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I recall visiting an exhibition of what was called "Wirral Waters" No expense had been spared on the model, artists impressions and video fly throughs. Birkenhead docks looked like downtown Manhattan. Towereing glass ziggurats were everywhere, equipped with helipads. The sunlit west float was full of yachts and water skiers.

On cross questioning the smiling assistant, it turned out to be no more than fantasy. Nobody had signed up to build or occupy any of the magnificent waterside properties. What was depicted was what COULD happen were Birkenhead to by some miracle become the heart of western civilisation with people fighting to set up international HQs here.

Progress, alas, to this dream has been glacial.

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Took some pictures of the Wirral Waters residences they are building on the docks about a month ago. Basically they are putting up the cheapest things they can just to stop everyone saying they aren't doing anything on the vast amounts of land that Peel Holdings (or whatever it is called today) possess

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House of Fraser/Beatties/Allansons building is to be demolished to make way for a new market plus housing.

This continued demolition of perfectly sound buildings annoys me, more money for financiers more debt for rate payers and less character for the town.

If we are going to run councils as private businesses, at least allow the rate payers to become share holders and create some sort of community spirit and ownership - as was done in the past.


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First thing is to make parking free, they need to learn from out of town shopping malls and get the shoppers back, ASDA in Grange Road Is a start

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