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Why is it in this country of ours (the UK that is) that we have to put up with eyesores and derelict buildings? I come from a town (Peterlee, County Durham) which has some quite nice areas only to be let down by a large derelict building, complete with broken windows where the local kids have taken to breaking in and setting fires.
The building was a community college, which was relocated to a new site in the town. Way back in 2011, we had some promising news that the building would be pulled down to make way for a large Tesco Extra store, providing at least 400 jobs; a welcome boost for the town. Move on to spring / early summer of 2013 and absolutely nothing has happened to the site, not even a sign of any demolition.
The building is in a very prominent area of the town; right in the centre just yards from the main shopping centre, so is seen by both locals and visitors. The local library is attached to this sorry state of a building; people, even locals think the library is closed when in fact it is the only place open on the site. We were promised a brand new library but again to no avail.
I heard that delays were caused by the local shopping centre placing a legal challenge against the building of Tesco; therefore objecting to the jobs boost and investment in the town. It looks like they were happy to have a derelict building on their doorstep.
I did hear last September that the legal challenge has been thrown out. I just hope that when the warmer weather arrives that work will start to demolish this sorry state of a building and bring some pride and investment back to the town; people have waited long enough.
By: DW
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tree trimming and removal
This image looks like it was a building left over from a world war. There def needs to be more care and attention put into the the "image" of the UK
Norman Drywall
Some people's comments just go to show you what our highstreets are missing, no greengrocers, no shoe repairers, it's a sad world we live in...note I did not miss the little supermarkets.
There are now hundreds of empty shops on our high streets and in our locality. Those that are filled are staffed with irrelevant services to the neighbourhood: nail bars, a surfeit of estate agents, unwanted coffee bars, ladies' hairdressing saloons, pizza takeaways, an over-supply of heath food stores and chemist shops. The bakers and butchers have all but disappeared. The fruit and vegetable stores have all gone, replaced with yuppy stores, fashion boutiques selling expensive junk clothes made in the Far-East, or opticians plying their trade wil so-called free eye-tests, but pushingss overpriced glasses to the population. This is Thatcheirst greed in action. The rents have driven the real services away: corruption and backhanders have done their dirty job.
Peterlee has some really nice areas, and in my opinion looks really pretty this time of year. It would be nice to see something positive done on the old college site. Hopefully something that will engage the community and prevent any hate fuelled ignorance that certain people are capable of.
don't blame them
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