Post war destruction

Or did no one care? Or were they seduced by the new buildings and roads?

It was pretty much the latter. They were going to be "new" so they must automatically be "better". Besides which the decision had already been made, by "experts", who knew better than the rest of us.

There was a fair amount of cynicism too, especially among shoppers who just wanted the building work to be over so they didn't have to trudge through mud every day in order to reach the shops.

Ah, experts!

An ex is a has been and a spurt is a drip under pressure!

'Experts' have a lot to answer for in this world!

Are you a budding writer Flapdoodle?

I've never met a local person who liked the place. Views range from 'it's a dump' to more colourful comments...

I think it's more a case of remembering what the city centre used to be like compared to what it later became? Even when I was a kid people much older than me were already complaining it wasn't nearly as good as it used to be. I didn't understand what they meant at the time, never having seen what it used to be like.

It was possible at one time to walk into town along streets which were lined with shops and pubs on both sides whereas now there's a 'dead zone' which pedestrians have to negotiate between the suburbs and the city centre. It's as if the council was trying to make the city centre as uninviting a place as possible.

It's as if the council was trying to make the city centre as uninviting a place as possible.

They've damned near succeeded