AllezBlackpool
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Used to be some great shops there. You could spend a whole afternoon there. Nothing now apart from a decent kebab shop.
Decent chippy toUsed to be some great shops there. You could spend a whole afternoon there. Nothing now apart from a decent kebab shop.
I was just about to post something similar HB. I can remember finding a shoe I liked in Polish Joes, then trying to find the matching shoe in all the heaps of shoes lying around the shop, not the tidiest shop iirc? Melody House was a brilliant shop. I'm pleased that Taylors has survived, but I'm not sure how they've managed it.Such a shame, shops like Melody House (where I bought my first single from), Woolworths, Polish Joes Shoes, Tesco and Bond St Fabrics are now all distant memories . A sign of the times in most towns I’m afraid…
Years of labour neglect unfortunately, obviously now we’ve got a Tory mp it’s a start, just need the labour council voted outUsed to be some great shops there. You could spend a whole afternoon there. Nothing now apart from a decent kebab shop.
I hope not Haz. Any city I’ve been in, China town is always scruffy and run down looking.Plans afoot for the area in the master plan. China town has been mentioned
Or knock it down and leave it knocked down? Introduce some green spaces, making the remaining existing property less abundant and therefore more susceptible to market forces. As things are, there's far too many dossy bedsits and standards could be driven up through the basic introduction of market forces - or is that too simple? Scruffs wouldn't choose to settle here if their rent was double in those areas.I hope not Haz. Any city I’ve been in, China town is always scruffy and run down looking.
Only way they can renovate an entire area is compulsory purchase and start again. Don’t see how that would be even feasible as some people wouldn’t want to give up their livelyhoods
Like that , green space would be perfectOr knock it down and leave it knocked down? Introduce some green spaces, making the remaining existing property less abundant and therefore more susceptible to market forces. As things are, there's far too many dossy bedsits and standards could be driven up through the basic introduction of market forces - or is that too simple? Scruffs wouldn't choose to settle here if their rent was double in those areas.
Years of labour neglect unfortunately, obviously now we’ve got a Tory mp it’s a start, just need the labour council voted out
Like that , green space would be perfect
Scruffs, not heard that for a while, quite posh eh, better than layabouts, dossers and druggies.Or knock it down and leave it knocked down? Introduce some green spaces, making the remaining existing property less abundant and therefore more susceptible to market forces. As things are, there's far too many dossy bedsits and standards could be driven up through the basic introduction of market forces - or is that too simple? Scruffs wouldn't choose to settle here if their rent was double in those areas.
Yeah you can guarantee the council may knock it down but you will get holiday lodges , car parks and adrenaline rides . Just look what they going to do the Stanley park golf course. What mp's and councilors need to do is get more of the money the town attracts and put back into the townOr knock it down and leave it knocked down? Introduce some green spaces, making the remaining existing property less abundant and therefore more susceptible to market forces. As things are, there's far too many dossy bedsits and standards could be driven up through the basic introduction of market forces - or is that too simple? Scruffs wouldn't choose to settle here if their rent was double in those areas.
This is the problem. Everything is low value with little thought to the overall impact. Look at that new hotel near the tower. I know it's right next to Coral Island but fuck me, it looks a state and obviously cost a bomb so who's signed that off?Yeah you can guarantee the council may knock it down but you will get holiday lodges , car parks and adrenaline rides . Just look what they going to do the Stanley park golf course. What mp's and councilors need to do is get more of the money the town attracts and put back into the town
Quite right about the new hotel near the Tower. The Tower is the jewel in our Crown and deserves to be flanked by good architecture.This is the problem. Everything is low value with little thought to the overall impact. Look at that new hotel near the tower. I know it's right next to Coral Island but fuck me, it looks a state and obviously cost a bomb so who's signed that off?
Some safe and clean green spaces, near to a beach could be quite a sought after place to live. A mix of the already existing holiday accommodation with the introduction of minimal high end accommodation, and before you know it, you've got a bubble tea and shisha bar alongside the many many donut stands.
I had mates come down from Manchester during lockdowns. They never ever get bored of being by the coast. It can become quite tiresome having cans of beer on the prom but it reminds me of just how fortunate we are.
Yes but cask, not craft.Maybe rebrand it as the Southern quarter. Attract loads of craft beer places and go down the St Annes route
Allez, in your laughing emoji reply you either share the humour or your tastes in beer are poor.Yes but cask, not craft.
This is the problem. Everything is low value with little thought to the overall impact. Look at that new hotel near the tower. I know it's right next to Coral Island but fuck me, it looks a state and obviously cost a bomb so who's signed that off?
I got my first pair of Levi’s and a Ben Sherman from there - great shop
I’m pretty sure the budget will do what the aim was & bring much needed investment from offshore accounts back into our tax system to regenerate Bond Street……It's almost as if over a decade of Tory rule has seen a constant decline in investment in the North. Luckily the latest budget will surely readdress the imbalance and not put more money in the pockets of the richest areas of the country.
Well the short answer is ToriesUsed to be some great shops there. You could spend a whole afternoon there. Nothing now apart from a decent kebab shop.
Liverpool did the same with its waterfront development and it is real corner shop thinking. What will those building look like in 20 years? You should wait for the right one and maintain standards. The counterpoint to that duff hotel is the slow redevelopment of the fabulous Winter Gardens. We were back in town last weekend for a stayover. We spent a very happy hour or so walking round the sights there. the Empress Ballroom, where my mum met my dad at a dance when he was being demobbed from the RAF at Weeton after the war. The Opera House, whre we walked on to the stage where I saw the Jam years ago, and where so many other greats have played. Recommended, we're lucky to have it.Quite right about the new hotel near the Tower. The Tower is the jewel in our Crown and deserves to be flanked by good architecture.