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i felt so strongly about holland st that i contacted julian hickenbottom from the council. he laughed when i told him that i saw no reason for it to be demolished. he said they were in poor condition internally- that is simply not true ive been to a few homes on that street and its simply not the case. internally they are no different to other terraces which have not been knocked down. the only reason they are being replaced with shoody new homes is that the developers will be able to make a tidy profit by building cheap semis with gardens which will command higher prices/rents than the old terraces. theyll get the land for next to nothing too under the pretext of regenerating run down areas.