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garinda · 30-10-2011, 20:19

It would be interesting to know just how many actual places to sit there are in the town centre, compared with what we used to have .

There are certainly many less benches on Broadway, than when we had those that used to be around the flower beds, when the road was open to traffic.

Unlike the few we have there today, they didn't stay wet, for hours, and hours after it last rained, due to their shoddy design.

Pre-Arndale, on photographs it looks like there were plenty of seats in the sunken garden, if people wanted to take the weight off their feet.

In the seventies there were rows and rows of benches in front of the Market Hall, as well as that big map, which you could press buttons on, and light up various points of interest.

At a rough estimate I'd guess we have less than a third of the seats on public benches, than we've had in the past.

It doesn't give a very welcome impression to those visiting the town centre.

Especially if they haven't been for a while.

Perhaps the government should scrap the number of gypsy sites councils need to provide, and introduce an enforced seating quota. So many per benches per 10,000 residents.

30-10-2011, 20:19	#152
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16466	Re: HBC have taken away the benches from outside the market It would be interesting to know just how many actual places to sit there are in the town centre, compared with what we used to have . There are certainly many less benches on Broadway, than when we had those that used to be around the flower beds, when the road was open to traffic. Unlike the few we have there today, they didn't stay wet, for hours, and hours after it last rained, due to their shoddy design. Pre-Arndale, on photographs it looks like there were plenty of seats in the sunken garden, if people wanted to take the weight off their feet. In the seventies there were rows and rows of benches in front of the Market Hall, as well as that big map, which you could press buttons on, and light up various points of interest. At a rough estimate I'd guess we have less than a third of the seats on public benches, than we've had in the past. It doesn't give a very welcome impression to those visiting the town centre. Especially if they haven't been for a while. Perhaps the government should scrap the number of gypsy sites councils need to provide, and introduce an enforced seating quota. So many per benches per 10,000 residents. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.