wooden floorboards. But at least we can still see some vestiges of the past, rather than have to look at yet another new build.

By: Peter Holford

Peter Holford — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:20:46 +0000

Yes – Hold those arrogant suits to account. Well done. (I spent 24 hours thinking what to write but most sentences included nonpunishable profanities!)

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 10:25:01 +0000

As you may know already, if these cheeky blighters don’t settle you can pursue a case against them using the small claims track of the patents court. It doesn’t cost much and there is no defence for what they have done.

Have you thought of popping a copyright notice on your images? You shouldn’t have to (and don’t need to legally) but it does deter theft.

Let us know what happens.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 01:17:25 +0000

Don’t mess with the Gentle Author.

Got get ’em. 🙂

By: DavidC

DavidC — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 23:13:40 +0000

Obviously it’s unlikely that any of the directors (especially the NEDs) would have had any advance personal knowledge of this leaflet. However, from a quick glance at https://www.crestnicholson.com/investor-relations/board-of-directors I would suggest that Pam Alexander OBE looks like the most suitable NED to draw into this case : her other experiences and involvements imply that she really ought to be sympathetic and her membership of the Audit and Risk committee implies that she really ought to be concerned about the reputational risk arising from their behaviour. I don’t think that I had ever heard of her until a few minutes ago, but she may provide an alternative angle to pursue : questions from directors (especially the NEDs) tend to encourage extremely rapid responses in most large organisations !