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WillowTheWhisp · 11-10-2006, 08:31

There was a renewal program where terraced houses were being brought up to a certain standard internally and the exteriors sandblasted; troughings, window and door frames painted; garden walls rebuilt if necessry and little matching sets of railings and garden gates added. The results were very pleasing to the eye and good solid Victorian terraced housing has been given a new lease of life. Why couldn't the same have been done in the Phoenix area? That all seems to have fizzled out now with some streets only partially done which looks silly.

You know that Glaxy ad which says "Why have cotton when you can have silk?" sometimes I think HBC's motto should be "Why have solid oak when you can have thinly veneered chipboard?" However, lets wait and see what goes up where the demolition has taken place.

11-10-2006, 08:31	#25
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: The Internet and Politics? There was a renewal program where terraced houses were being brought up to a certain standard internally and the exteriors sandblasted; troughings, window and door frames painted; garden walls rebuilt if necessry and little matching sets of railings and garden gates added. The results were very pleasing to the eye and good solid Victorian terraced housing has been given a new lease of life. Why couldn't the same have been done in the Phoenix area? That all seems to have fizzled out now with some streets only partially done which looks silly. You know that Glaxy ad which says "Why have cotton when you can have silk?" sometimes I think HBC's motto should be "Why have solid oak when you can have thinly veneered chipboard?" However, lets wait and see what goes up where the demolition has taken place. __________________