Re: St. James's church
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:02 pm
Posted by ianmartin
Thanks all, for your kind comments! I just feel that so much of what I remember about the area, just isn't there any longer, and I don't mean bombsites or derelict buildings, I realise progress has to take place, but not at the expense of peoples perfectly good homes and communities. There is nothing left now of all the houses and flats that any of my family ever lived in, in Bermondsey, even most of the roads aren't there now, and we're not talking bomb damage here now, it's town planning (or lack of). The slide just seemed to sum it up, it was given to the people of Bermondsey by a Bermondsey business of great repute for their recreation and leisure. How is it then the council's decision to take it away without consulting Peek Freans, St James's Church, and the local electorate first...............of course, they may well have done, I wasn't around at the time, so I don't know for sure.......but I wouldn't mind betting they didn't, or if they did it was probably a short word lost in the back pages of the local rag that would more likely get missed.............sorry, I'm getting cynical now!!
Somebody out there knows something, if we all shout loud enough they might just hear?
Good night all!!
All the best to you
Ian
Thanks all, for your kind comments! I just feel that so much of what I remember about the area, just isn't there any longer, and I don't mean bombsites or derelict buildings, I realise progress has to take place, but not at the expense of peoples perfectly good homes and communities. There is nothing left now of all the houses and flats that any of my family ever lived in, in Bermondsey, even most of the roads aren't there now, and we're not talking bomb damage here now, it's town planning (or lack of). The slide just seemed to sum it up, it was given to the people of Bermondsey by a Bermondsey business of great repute for their recreation and leisure. How is it then the council's decision to take it away without consulting Peek Freans, St James's Church, and the local electorate first...............of course, they may well have done, I wasn't around at the time, so I don't know for sure.......but I wouldn't mind betting they didn't, or if they did it was probably a short word lost in the back pages of the local rag that would more likely get missed.............sorry, I'm getting cynical now!!
Somebody out there knows something, if we all shout loud enough they might just hear?
Good night all!!
All the best to you
Ian