Blackpool Post Office

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im hearing quite alot about the Blackpool post office moving from the Village into the centre,

Pensioners are complaining that they won't be able to walk down to the shopping center and businesses in the village think that business will be gone if they do move it.

what i cannot understand why not keep both open for a selected time and which ever is busier use that one?

Show Time

The last fifteen years or so the local council have made every effort to turn Blackpool village into a ghost town and ghetto.

Oafley Jones

Show Time wrote: »

The last fifteen years or so the local council have made every effort to turn Blackpool village into a ghost town and ghetto.

They've succeeded. There's no where else in the city that's been as badly treated and neglected as Blackpool has in recent past. It's a textbook example of how to ruin an area.

ABajaninCork

Oafley Jones wrote: »

They've succeeded. There's no where else in the city that's been as badly treated and neglected as Blackpool has in recent past. It's a textbook example of how to ruin an area.

I agree. Driving through there is such a depressing experience. The village is an absolute eyesore now. With a bit of money and effort, the village could be every bit as nice as Douglas Village. It's ideally situated, easy to get to town, right on the North Link which will take you out of town and beyond.

I often spoke to Bernard Allen about it when he was around. He did tell me that moves were afoot to regenerate the area, but that was a while ago. Of course, nothing was done...

I suppose it's the old North/South divide at work again. It's a real shame.

Dan Dare

I agree, its a terrible shame, Blackpool could be a lovely place. The state of those buildings opposite Kingstons (the butchers) is a disgrace. :eek:

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ABajaninCork wrote: »

...With a bit of money and effort, the village could be every bit as nice as Douglas Village....

God forbid Blackpool ends up like Douglas

On a serious note though, I agree with your points. The central core of Blackpool village (ie. from the Grotto at the end of Dublin Hill to the Brewery) has, in places been left to rot. There are some very nice terraces of buildings and individual buildings of note (Lido cinema, etc.) that should be preserved and utilised. Much of Thomas Davis Street is in a deplorable state and while individual property owners must be held responsible, the City Council must bear ultimate responsibility if property owners don't take their responsibilities seriously.

An Post, for their part, have got involved in a problem which is not entirely of their making: it is not their fault that a number of high-profile 'social' services have been taken out of Blackpool. It is their fault for deciding to blindly follow that trend towards car-driven, poorly-planned, shopping centres.

Show Time

Roger Pitiful Babel wrote: »

God forbid Blackpool ends up like Douglas

On a serious note though, I agree with your points. The central core of Blackpool village (ie. from the Grotto at the end of Dublin Hill to the Brewery) has, in places been left to rot. There are some very nice terraces of buildings and individual buildings of note (Lido cinema, etc.) that should be preserved and utilised. Much of Thomas Davis Street is in a deplorable state and while individual property owners must be held responsible, the City Council must bear ultimate responsibility if property owners don't take their responsibilities seriously.

An Post, for their part, have got involved in a problem which is not entirely of their making: it is not their fault that a number of high-profile 'social' services have been taken out of Blackpool. It is their fault for deciding to blindly follow that trend towards car-driven, poorly-planned, shopping centres.

Good point and also to add in the Great William O'Brien Street area up to and including Neptune Stadium, There was some serious money wasted during the Celtic Tiger era which could have compleatly revamped all of Blackpool.