[lindsay ormerod]

Can I just add a quick word on the Panopticon malarkey? Blackburn's Corporation Park has a Panopticon,it's called "Colourfields".All that happened there was that funding paid for the derelict cannon batteries to be refurbished and made safe for the public to use as a viewing point.The original structure is still intact,it now has some fancy railings and some quite pleasant striped paving.You can see for miles over to the Fylde coast,hence the word Panopticon. I would urge the more broad minded and intelligent members of the site to have a nosey at this given the chance. It hasn't spoiled anything,it has saved a dilapidated and dangerous structure and transformed it into something usable and accessible again. I was originally totally against the whole Panopticon idea,but there is NO reason why the funding cannot be used to improve/refurbish an existing structure......food for thought eh???