This city isn't a dump but it's getting there
How dare David Amess MP refer to Leicester as a dump? ("What Tory MP thinks of the City of Culture rivals", Leicester Mercury, March 9).
We are not a dump. Not yet, anyway, but I believe city mayor Sir Peter Soulsby is working hard at it.
The MP suggests Leicester people do not know what culture is. Well, we have three or four theatres that constantly make a loss and are supported by a council that likes to throw good money after bad.
We have a football team fit for the Championship, but no hope of reaching the Premier League, because we are so inconsistent. If we cannot beat teams such as Peterborough or Charlton, how can we expect to hold our own against the likes of Liverpool, Everton or Manchester City?
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Our cricket team can only play the pyjama game and not the correct version. (Thank goodness for our rugby team. Even when the whole of the first team is away on international duty and the Tigers have to play their squad players, they still manage to push for honours).
The city's railway station area is full of undesirables, alcoholics and ladies of the night; Granby Street is a takeaway street; if you manage to get your car into Leicester, you will probably damage it by driving over all the potholes. And you are probably better off walking in as the bus service is so poor.
Ian G Lambert, Anstey Heights.
3 Comments
by lcfcgood
Saturday, March 16 2013, 3:17PM
“city centre going down fast,and it gives me no pleasure to say that...been a towny since a teenager, now it has been taken over by great swathes of immigrants ,(for those who disbelieve this,just go for a walk at any time of the day or night around the city centre) .we have some wonderfull buildings,a smashing shopping centre in the highcross, great bars and eating places......but all let down by an undercurrent of crime and fear.”
by amoros11
Saturday, March 16 2013, 3:05PM
“Nothing is one dimensional ,but there needs to be a balanced argument On positive elements I would say the university culture, the big screen , cafes,' theatres, combined with The High Cross Cultural Quarter, the diverse mix of inhabitants . Also there is modern illuminated lamp posts and street lightings, combined with sporting activity across different disciplines.
On the negative, despite the contemporary trapping, for 3 times a year we are taken back to the seventies and have our entire centre , flooded with tents and marquees in The Euro Market so know-one has any space to move on a busy Saturday afternoon .Reflecting the same theme, is the tacky dated fair in Humberstone Gate, that appears to be here forever, from November- January , with little room for manoeuvre , around the seasonal variation of other cities.”
by ladyjanegrey
Saturday, March 16 2013, 8:27AM
“@Mr Lambert...you forgot about petes "happy camper" gipsy sites that are to be all over Leicester,a few slabs in the Market................”