Take pride in city
IN RESPONSE to a letter in The Herald on September 7, saying that Plymouth City Centre should be demolished.
I would like to remind the person who wrote it that a lot of people who helped to rebuild Plymouth after the Blitz, are still alive or they had relations that did more on the rebuilding. Also the majority of people who live in Plymouth are proud of their city.
Admittedly the empty shops on Western Approach are an eyesore. Since they back on to Colin Campbell Court car park, they could be used and incorporated in building a new bus station, as Royal Parade is heavily congested with traffic. If the buildings in Plymouth were looked after properly, people wouldn't complain.
Also to the person who says she doesn't like the noise from the planes. I used to live near Plymouth Airport and the noise never bothered me or my visitors. It is not like they flew all night like Gatwick or Heathrow. It is the same with a railway, if you live near one of them you have to put up with the noise. You have them thundering past especially express trains or when there used to be freight trains.
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We need this airport.
J KITCHING (MRS)
Kings Tamerton
Comments
by blogtodi
Sunday, September 23 2012, 9:48AM
“I think, if you look closely, the buildings from the Abercrombie era are stone. And PCC do have plans for the city. http://tinyurl.com/ca6dhcv
They seem to have the right ideas; if only they had the money.
They should sell the airport and bus company to raise the capital....doh!”
by willems
Saturday, September 22 2012, 3:20PM
“For the most part,it is a depressing,dirty grey swathe of concrete bunkers,and long past it's knock down date. Horrible.”
by charlie12341
Saturday, September 22 2012, 12:50PM
“Spend a day in Cardiff City Centre and then you'll see how far Plymouth has been left behind. As Elton John sang. " Sad, So Sad ".....”
by niugnepyzarc
Friday, September 21 2012, 7:19PM
“The problem is Plymouth centre is STILL stuck in the times just after the blitz, its a drab depressing grey concrete jungle of a placecwith very little to offer.”
by charlie12341
Friday, September 21 2012, 6:49PM
“If Plymouth city council had pride in the city, then maybe more residents would too. I have written before on this site at how disgracefull the "welcome to Plymouth" signs are as you drive into the city. Shocking. No other words. No wonder so many tourists just keep driving into Cornwall. Why are we not shouting from the hills?”
by adadad1
Friday, September 21 2012, 1:29PM
“It is too big.
The internet is the future of shopping though some will still go downtown so long as down town is worth going to.
Demolish everything from and including Union St up to Armada Way.
Put in a large FLAT and beautiful green space with a big artificial lake.
Around 2 edges of the green put eateries and bars and a covered walkway, around the 3rd edge put in a covered childrens play zone. 4th edge open towards the Hoe.
Double the size of the Mall. Triple the car parking.
Ban Chuggers.
Union St would make a nice City centre airport and runway!”
by malcolmjoce
Friday, September 21 2012, 12:10PM
“i love plymouth but we do need to move with the times. the city centre is out dated”
by lilwead
Friday, September 21 2012, 11:10AM
“I would be prouder of my home city if our elected leaders stopped authorising the erection of ever uglier buildings and concentrated first on promoting what we DO have.”
by HermesThelema
Friday, September 21 2012, 5:37AM
“Life on the front was the same for even all.”
by ChezGuevara
Thursday, September 20 2012, 3:23PM
“Mrs Kitching. I respect that a lot of people lost their lives in the past fighting for our Country. But we do need to move forward instead of leaning on the past all the time. Perhaps parts of the City do need to be demolished in order to make way for a new vibrant 21st century City that would allow us to compete with other Countries.
In the current economic climate, Plymouth and everything South West of Exeter is dying. It's like a cancer spreading, but companies do not want to come all the way down here. We hardly get any top entertainment, only the 'B' celebrities; Look at the panto this year, I mean Christopher Biggins and Basil Brush! Most kids say "Who are they?"
It's time to move forward, whilst not forgetting the past, but releasing the memory that little bit more.”