| 1264 | Siobhan Smith | |
| 1263 | Paul Dey | |
| 1262 | MARK NEVIN | |
| 1261 | (anonymous) | |
| 1260 | Graham Raymond Johnson | I am absolutely disgusted at the way this has been handled. One more piece of our heritage to be destroyed. with no notice taken of protests. I can only conclude that there are some dark forxes at work here. |
| 1259 | (anonymous) | |
| 1258 | (anonymous) | Simular to the viaduct that is presurved going to Rugby, the bridge should become a centre piece in a very busy part of Leicester. |
| 1257 | Sian Armstrong | Why can't the University incorporate the bridge into their plans!! We are improving the city but lets not destroy its history!! |
| 1256 | john walls | a landmark that should be cherished. |
| 1255 | Andrew Turner | Thanks to this protester getting onto the BBC news website, I saw this terrible news. Where I live, we have a similar historic suspension bridge, disused by the railway for a long time but an architectural piece of heritage of our town - and now our council is looking at demolishing it - even though ours is listed. Good luck. Andrew |
| 1254 | (anonymous) | the council should listern to the people, this is leicester histroy and should be cared for not just knock places down . acharutecs should be able to plan around this bridge & make it a feater in their buildings @ be proud of historyof leicester for all forign students who will visit |
| 1253 | grahame jordan | Listen to the people - we demand to have our democratic rights acted upon - save this unique structure before we fall into apathetic decline. |
| 1252 | Karl Wooldridge | The bridge adds real character to the area, as does the neighboring and wonderfully quirky Pump & Tap - the last of its kind after the demise of The Magazine and iminent loss of The Charlotte |
| 1251 | andrew james shieber | i think we need to save this iconic landmark in leicester there's no other bridge like it and when it was built it was so ahead of its time, it such a great piece of engineering. taking the bridge away would be like taking tower bridge away from london we need to save our heritage |
| 1250 | (anonymous) | city council......we elect you not d.m.u . how much more can we lose |
| 1249 | Lauren King | |
| 1248 | Dave Newson | Destruction of any railway infrastructure in this day and age is simply unacceptable. In 100 years time we may be living in a very different society where local rail links are the only viable means of getting from A to B. To deny future generations the opportunity to make use of existing rail routes is the height of governmental arrogance and irresponsibility. |
| 1247 | Lisa Illingworth | we should preserve these historical monuments of our history, we will regret the demolition one day.
we have a duty of care. |
| 1246 | Andrew Sheldon | Great architecture from the Victorian Age. Needs to be preserved for all time. Too many relics from our past being removed in the name of progress. If the whole of the GC live was still open then the Motorways would not be choked like they are today. The whole scheme was very shortsighted. |
| 1245 | Matthew Morley | |
| 1244 | (anonymous) | |
| 1243 | Graham Douglas James | I suppoort this petition wholeheartedly. |
| 1242 | (anonymous) | When all such bridges have disappeared, 'people' will realise this was a fine example engineering which should have been preserved for future generations. Equally it is an important landmark to the local community and general population of Leicester. |
| 1241 | michael lawson | |
| 1240 | (anonymous) | |
| 1239 | Andy Husain | |
| 1238 | (anonymous) | |
| 1237 | Joy Lampkin | Nigel and his wife feel very passionately about saving this bridge and I promised I would add my name to the petition. |
| 1236 | Lindsey Heslop | please stop destroying our heritage...who says that you know best and that best means new? listen to the people- they pay the taxes that help to fund public institutions and your wages. |
| 1235 | diana neal | i think the bridge should STAY. leicester is being gutted of its landmarks |
| 1234 | Barrie C Sheppard | This bridge is is a fine example of its kind and I used it weekly untill the route was closed. It would be an act of vandalism to distroy this link to our past. We cannot ever replace it. |
| 1233 | James Campion | The bridge is a fantastic landmark for Leicester - both architecturally and culturally. I hope it can be saved. |
| 1232 | (anonymous) | |
| 1231 | (anonymous) | |
| 1230 | steven smith | please do not destroy this bridge |
| 1229 | S.Neill | |
| 1228 | (anonymous) | |
| 1227 | steven david smith freeman of leicester | i think the bridge should stay with the pump and tap. cant us middle age english people have some past left alone in leicester of the past . there are a lot off poeple of all ages who like to go and have a drink in the pump and tap it is about the only siverlised pub round there which is for the older age people enjoy having a drink in .as the other pubs are for the younger poeple and students .cant we middle age poeple for once have an old traditional pub to go to they have already got rid of the good pubs . what good is the new swimming baths gone to do for us who like drinking in the pub .all you are thinking about is for the young kids .they have got enough for them round there i think the adaults and english have no say we are just class to one side .mind you this country is addit its all one sided .all you see in the papers is all the vandleism what goes on round their you think the students should have the privalige to have that pool built.any decent student would back us people up and agree .mind you thats what the younger people are like know all the selfs adults are class as muck so we have know say .mind you it is full of forioners rond there so the change is for them. i often pull up in my boat and go for adrink in the pump and tap if that goes i shall never pull up round there again as its like a forien country round there in all the other pubs it makes me think what country we are in so give us british a little tiny something to look back at .it is our COUNTRY. |
| 1226 | Daniel James Richardson | We need to save all the historic landmarks we have, otherwise Leicester will continue to become a generic souless UK city! |
| 1225 | (anonymous) | |
| 1224 | David Leven | |
| 1223 | (anonymous) | I have been listening to the
arguments on both sides and overall think its worth
saving and viable financially. |
| 1222 | (anonymous) | |
| 1221 | (anonymous) | |
| 1220 | (anonymous) | |
| 1219 | (anonymous) | save this bridge for the people |
| 1218 | (anonymous) | |
| 1217 | Chris James | What gives Leicester's elected council the right to destroy the nation's heritage? |
| 1216 | John Dawson | Good luck saving this wonderful artifact from the money men. What a tragedy it would be to lose this, if St Pancras can be saved and given a new purpose then why not this fine old bridge? |
| 1215 | miles marr | there are many reasons why this bridge should stay, more than there are to rip it, and leicester's cultural, industrial heritage, apart. DMU can find a way to do this with retaining the bridge, and will create a much more visually interesting sports centre in the process. rather than a bland lego building like many others in leicester. the question is also there if Leicester council bought this land with public money where is that money now the land has been sold?? |
| 1214 | Chris Bostock | The Great Central transport route through Leicester has been systematically destroyed over the years. Here is a rare oportunity to retain some unique and beautiful heritage for us and successive generations to enjoy. |
| 1213 | Aaron Samuel Bradbury | Just behind the Space Centre this is my second favourite landmark of Leicester... I absolutely love the Bowstring Bridge. I hope it stays. |
| 1212 | (anonymous) | Stop it |
| 1211 | olwen guildford | |
| 1210 | Rachel Bates | it is a characteristic part of braunstone gate and a historic link..... please do not destroy it and build another architectural disaster like that thing next to the magazine. why does all the architecture these days have to be so ugly... they knew what they were doing a hundred years ago! |
| 1209 | Mr Neil Aston | It would be very sad & an unforgivable act to deprive residents & visitors to Leicester of this glorious historical landmark.The Bowstring Bridge has been one of the few things that has remained unchanged for the duration of my life; from birth to adult. It would be a shocking disgrace to demolish such an interesting & historical Leicester icon. Generations to come would certainly miss out on an important part of their history, & we should all realise how much children need physical, touchable examples of working historical architecture to fire up their imagination & consequently an interest in their heritage. Please do not deny us all the continuing visual pleasure of the Bowstring Bridge. |
| 1208 | Miss Elaine Evans | Please do not demolish this iconic Leicester landmark, the Bowstring Bridge adds character to an area that I, as well as many others, enjoyed whilst a student @ D.M.U in the 1990's & have continued to appreciate it's simple but beautiful design ever since. It always adds an extra ambience to any visit to the nearby shops & restaraunts & it is impossible to imagine a night out @ The Pump & Tap without passing its' friendly welcoming presence. |
| 1207 | wendy ann willetts | |
| 1206 | (anonymous) | when its gone... its gone |
| 1205 | Peter Willetts | It's about time the council listened to the ratepayers and not the University! Save the bridge it's an historic monument. Stuff the university that proposed building won't beneift the pople of Leicester! |
| 1204 | Martyn White | You would think clever architects would build and use the bridge in future designs. |
| 1203 | (anonymous) | Other Cities would not dispose of such an asset. |
| 1202 | Martin Orford | The Great Central will be needed again; better to preserve what remains than have to recreate it from scratch |
| 1201 | (anonymous) | Leicester City Council has been hell bent and has a history of destroying anything that makes its city unique. Leicester used to be a very rich city and has had many fine examples of architectural merit to prove this history, unfortunately most are now only visible in history books and photo albums, the real thing being replaced by some cheap uninspiring tat that could be a feature of any trading estate on the outskirts of any city in the country. Come on LCC, preserve what makes your city special and stop following the herd. |
| 1200 | Rick Sykes | I feel that the bridge sould stay it is a part of our identity you would not pull down the Iron bridge in Telford would you ?. |
| 1199 | (anonymous) | Hasn't Leicester City council destroyed enough of our heritage over the last 40 years.when did this country stop being a democracy.We pay the council to work for us,not DMU |
| 1198 | richard prescott | this piece of railway history together with the pub should be saved. |
| 1197 | Tim Young | So many of our historical landmarks are being lost. I haven't met a single local person who is in favour of it's destruction. The pub and all!! What's going on? |
| 1196 | Tony Mackness | |
| 1195 | Richard Bradley | Too much of the old Great Central has already been lost within Leicester, we must do what we can to preserve what is left |
| 1194 | John Males | |
| 1193 | keith hallam | Another case of getting rid of OUR heritage, leave this beautiful victorian masterpiece alone and go and pull down your council offices. |
| 1192 | Jonathan Hewes | The wholesale dismantling of the Great Central Railway back in the 1960s was an act of national vandalism. Although it is very unlikely that the bridge will ever carry trains again, it is an important example of local history. Please save it!! |
| 1191 | Steve Foxon | Never have we been so let down by the people who are supposed to be acting in our interest. Shame on you Mr Willmott and Mr Kitterick. |
| 1190 | (anonymous) | |
| 1189 | George Denscombe | |
| 1188 | James Burnage | The Bowstring bridge is structurally sound and appears to be on LCC's hit list for purely financial reasons, despite costing less to keep than it will to knock it down. Keeping it would probably also add to the aesthetic appeal of DMU, who have other sites to build a swimming pool. It would be a travesty if the Council ignore the people they represent and destroy this bridge! |
| 1187 | (anonymous) | Pure arrogance from both the council and DMU. The only way for DMU to take notice is to campaign potential students to apply elsewhere. The City Council leadership have lost the plot.. |
| 1186 | (anonymous) | When will the Council stop wrecking the West End - The dairy disappeared quietly one week... now the Bowstring Bridge which gives this part of town a great local identity and the new buildings mimic with their arched roof structures...it has been left to rot intentionally and with forethought. |
| 1185 | stuart atkinson | |
| 1184 | Emma Victoria Johns | |
| 1183 | (anonymous) | |
| 1182 | Stewart Warrington | Please take a look how Camden Borough Council have retained the Victorian Gas Holders just outside of St Pancras Station in London. They are building flats within the holders steel works, retaining the outside frame. Everyone traveling to London from Leicester will have noticed the Gas Holders, and furture generations of Leicester citizens will see this example of our our history can be incorporated with a modern development. The Bow Street Bridge is unique and must be saved for our childrens, children to help connect with Leicester's victorian history and the GCR. Please help us and think again. Thankyou |
| 1181 | Terry Lowe | Carry on with this attitude, destroying all Victorian architecture and engineering and we will have no city worth talking about.
We are now being dictated to by DMU |
| 1180 | (anonymous) | |
| 1179 | helen reeve | |
| 1178 | Maria Collingham | |
| 1177 | (anonymous) | |
| 1176 | Colin Alexander | Exactly the sort of thing we need to save if we are not to become another 'faceless' city. |
| 1175 | Josephine Riley | |
| 1174 | Chris Stavrinides | |
| 1173 | Andy Luke | it's our children's heritage |
| 1172 | (anonymous) | It would be a real shame for this Great Central Way icon to be removed |
| 1171 | (anonymous) | |
| 1170 | JOY MAY | WE ARE LOSING FAR TOO MUCH OF OUR HERITAGE
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| 1169 | Inga Barker | They say jump, we say "how high"......................I don't think so! |
| 1168 | (anonymous) | The fact that LCC & DMU are doing this with no regard to local opinion, and with such a lack of foresight is an outrage.
This pub and bridge could be part of a plan showing commitment to our heritage, but also to the future.
PLEASE, please. Swallow your pride and do what is right. DO NOT get rid of the pub and bridge! |
| 1167 | Will Knott | |
| 1166 | (anonymous) | |
| 1165 | colin holden | |
| 1164 | (anonymous) | |
| 1163 | Paul James Edeson | DMU should have looked at what Derby College have done with the old engine roundhouse and sheds in Derby for inspiration; that truly is integrating with the community and preserving their heritage |
| 1162 | John Nelson | |
| 1161 | guy harrison | |
| 1160 | (anonymous) | |
| 1159 | Iain Baughan | |
| 1158 | Damian Mitchell | |
| 1157 | (anonymous) | There are plenty of other suitable areas going to seed in Leicester that have absolutely no historical value whatsoever, for example the gravel trap car park not a stone's throw from the bridge itself where Demon FM used to be. Why is it that the Council are bending to the purse strings of the University? Is an Olympic sized swimming pool really a worthy asset when the cost is our heritage? We're told that the bridge is unsafe. Utter rubbish, this bridge is Victorian engineering. It was built to last. It is to be demolished to the tune of £500,000 . That's money the people of Leicester have paid. I for one would prefer that money be spent on refurbishing the bridge. How much is DMU contributing to the council in this debacle? |
| 1156 | Nicholas Wilkinson | |
| 1155 | (anonymous) | |
| 1154 | (anonymous) | |
| 1153 | Anna Singleton | Lets keep an important piece of Leicesters history. |
| 1152 | Nial Jewson | I have lived and grown up in Leicester for 27years, I am now living in Australia..if Living here in Australia has taught me anything its that your heritage is extremly important and should be respected and preserved for future generations. Many medium sized Australian cities lack a real sense of history and character due to the lack of impressive architecture from a prosperous past, instead a never ending sea of industrial concrete boxes prevail..One of Leicesters greatest assests is its history but developers continually seem to take the easy option rather than take the time to preserve rather than destroy its history..Dont let profit kill your past |
| 1151 | Catherine Kellow | Please do not destroy an important and visually striking piece of industrial metal work. Keep Leicesters history and heritage. |
| 1150 | (anonymous) | |
| 1149 | craig pope | this bridge has been here forever !!!
why get rid of it to build MORE student flats !!!
get rid of the student we dont need any more !!! |
| 1148 | James Richard Brettell | This campaign to save such an iconic piece of railway industrial heritage has my full support. The University and City Council must respect the wishes of local people and find another solution that keeps this structure and celebrates it. |
| 1147 | Dave Cherry | |
| 1146 | Patricia Hutchinson | Evocative of our city's prosperous, industrial past, the Bowstring Bridge formed a dramatic end to my family's favourite (and 'green') route into town until the council in its wisdom closed it to the public, in the full knowledge that intervention was needed to preserve it for the enjoyment of future generations.
I urge the council to disregard public opinion no longer. Reversal of the decision to demolish will not only guarantee the integrity of the bridge- it may also salvage that of the City Council itself! |
| 1145 | (anonymous) | |
| 1144 | Lynda M Crossley | DMU has only been in Leicester for a few decades and my ancesters have been here for over 250 years. Why do they insist that our heritage is destroyed, never to return. Using the derelict site opposite (Allied Carpets) would not arouse such opposition from us the citizens of this fair city. Students will never have the same feelings for Leicester heritage. I am still angry about the Southgate street underpass and the history that it obliterated. |
| 1143 | Dave Keymer | I was born in Leicester and proud of it. LCC and DMU should take pride in their city and retain what heritage is left. Save Bowstring Bridge! |
| 1142 | Elaine Hodkin | |
| 1141 | Sue Lockwood | Viaducts on the way in to the city were destroyed very soon after the Great Central Railway was closed. It would have been the most fantastic tourist attraction to bring people into the city. A missed opportunity for Leicester. Would the council be advocating such destruction if this was York and not Leicester? Now forward thinking bodies are working together to join up the railway again at Loughborough, realising the value of their industrial heritage.
The bridge has survived this long for a reason and should be saved and incorporated sympathically along with the Pump and Tap into the new development. In this way, the university could celebrate the skills of the engineers and architects of the past. |
| 1140 | (anonymous) | i like the bridge it is nice its part of the leicestershire heritage which we should retain. |
| 1139 | Sandra Stevens | |
| 1138 | Jamie Green | Don't destroy another part of Leicester to be another clone city. People invest and want to be involved with places with character. There are plenty of ugly spots nearby to place a gym. Students can walk you know! |
| 1137 | Howard Peach | This bridge must be saved. What an opportunity to incorporate Leicester's past into a future development. |
| 1136 | MALCOLM AUSTIN | WE DO NOT NEED A LEISURE CENTRE ON THIS SITE, BECAUSE IT IS AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK WHICH WE NEED TO KEEP |
| 1135 | (anonymous) | |
| 1134 | (anonymous) | |
| 1133 | (anonymous) | Please reconsider, this bridge is a piece of local history |
| 1132 | David Vincent York | It is an insult to all the workers who built this bridge if this bridge is demolished
it is a tribute to all the people who produced Leicester wealth through its losed manufactering base and engineering skills Leicester city council are a disgrace to all the People of Leicester and have just taken the money to pamper students whio are just passing through |
| 1131 | (anonymous) | |
| 1130 | (anonymous) | |
| 1129 | Ben Robinson | Proverbs 28:22 - "Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set."
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| 1128 | iris jean newlyn | |
| 1127 | Mark Corby | This will cost a fortune to demolish!
Its structurally sound and built to last hundreds of years.
Can anyone give any figures on how much this will cost to demolish instead of keeping it?
Not to mention the cost of roadworks closed off roads diversions traffic lights fuel wasted in traffic jams and cost of loss of trade to nearby shops when the road is closed for umpteen months.
This bridge should be kept!
Its an historical part of Leicester.
No doubt if it is demolished whatever re[places it will be bland boring faceles with no aesthetic or historical; interest whatsoever, just another part of the same boringness becoming so common in cities. |
| 1126 | (anonymous) | i can remember this bridge from ages ago. i have seen an oil painting with a steam train on this bridge. it must be saved !! |
| 1125 | kiran parmar | Its an iconic structure with its grand design and the bow being an inspiration for all the modern buildings around it. An open museum which is a heritage and a time piece for generations to come.
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| 1124 | Thomas James Price BA | DMU have plenty of unused space, they still have the old union standing for christs sake! why do they have to knock this down when they could simply do it somewhere better, and nearer to the uni? stupid stupid stupid decision. the council should be ashamed of themselves |
| 1123 | Robert Villiers | I can't believe this bridge is going to be torn down.
It makes the area what it is, it gives the West End its character, please take an example from Manchester City Council and the way in which the bridges of Castlefield have helped to regenerate the area.
This will be a terrible terrible loss to the urban landscape of Leicester |
| 1122 | (anonymous) | I feel that the city has lost much of its heritage and fine architecture. Please don't destroy this bridge. |
| 1121 | john | |
| 1120 | Adam Wright | Used to live and work in the west end - De Montfort have no regard for the unique heritage of the oldest part of Leicester |
| 1119 | Angela Robinson | Used to live and work in the west end - De Montfort have no regard for the unique heritage of the oldest part of Leicester |
| 1118 | Denise Mutter | I was an undergraduate at Leicester University from 1968. This Bridge is not just Leicester's heritage, but belongs to the Nation! Please make saving it a priority and a landmark of civic vision. It is such an important part of Leicester's Victorian industrial heritage. |
| 1117 | Melanie Wilde | |
| 1116 | Charles Mutter | |
| 1115 | (anonymous) | |
| 1114 | (anonymous) | Please reconsider the decision to demolish the Bowstring Bridge and Pump and Tap.They need to be preserved.
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| 1113 | (anonymous) | |
| 1112 | Bernard Warren | If you are interested in the future, then you MUST preserve the past at any cost |
| 1111 | Derek Moody | This bridge is part of Leicester's Heritage and so should be preserved. Unfortunately it is being attacked from all sides. |
| 1110 | (anonymous) | |
| 1109 | Karen Sylvester | how is it that a university that sits in the lower half of the university league tables has so much money to buy so much land? I walk under the Bowstring Bridge and through the DMU campus almost every day on my way to and from work and I could swear that DMU has more land than the Royal Infirmary! DMU have two pieces of land just to park their cars on and what will become of Gateway College? |
| 1108 | Laura Mary Elvin | It will cost the same amout to tear down the bridge as it will to repair it.
Why tear down a piece of history/character when there are so many other derelict areas around the area which could be used as a gym? |
| 1107 | Emma-Louisa Mutter | |
| 1106 | sue porter | |
| 1105 | Elizabeth Avery | |
| 1104 | Emma French | Considering the outpouring of public opinioin on this surely there must be a way to renovate and save the bridge? |
| 1103 | Felicity Taylor | |
| 1102 | Huan Lu | |
| 1101 | Laraine Porter | I have lived and worked in Leicester most of my life and this bridge is one of the few historical landmarks left in a city that was sadly decimated in the 1970s. |
| 1100 | JEREMY R CAWLEY | This is part of the heritage and character of the city and should be retained |
| 1099 | IAN PRITCHARD | I am very angered by the feeble excuse given to knock it down because 'the decision has already been made'. Is that the best they can say when challenged?
I think we should demand a list of all councillors who voted in favour of this vandalism, post it up somewhere so we can deny our votes to them next time. It's so unfair.
You can be sure that if it was a religious site it would not be touched. People of humanist pursuasion seem to be walked over time and time again as if their views are really not sincerely held!
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| 1098 | (anonymous) | |
| 1097 | Simon Chapman | |
| 1096 | RICHARD BARNES | Please save this beautiful structure. Great piece of Leicester history. Long live the GCR |
| 1095 | Ian Mateer | this is a beautiful bridge - don't knock it down! |
| 1094 | Allan Arthur Chamberlain | |
| 1093 | Mark Torrance | Surley as a university they would understand the historical importance of such a unique structure.
Land marks like this bridge as well as the pub next door need to be prserved for future generations.If they do remove these to structures it sets a precident for the demolition of anything old within the city of Leicester. |
| 1092 | Stephen Robinson | Utter vandalism to a unique structure |
| 1091 | Malcolm Waite | So much of City Planning is so shortsighted. In 50 years times our offspring will not understand how planners allowed the destruction of such an icon. In the same way that I cannot fathom the destruction of the city infrastructure which the planners have allowed over the last 50 years.
City Planners seem to take the short time view that retail, retail, retail to beat Nottingham and Derby is the future for our city. Is this going to be the case in 50 years time. I think not. We as a nation are fed up with commercialism. What we will want in 50 years time is a city of space, historic interest and cultural interest.
Somewhere where our next generation will want to work & play.
Heaven knows we might restore the old station and want to use the bridge to run trains again for pleasure or purpose. For sure, we will not be shedding out shedloads of money at Highcross to sustain our lifestyles. Those days will be gone very soon.
Please get a grip. You are planning to demolish the market - an icon of our city - you have built a huge retail emporium, which has 20 year's sustainability at best - and now you want to tear down something which represents our city and history. Madness. How many Brownfield sites exist in the city for De Montfort to build the new facilities their need? - without ripping out things which our descendents will only see in 50 years, as pictures in nostalgia magazines, of our great city as it was - but a city will now be a shabby redundant retail park which no one has any interest in visiting because, what was Leicester has been destroyed by planners long dead. |
| 1090 | (anonymous) | |
| 1089 | (anonymous) | Use could be made of this bridge and would add a unique feature to any new developemnt. |
| 1088 | Roy harper | This bridge has been around over a 100 years and i feel that we need to save constuctions like this all over britain. |
| 1087 | Peggy harper | I would like to say no to the destruction of the bridge as it shows the true heritage of britain. |
| 1086 | Gordon Clark | This outstanding local landmark must be saved as it enhances the area and is a unique part of the city |
| 1085 | (anonymous) | |
| 1084 | Jola Radwan | |
| 1083 | Rhian Williams | It may not look amazing but it's important and the art work up there is important. It's a mini gallery. |
| 1082 | Andrew Thirlby | Although I now live in Torquay, I was born and lived in Leicester for many years, and remember this bridge well. It is part of Leicester's industrial heritage, and I think the council should refuse to allow it's demolition. |
| 1081 | (anonymous) | |
| 1080 | Rob Harmer | I am disgusted that after so much protest to support the saving of the Pump and Tap and Bowstring bridge that the council are completely ignoring the wants of the local Leicester residents to save these key parts of Leicester's Heritage. How the council would rather build a modern day swimming pool for DMU, rather than keep these historic feats of engineering smacks of complete corruption and a lack of care for Leicester's Heritage. Leicester City Council seem to always pander to the needs of "outsiders" rather than it's indigenous population who have a real care and desire to save this city's heritage and culture (well what is left of it)! If these constructions are demolished then Leicester City Councillors should be made to resign from their positions as they are blatently not looking after the interests of the city, its heritage and indigenous population and they ARE A DISGRACE to the city. |
| 1079 | (anonymous) | |
| 1078 | Paula Moody | I am disgusted that after so much protest to support the saving of the Pump and Tap and Bowstring bridge that the council are completely ignoring the wants of the local Leicester residents to save these key parts of Leicester's Heritage. How the council would rather build a modern day swimming pool for DMU, rather than keep these historic feats of engineering smacks of complete corruption and a lack of care for Leicester's Heritage. Leicester City Council seem to always pander to the needs of "outsiders" rather than it's indigenous population who have a real care and desire to save this city's heritage and culture (well what is left of it)! If these constructions are demolished then Leicester City Councillors should be made to resign from their positions as they are blatently not looking after the interests of the city, its heritage and indigenous population and they ARE A DISGRACE to the city. |
| 1077 | Kirsty McKechnie | |
| 1076 | (anonymous) | |
| 1075 | (anonymous) | l fully support your petition to safe this bridge as LCC not many live in Leicester are with DM set to destory the heart of leicester |
| 1074 | Richard Preston | Preserve - don't leave it too late and regret it forever. |
| 1073 | (anonymous) | Please reconsider plans to demolish this Bridge. |
| 1072 | (anonymous) | Please reconsider the plans to retain this Bridge and redevelop the area around it. |
| 1071 | MR A JOHNSON | An absolute disgrace to destroy this piece of our heritage which will be lost for future generations. |
| 1070 | (anonymous) | stop thinking about lining
your pockets.do the right thing.let US keep the bridge and the pub.earn your filthy lucre elsewhere. |
| 1069 | Sandra West | It's a shame that the council cannot be bothered with saving some of Leicester's iconic and historic buildings. Instead, they decide to spend millions on new buildings with no character. |
| 1068 | (anonymous) | |
| 1067 | Richard Carvell | |
| 1066 | Christopher Garland | |
| 1065 | Christopher Webb | Another faceless, tepid construction by DMU? Great. We cannot allow the heritage and personality of our city to erased building by building. |
| 1064 | Laura Greenan | |
| 1063 | Carl Bourton | |
| 1062 | David Walton | Yet another historical landmark destined to be seen in photos only, we have sadly lost many historic building all over Nottingham especially in the late sixties and early seventies. I hop that this bridge can be saved. |
| 1061 | Lea Smith | This bridge belongs to the people of Leicester, not the council or De Montford Uni. |
| 1060 | (anonymous) | |
| 1059 | Nick Baber | The bridge must be retained. It is an important piece of history and is horrifying that any organisation, especially a University and a Council would wish to destroy it. Well done to those who have organised the campaign to fight this terrible proposal. |
| 1058 | Howard Chapman | I was born in Leicester but I am ashamed of it when I read about the Council's repeated attempts to erase its once proud history. I would never move back for this reason alone.
H.Chapman.
Southampton. |
| 1057 | richard dunlop | This splendid Victorian Structure should be saved as a monument to a long disappeared part of leicester's history. The city now has few such relics to admire and it would be a brave a courageous decision to incorporate this structure as part of what will otherwise be yet another featureless modern complex as seen in most towns. |
| 1056 | peter appleby | |
| 1055 | Robert Sydney Noakes | During my student days back in the fifties Bowstring Bridge was a land mark that I used to pass under daily on my way to Leicester Tech. |
| 1054 | (anonymous) | Its time for change! Its time to vote out leicester city council. Change has happened in America so its our turn next! And I cannot wait!!! |
| 1053 | Philip James Elliott | Too much of Leicesters history has been destroyed forever . We must save these historic treasures. |
| 1052 | Mr M L Siddons | In time you will regret the distruction of one of Leicester's landmarks. Please reconsider this act of vandalism before it's too late. |
| 1051 | (anonymous) | |
| 1050 | Nik Sutherington | |
| 1049 | Adam Knight | |
| 1048 | Val Johnson-Howe | So sad - this is HISTORY, darn it! |
| 1047 | Owen Thomas | |
| 1046 | Richard Hattersley | |
| 1045 | christopher neal | please stop this distructive council distroying our past. |
| 1044 | Joanne Tobin | |
| 1043 | Kristian Johnson | |
| 1042 | Antony James Briggs | Has Leicester not learnt anything from post war town planners. How much of our heritage has already been destroyed. This is Leicester last great momument to the great victorian railway builders. This is to be pulled down for what - a new Leisure facility that 99% of people will get no enjoyment or benefit from. Repair the bridge and make it a focal point for people to come to Leicester to see. |
| 1041 | Mark Cavanagh | The Bowstring Bridge is an exceptionally beautiful piece of architecture which should be the focal point of any redevelopment. |
| 1040 | John Coney | |
| 1039 | Robin Bowler | To lose this impressive and magnificent piece of engineering is a travesty. It is something that future generations will look back and wonder how such a monument could have been destroyed. Its replacement will be another non-descriptive piece of architecture. |
| 1038 | Steve Robinson | I am appalled at the way Leicester City Council & De Montfort Unviversity have secretly plotted the fate of the Bowstring bridge giving the one fingered salute to all that oppose the destruction of this wonderful stucture,the University have only thier own intrests at heart & LCC seem keen to keep details of thier meetings secret.I'd like to see a list of the Councilers involved so the people of Leicester can vote against them at the next elections,sadly though it seems that this will be too late to save the bridge. |
| 1037 | christine ann hutchinson | here's hoping you can do something before it's too late. |
| 1036 | Laurence Kingscott | This is a significant piece of industrial architecture & our heritage. So much of the GCR has been demolished recently & this act by the council/DMU I would consider to be vandalisism. No doubt in years to come when LCC want to build a tram system they will have wished they hadn't razored all the GCR embankments & bridges especially near the university! |
| 1035 | Andrew Walton | It seems crazy to destroy yet more of the heritage of Leicester. A swimming pool could surely be incorporated into the area, without the need for demolition. |
| 1034 | Janet Mary Ashby | It is absolutely disgusting to even think about demolishing more of Leicester's heritage. |
| 1033 | david burton | it appears to me leicester city is no longer run by the council but by de montfort university as they seem to get their way every time and how long as this area been the city centre as the city council claim in their reason for having a pool there for questionable public use |
| 1032 | jeffrey houghton | |
| 1031 | Alexandra Beuchert | |
| 1030 | darren chamberlain | I think the city council is being ruled again by dmu what will be left of historic leicester when dmu has finished building in the city |
| 1029 | Roger Lovell | Leicester has already lost too much of it's Victorian heitage. |
| 1028 | john connolly | Prolong this history and atmosphere of the West End. |
| 1027 | (anonymous) | |
| 1026 | L Hilton | As a relative newcomer to Leicester this area of the city does appear to be one of the most run down and in need of some development, but isnt that what happens up and down the country, areas are allowed to become run down specifically to provide the necessary excuses to "regenerate" and build yet more bland, faceless, "modern" buildings that will not stand the test of time. I am sure there are alternative sites for dmu's planned developments, they already have a sports centre just down the road!? You cant replace the bridge once its gone and you cant replace the Pump and Tap, probably the only pub left in leicester that retains its original character. Keep the bridge, keep the pub, keep the city's heritage and keep the views and opinions of the people of Leicester at the heart of all decision making. |
| 1025 | (anonymous) | what are the council thinking?? |
| 1024 | Ken Edmondson | Very best of luck with your campaign. How can such mighty engineering be treated with such contempt! We've one in Longton from 1889 that is being allowed to rot, though still in use. |
| 1023 | Nigel Allsopp | When will Leicester City Council learn the lesson,
Very little heritage left in Leicester, fight the good fight against the Phillistines. |
| 1022 | rosemary mallon | I am fed up with the council knocking down all our lovely old buildings and destroying our heritagealso my husband designed the walkway access and he was told by the council at the time that this was a Leicester heritage landmark |
| 1021 | Liam Mallon | My Dad designed the wheelchair access ramp for this Bridge. |
| 1020 | (anonymous) | |
| 1019 | John Martin | Born and bred in Leicester I am horrified and appalled at the way the City Council continually destroy and demolish the city's historical landmarks. Once they have gone, they have gone for good and over the years the council have continued to erase Leicester's heritage. They should be ashamed, but of course they never will be! |
| 1018 | christopher dunne | The council should really think again on this one. Once this landmark is gone it can not be replaced. |
| 1017 | steve turlington | |
| 1016 | (anonymous) | A bit more of Leicesters heritage lost fore ever.
By the council. |
| 1015 | stephen james bromley | it will be an act of vandalism by the council if this bridge is demolished and the people of leicester should use their votes to show the council how much we cared by voting them into the political wilderness forever for their arrogance. |
| 1014 | Jean Dean | Can LCC provide reasons why it seems hell bent on destroying what little heritage remains of Leicester following a disastrous period, architecturally, in the 1960's under the then Planning Officer Conrad Smigielski?
More power to the elbow of Leicester Civic Society. |
| 1013 | John Turlington | Victorian engineering at it's best. If demolished Would probably be replaced with a grey cladded struture that would'nt look out of place in Soviet East Europe during the cold war!. |
| 1012 | (anonymous) | There will be nothing original left in Leicester - students come and go - people have to live here. Better to look at a beautiful bridge than a brick gym/swimming pool with, I'm sure , a car park! |
| 1011 | Marek R. Sliwa | Once again I feel that a powerful money entity like the University is yet again bastardizing a cultural part of Leicester, it has proven this with Stoughton and other parts of the city. The Bowstring Bridge is a very important part of the West End and its historical importance should far outweigh the need of a swimming pool and gym as that facility is taken care of with a 5 minute bus ride to Braunstone baths which accommodates local residents already. Not only this but to have something so modern would look completely out of place in the West End and I feel that there could be a diferent location if the University respected the opinions of other scholars and locals alike. |
| 1010 | graham clark | |
| 1009 | (anonymous) | Is their anywhere else I can put my objection of this through too. Is their a higher body or institution I can take this shocking issue too? |
| 1008 | Mo Taylor | Please keep the bridge and the beautiful curved buildings beneath it, overlooking the canal. If I had the money I'd restore it and keep it as a feature for Leicester heritage. |
| 1007 | laurenhicking | The bridge is a wonderful feat of engineering and an important part of Leicester's heritage.To demolish it would be vandalism. It is shameful that DMU an educational institution and the council could even contemplate such action!!! |
| 1006 | Sean Curley | |
| 1005 | Veronica Measures | Leicester has already lost many of its beautiful buildings and landmarks from the Victorian era - to replace them with wall to wall brick and mortar is not acceptable, particularly as it appears those who are making the decisons are not of the same culture and therefore do not appreciate the importance of retaining our heritage. |
| 1004 | Justin Bailey | Typical Cultural Vandalism by a typical council only seeking to benefit itself and it's own pockets no doubt. |
| 1003 | Richard Rogers | What a shame the Leicester City Council can't be bothered about the City's history. This project would only serve the minority and not the majority. When will they be happy when all our heritage is floored by modern development. What a bunch of numties we have running our City Council. You are a sham, an utter sham. |
| 1002 | Megan Davies | |
| 1001 | (anonymous) | |
| 1000 | james bennett | |
| 999 | joanne marvin | i think it is disgusting that they are willing to pull down a big part of leicester history just to please students when they get enought anyway |
| 998 | Dr Susan Barton | |
| 997 | graham marvin | being leicester born and bred over several generations i would like to leave more than d.m.u to my grand children. the bridge and pump and tap pub should stay |
| 996 | Cheryl Flack | |
| 995 | Andy Sobek | It was the Victorian era and the expansion of the rail network which made Leicester great and the city it is today. References to this era should be preserved for future generations to appreciate. |
| 994 | Scott D McMillan | |
| 993 | Annemarie Doran | Please leave us some heritage to enjoy when we're older. Not all construction is necessarily progress. |
| 992 | bill wood | Having visited this part of Leicester many times in the last sixty years I am totally appalled by these proposals, Leicester has very few historic buildings, and even fewer historic structures, due to the recurring shortsightedness of the authorities seemingly intend on "Improving" each and every last corner of the city without stopping to either listen to what the citizens are saying they want, or to consider if the "Improvement" needs to be made in the first place. |
| 991 | John Wood | |
| 990 | andrew kenyon | |
| 989 | (anonymous) | A piece of Leicester that should remain in our view for another 100 years, a bridge and a vision into the future .. ! |
| 988 | Kevin Wells | As a regular visitor to the City I'd be sad to see this go. |
| 987 | (anonymous) | |
| 986 | (anonymous) | |
| 985 | Matt Ots | This is one of Leicester's most recognizable historical landmarks. It would be an absolute disgrace to demolish it. Redevelop the area by all means, but keep the history. |
| 984 | Deborah Jones | |
| 983 | Deborah Jones | |
| 982 | andy morris | please don,t knock this area about please do it up instead ITS MY HISTORY |
| 981 | Bevan Patel | |
| 980 | Mr John Greasley | I have lived in the west end for 60 years of my life, and would like to keep one of Leicester's famous bridges |
| 979 | Amelia J N Everett | |
| 978 | Martin Cook | |
| 977 | toby lintern | |
| 976 | Helena Forehead | We cannot afford to loose yet another part of our local history. |
| 975 | Jon Trinder | This is industrial heritage
and should be retained. |
| 974 | Joanne Scott | |
| 973 | (anonymous) | Keep it up. |
| 972 | Alexander Jason Skerritt | I am disturbed to hear about the narrow minded, money wasting, uncultured, DMU collaborating, council, they ought to be shot for crimes of injustice! |
| 971 | Sukhi Singh | |
| 970 | Sherry Nicholls | My family come from Leicester and Im a frequent visitor Im very distressed to hear this is imminent - it may be worth you going beyond the council and dmu to central government where you can lobby the case for the community
Sherry
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| 969 | (anonymous) | Retention of the Bowstring Bridge is important in its own right as part of the character of the area, and also as a monument to a fine railway and the local people who served it. |
| 968 | anthony george hall | i didnt squeek against the haymarket demolition.or lewis. but enough is enough.keep the bridge. squeeeeeeeeek |
| 967 | Susan Denton | This piece of Leicester's history must remain as it has become the very fibre of the West End of Leicester. There must be room for a compromise between the DMU and the City Council on behalf of the people of Leicester. |
| 966 | Ian Swann | I was born in Leicestershire and witnessed the wanton destruction of The Haymarket, and recently the Victorian industrial heritage of this City.
I no longer live in Leicestershire, it is all too sad!
The small minded powers that be, are still lurking to reduce Leicester's history to rubble. The best definition that can possibly describe them is; people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing!
Save the Bridge! |
| 965 | Susan and Alan Iliffe | |
| 964 | David, Elaine, Edward & Elizabeth Hankey | We are appalled at the City Council's ease to allow such an iconic structure not only to fall into disrepair, that is bad enough, but their apparent lack and disregard of the public's outcry. |
| 963 | Jack Rodber | |
| 962 | Paula Cooling | Surely we have enough swimming pools in Leicester already without having to destroy history in this manner !?! |
| 961 | (anonymous) | I hate it when historical buildings are demolished. Its not like we don't have enough swimming pools! |
| 960 | Colin Ross Morley | |
| 959 | andrew dickman | our heritage must be protected, no councils should be allowed to pull down our history. |
| 958 | Hitesh Sharma | |
| 957 | Bruce Smith | I was born in Leicester in 1946 and return to Leicester at least once a year. Over the years the Council have systematically decimated my heritage and here is another example. The old goods yard which was immediately to the East of the bridge was a scrap yard during my boyhood so I guess the DMU have done something to imrove the Western Boulevard.
I used to attend Abbey Park Rd School another glorious Victorian building which I believe is coming under the hammer soon.
Leicetsre needs this Civic Society and I give them my support, if it stops the destruction of what has been a landmark in my city since 1897. |
| 956 | Charlotte Biggs | |
| 955 | Timothy Christopher Driver | I have lived in Leicester all of my life and in the West End for the last 10 years. It saddens me to see more and more of our cultural heritage being lost in the cause of regeneration, surely the two are not mutually exclusive. |
| 954 | Bill Lynn | Knock down the Poly and build a swimming pool for the Pump and Tap. Leicester already has a much better university but only one Bow String Bridge!! |
| 953 | James Clarke | The majority do not want this to happen but you're going to do it anyway, is this democracy? Shame on you LCC once again you get it wrong and there is only so much the citizens of Leicester will take of your arrogance. |
| 952 | Rachael Hardman | to demolish the bowstring bridge in order to build a sports centre would be an absolute travesty. |
| 951 | lee issitt | |
| 950 | (anonymous) | It would be a national disgrace to demolish such a fine example of a bridge. |
| 949 | Victoria Herbert | |
| 948 | (anonymous) | This is a beautiful historic piece of the city which should be saved at all cost - imagine how proud a US city would be of something like this and how they would protect and nurture it for all.
A swimming pool? Neither historic nor worth having.
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| 947 | Robert William Webb | We mustn't lose our heritage. Our present and our future are an extension of our past. Destroying the links to our past is far too easy to do, and will be regretted for generations to come. |
| 946 | John Wright | Leicester City Council get out of DeMontfort Universities pocket and start representing the people of Leicester. They've already shown how they feel about our heritage with that awful carbuncle adorning the magazine.
There's plenty of derelict land the could build this on and if you hadn't made such an almighty mess of putting the Leisure Centre in Braunstone you wouldn't need the University to bail you out. |
| 945 | Chris Alletson | |
| 944 | (anonymous) | |
| 943 | (anonymous) | |
| 942 | David Savage | |
| 941 | Antony Holyoak | |
| 940 | Russell Brewster | |
| 939 | (anonymous) | |
| 938 | (anonymous) | |
| 937 | (anonymous) | |
| 936 | laura Elizabeth Selimaj | The bridge and platform at Braunstone Gate/Duns Lane is one of the few remaining visible pieces of Leicester's heritage regarding the Great Central Railway & should be retained as a reminder of its importance to the City and its inhabitants. |
| 935 | (anonymous) | |
| 934 | Stephen Rice | Don't make another bland architectural statement, use and enhance what has been there longer than we have to make a landmark we can feel we are part of. |
| 933 | Karen O'Neill | This beautiful bridge should be preserved for our children. Lit up at night ti would be a major attraction and asset to the area. Only a phillistine would think of knocking it down - shame on you De Montford! |
| 932 | thoams reid | |
| 931 | Lewis Brock | Heritage is not to be wasted. |
| 930 | (anonymous) | |
| 929 | thomas kirkup | |
| 928 | Kevin Hudson | |
| 927 | Liam Neal | It would be such a sad loss to lose another part of britains great railways and heritage |
| 926 | kenneth george barker | i would like to se all off the great central railway reopend
any part of the railway should be preserved for future travellers |
| 925 | denis murphy | I'seen the bridge, I think it should be preserved and so should the graffiti on the inside walls, which is far from being an eyesore |
| 924 | Warren Smith | Save it. Its a fantatstic piece of late Victorian engineering and really could be integrated into any future remodelling of the area. |
| 923 | PAUL HASSALL | A fantastic piece of Railway History that must be saved, and who knows, trains may once again travel over it in the near future! |
| 922 | Peter Dickinson | The bowstring bridge is a wonderful piece of engineering that is an integral part of the city of Leicester's image. Don't make the same mistake as BR and demolish it just becuase it isn't needed today. You cannot predict the future! |
| 921 | Andrew Black | When its gone it will be too late,this is a part of our civic and architectural heritage and should be preserved as a reminder of this once magnificent railway. |
| 920 | Jon Durnin | |
| 919 | Simon Owens | Preserve our heritage lest the future generations have no concept of the achievements that made us Great Britain. |
| 918 | Thomas Barnes | I am an Architecture Student at De Montfort University and currently looking into possible alternative usages for this historic structure rather than demolition which the City Council might be interested in. A colleague and I are hoping to enter the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings design competition which will hopefully generate a larger public awareness. |
| 917 | (anonymous) | Im a great believer in preserving our industrial heritage. Dont let another piece of this dissapear! |
| 916 | David Houghton | I am not from Leicester but I support you. The GC Rly, this bridge and all previous engineering is part of our great country's past. Please do not wipe of the map. |
| 915 | S Luke | This is a wonderful piece of Victorian engineering and a useful walking route. Once these historical pieces are gone, they are gone forever. There is always a way to retain and improve such landmarks. I doubt whatever replaces it will have such longevity. The pub is good, too. |
| 914 | Joe Pritchard | how could anyone think of demolishing this beautiful pieced of architecture? it should be a listed bridge! not much suvives of the old GCR route and as much should be preserved as possible incase a chance of reopening is possible because it is a much needed route to try and cope with increases in rail traffic. The university shouldnt need much more space as many universitys cope with much smaller capacities around the country and if they have the problem of needing more space why cant they relocated themseleves to a more suitable location rather than destruction of a great british piece of victorian architecture, too much of the past has been destroyed in leicester lets not loose any more. |
| 913 | Andy Kaminski | Save the bridge!!! We should make the most of our wonderful heritage, not knock it down for a paddling pool. To lose such a grand structure would further spoil an already tarnished city - makes you wonder what a rail link to the new highcross shopping centre could have done for profits?? |
| 912 | Hannah Northedge | I originate from Leicester and love the city and am frequently devastated when I return to find that historical buildings that I have admired are no longer there. The obliteration of Lewis's wonderful art deco department store (with the first wooden escalator in the country) was a huge crime.....please don't let this be another. I want to recognise my home city when I next return. Respect this country's fine heritage and leave the bridge intact. |
| 911 | Richard John Varley | With the birdcage bridge at Rugby gone, this is the last great structure on the lost railway from London to Manchester. Please find a use for it! |
| 910 | Mark Sutton | This area has lost a lot of its industrial heritage over the last 30 years and it would be a shame if this landmark was allowed to go. |
| 909 | Andrew Roome | Yet another masterpice of Victorian design and engineering expertise is under threat. We need to safeguard our heritage and items such as this should not be lost and replaced by modern blandness. i fully support the campaign to save the Bowstring Bridge from being lost forever. |
| 908 | Richard Hardy | Why are we removing so much of our industrial heritage in order to turn our cities into clones of places with nothing like the sense of history we have |
| 907 | mark seaton | This is a great historic landmark of this city. The council keeps using phrases like historic leicester to promote this city yet keep demolishing sites like this much loved local structure stinks of corruption to me !!!!!!! |
| 906 | frank gordon seaton | please no more demolition ,of whats left of old leicester,enough is enough. |
| 905 | (anonymous) | Although I no longer live in Leicester, whenever I return it is a shame to see so much of Leicester's heritage being destroyed. The bridge should be saved. |
| 904 | Martin Ruhnau | I used to live nearby (Tudor Rd.) as a Foreign student in 1993. Walked by the bridge and visited the Pump & Tap almost every day! |
| 903 | jonathan beaumont | it was built to carry vast weights... it won't need restoration to that spec... integrate the poor thing in the plans....even put it on the leicester crest. GCR enginneers did an amazing job, keep this as a tribute to their hard futile work. |
| 902 | Diana Dunne | There is so little left in Leicester.This is a landmark and important feature of the railways. DO not desroy any more! |
| 901 | (anonymous) | |
| 900 | Steven Gould | |
| 899 | (anonymous) | No more GC mainline remains should be lost. |
| 898 | Mr Carl Whatley | Stop destroying our heritage. Leave us some thing of interest to look at in our once proud city |
| 897 | sarah Fisk | Absolutely Vital to keep this part of our heritage |
| 896 | deb hemmett | please please retain our heritage! |
| 895 | John Wright | Just for once say No to the DMU! |
| 894 | (anonymous) | One of the only GC bridges, please save it |
| 893 | Richard Desjardins | Come on, show some imagination, you can keep this fantastic leicester landmark |
| 892 | (anonymous) | |
| 891 | craig marriott | |
| 890 | (anonymous) | should be kept and used as a gateway into this part of the city |
| 889 | Jamie Lewis | |
| 888 | Harris Nan Gaidheal | |
| 887 | Robert Jack | |
| 886 | (anonymous) | |
| 885 | Angus Bullock | |
| 884 | (anonymous) | |
| 883 | Nicola Burton | Save this beautiful landmark! There is very little of GCR left in Leicester. This should be a celebration |
| 882 | Seth Cheetham | |
| 881 | Philip Johnson | It is a significant part of Leicesters Heritage and should not be allowed to be destroyed by shortsighted town planners who are probably only have their own interests at heart. |
| 880 | Richard Golebniak | |
| 879 | Nick Gould | Too much of Leicester has been, and is still being, swept away and replaced by bland structures.
Save the Bowstring! |
| 878 | Geoffrey Lenthall | I lived at 15 Duns Lanefor 10 years of my childhood and I would watch as the
The South Yorkshireman and the Master Cutler would thundr across the bridge
Unsafe !!! I bet it would still carry them today. |
| 877 | (anonymous) | |
| 876 | Jonathan Rawle | There is room on the site to build a swimming pool without demolishing the bridge or the pub. The bridge could even be incorporated into the design, providing an entrance into an upper floor. I guess they just want lots of space for a car park, which is a disgrace in this day and age. |
| 875 | (anonymous) | Save the bridge! |
| 874 | Matt Pirie | |
| 873 | (anonymous) | |
| 872 | Brian Geoffrey Smith | I believe that buildings that have identified areas for generations should be preserved for future enjoyment. Surely in todays age it is possible to compliment the past rather replace it. |
| 871 | Claire Lenthall | DMU are being short sighted and greedy. They want to destroy some of Leicester's Heritage in a bid to get students who are not even from Leicester. Whose city is it?? |
| 870 | (anonymous) | The area would lose its heart if it lost this magnificent bridge. A little imagination could make it a wondeful feature. |
| 869 | Clive & Ann Kirkland | |
| 868 | Steven J R Swann | |
| 867 | Chris Barron | I fully support this campaign to save a piece Leicester's industrial and architectural heritage. |
| 866 | Susan Anderson | |
| 865 | Stephanie Maksimovic | The Council has a 25-year vision for the future but at the risk of the city's history. What next? The Newarke Gate? |
| 864 | Patrick Broome | this landmark is an important part of leicester's history, and one of the few remaining links to the industrial revolution. The council often state that they are trying to make leicester a tourist destination, maybe keeping historical landmarks such as this would be a good idea. I doubt too many people would make an effort to come to leicester just to go to the highcross centre. |
| 863 | Ian Bowley | Keep this Leicester landmark for future generations. So much heritage is already lost, why can't people save the little that remains? |
| 862 | Martin Jones | Planning is supposed to be a Democratic process. It is obvious from the strength of feeling and the number of signatures to the petition that the people of Leicester do not want yet another part of the City's historic fabric demolished simply to satisfy one organisation’s expansion programme. Where is the democracy in ignoring the majority of the wishes of the citizens of Leicester? It would be both wrong and unworkable to put all planning decisions to a public vote, but in the case of important heritage structures, the people have a right to ensure the decision is WHAT IS WANTED BY ALL. |
| 861 | Mike Rennie | SAVE IT! Awonderfull structure |
| 860 | edward rennie | I fully support your camapign and wish to see the bridge restored. Why cant DMU adapt their plans and integrate this superb piece of engineering into their otherwise bland portfolio of coporate 'buildings' |
| 859 | Robert Bott | Dont destroy any more of our heritage, save this fantasic tribute to the GCR |
| 858 | Sally Stephens | Preserve our heritage!! |
| 857 | BEVERLEY Ann Lee | there is enough of Leicester destroyed already keep the Bowbridge PLEASE.
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| 856 | Allison Mullen | |
| 855 | (anonymous) | |
| 854 | alison tansey | beautiful architecture ripped down!! this is part of our history!!..outraged by this poor piece of decision making! |
| 853 | martin kopaczel | too many buildings and structures from mine and many peoples childhood are disapearing and being replaced by modern monstroseties , please keep the bowsring bridge , once gone , it can never be replaced , save the bridge, it could be used as a gateway to the city centre. |
| 852 | Roy Widdowson | To lose the bridge would be to lose a significant part of Leicesters industrial heritage. |
| 851 | Andy Husain | A classic example of Victorian engineering, and a superb enterance into this part of Leicester. |
| 850 | Timothy Nicholas Birkinshaw | |
| 849 | david goudie | |
| 848 | (anonymous) | |
| 847 | Ryan Nolan | |
| 846 | Philip Packer | |
| 845 | Jo Barrow | |
| 844 | Ian Bowskill | Too much of Britain's heritage has already been swept away by redevelopment. I urge Leicester City Council to retain this bridge as an important landmark. |
| 843 | Karen Davis | there are too many old buildings and bridges being 'removed' from our city which is being 'regenerated' but im sure that there is / should be some way of keeping this bridge and many other buildings to keep the face of Leicester recognisable to those of us who have lived here all our lives. It is a magnificent bridge and im sure it can be again! so please DON'T knock it down |
| 842 | Mrs Anne Munton | This is a beatiful and important landmark that would be sorely missed by the people of leicester. |
| 841 | (anonymous) | I had not been in that area for some years, so went to see what the fuss was about. I now totally support your campaign - the bridge is a dramatic (and historic)feature of the area. How great it would be to be able to walk up there again as well and get the views!
Incidentally I don't support the swimming-pool. This is not near enough to the City centre to be of benefit to bus users coming into the city, or City Centre workers in lunch-hours etc. We need one in the centre, not one just to subsidise DMU (who otherwise I agree have done a lot for the area and the city) |
| 840 | (anonymous) | |
| 839 | (anonymous) | Save the bridge! |
| 838 | Lee Inchley | This Bridge has been a centrepiece in Leicester's history for as long as most of us can remember. It must therefore stay this way and be restored & preserved to its former glory. Enough of the city's history is being destroyed through development, so lets keep what we have left. |
| 837 | Rebecca Fowler | It is a landmark for Leicester, and should be retained as a proud part of it's heritage. |
| 836 | (anonymous) | |
| 835 | Luke Williamson | The Bridge is part of the coomunity. It is a landmark and something that helps set the city apart from others. It has historical value and to be demolished in favour of some new-build that'll look just like building in thousands of other location in this country would be a criminal thing. |
| 834 | frederick Butterfield | I don't understand why more of Leicesters old landmarks have to go.Landmarks are important it what gives historic towns soal and stays in the memory of residents and people like me who were born in the town. Every building lost to demolition and destroyed in the name of modernisation chips away our history and we lose a sence of who we are in the community. |
| 833 | Richard Hadingham | |
| 832 | (anonymous) | England is loosing a great many historical sites. The Bowstring Bridge is another example that if this bridge goes then Leicester will have lost an interesting piece of architecture.
The Pump and Tap is one of the few pubs these days which is doing a great trade. I hear of hundreds of pubs closing each week - another British tradition will soon disappear if pubs keep closing.
I hope that sense will prevail and that deMontfort Uni and Leicester City Council can come to some agreement about this site.
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| 831 | Michael Watt | De Montfort university has neglected its property and has allowed a historically and architecturally interesting part of Leicester to become an eyesore.
The council did nothing.
I have read about many wonderful ways how the area could be revitalized.
To tear it all down and build modern swimming pool will benefit only the university.
The city gains nothing. |
| 830 | Pete Fraser | Went down there and was a great laugh. Down with the plans! |
| 829 | Scott McLaren | I do not want to see great central way shut at that point. |
| 828 | Craig Steiff | |
| 827 | Ruth Collier | |
| 826 | Nathaniel Kara | |
| 825 | WARREN LEVINS | |
| 824 | (anonymous) | Don't get rid of our heritage please. |
| 823 | Melissa Frater | |
| 822 | Helen Hall | Our heritage is so important, otherwise Leicester will not look any different to other cities. Keep what is special. |
| 821 | Terry Kirby | The whole sorry saga of the recent history of this bridge shows this Council's total lack of understanding and appreciation of major items of merit, whether historical or cultural, and of the possibilities that even basic maintenance of them could bring. |
| 820 | Arthur Blears | Save our heritage! |
| 819 | Christopher David Hinsley | |
| 818 | Katherine Willoughby | |
| 817 | Claire Spooner | |
| 816 | (anonymous) | please keep the bridge |
| 815 | Philip Taylor | Not only is the bridge aesthetically pleasing. Its a permanent reminder of Sir Edward Watkin and the other Victorian Visionaries who created a high specification rail link between the North the East Midlands and continental Europe. What would Leicester give for that now with oil and flight costsspiralling out of control? No one should even think of demolishing it. It should be restored to a condition worthy of those who built it. |
| 814 | Darren Pilbeam | |
| 813 | Dean Burston | Why has it been left so late to list a structure? |
| 812 | Vernon Terry | |
| 811 | Kerry Henderson | |
| 810 | Mohammed Rajani | |
| 809 | gerardo del gaizo | |
| 808 | (anonymous) | The bridge is a sign of our heritage and a testement to the era that it was built. Long should it stand to inspire young and old to the beauty of all architecture. |
| 807 | (anonymous) | |
| 806 | clair rushin | i am discusted at the thought of bwstring bridge and the pump and tap being demolished have we not lost enough history. i.e richard the third what is left we pulled down the blue boar we demolished medievel leicester by building vaghn way. what a tourist attraction leicester would have been. save our heritage now. |
| 805 | Emma Bannenberg | I've walked under this bridge so many times and admired it as one of the few remnants of Leicester's great industrial past. There are better ways to use this structure. It adds huge character and historical interest. Look at this example of a bridge reused in Melbourne, Australia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandridge_Bridge,_Melbourne. Now an architectural icon of the city. Don't let this opportunity go! |
| 804 | Andrew Bennett | save our heritage and stop another concrete monstrosity from being built also keeping the pump and tap (one of the best tradional pubs intacted) |
| 803 | roy sherriff | It never ceases to amaze me that so few people can decide the fate of such fine peice of arcutecture such as the bowstring bridge. when thousands of people do not want to see its demise.please for the sake of leicester and its people DO NOT TEAR THIS BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE DOWN thank you |
| 802 | (anonymous) | |
| 801 | (anonymous) | This bridge is part of Leicesters heritage. We must not let it be lost. |
| 800 | (anonymous) | save our glorious heritage |
| 799 | Haydn Yeo | We continue to loose the links to our transport heritage in Leicester. Trams were seen as unfassionable and were removed and are now being reinstated in many cities accross the country. What about the future of our railways? WHo has the vission. |
| 798 | aissa cherif | |
| 797 | Dave Dixey | |
| 796 | tom ovenall | |
| 795 | karin fall | These landmarks are incredibly important and give the city an individual feel.Too many cities are beginning to look the same with ghastly characterless shopping centres. Save the bridge and save a bit of local character at the same time. |
| 794 | Fabian Wicinski | I find the views of the council and the redevelopers are lacking a broad understanding of what constitutes modern "re-development". An effort has to be made to include the preservation of a site's integral heritage and those appealing historic characteristics . Without these factors taken into consideration our modern (urban) landscapes will start to resemble very unattractive, soulless (communist era/eastern block) architecture. The drabness and sterility of which is oppressive and uninspiring to any society to live amongst. Erasing any reminders of our British past also deprives all generations in any community, of an education in relation to their local heritage refusing them access to be apart of that history. All history being specific to each site it provides us with an historical map of our progress within a locality, an identity and a landmark to encourage "togetherness". Now in modern architecture we can afford to focus upon the processes of complementary and environmentally sensitive designs, that have to be honed to encompass a society embedded in it's past, present and future successes. |
| 793 | (anonymous) | |
| 792 | Amanda Carver | I moved to leicester in 1990 from Wales and lived there until 2007 when I emigrated to Australia. I always walked the Railway route into town until the bridge was sadly closed and fondly recall it. Leicester City Council need to recognise that great numbers of historic landmarks were lost through poor twon planning in the 60's and 70's and have severely affected the city's appearance and as a result reputation elsewhere in the UK. Hard work over the last 10 years is starting to make some amends and improve the appearance of the city, but I would have hoped they would have learned that in a place where little history remains, what is left is enormously important to maintain. I strongly hope that when I retunr to visit Leicester next year that the bridge will remain proudly standing and urge the City Council to find any alternative method possible to retain it.
Sincerely
Amanda Carver |
| 791 | Karl Stuart Barton | |
| 790 | (anonymous) | for a city with history taking it down and the use of the gcway is not thinking ahead but all about money. |
| 789 | Sara Johnson | |
| 788 | David Armitage | This bridge is an important historic landmark in Leicester. It's use as a footpath should not be taken away. The diversionary route adds considerable distance. |
| 787 | Nick Fitzsimons | |
| 786 | (anonymous) | |
| 785 | Benjamin Meredith Hirst | There is no need to blandify our city. The bridge is the most distinctive of all our city bridges. The local people want it to remain a part of our heritage. Look towards redevelopment of the bridge arches and it would be a massive pulling power to students nationwide to choose de montford. Students don't want to go to boring cities. |
| 784 | Stuart Giles | If this is allowed to happen Leicester will loose so much character and will become a much blander place. |
| 783 | (anonymous) | |
| 782 | Paul Kearney | Please do not destroy this landmark. |
| 781 | (anonymous) | Leicester City Council will hopefully soon understand that it should not back the destruction of things that give Leicester character. If we want to be regarded as a "proper" city, we NEED them. |
| 780 | (anonymous) | |
| 779 | Kevin & Christa Freer | The Bridge is a landmark, a gateway of the City, a focal point which needs to be preserved, it is a historic monument piece of art/architectual design (not so easy to to steal than other sculptures in the City, a pathway to the City, City Councillors should hang their heads in shame for neglecting this precious site (often wondered who was responsible for letting this beautiful bridge go to ruin) and having prevented the public from exercising their right of way and use of the public foootpath for six years, could be used also as a cylce path (ie Buxton railway) to admire view of city from higher up, also tourist attraction and historical due to reflecting old way of life. Pub "Pump & Tap" & bridge goe hand in hand. Love proposals for life music events/developming Pub site & local talent |
| 778 | Michael Hewitt | I am horified having just heard of the proposal... In this day and age such industrial heritage needs to be incorporated into a scheme, not destroyed. Is it not part of a cycle way anyway..... Cycling is actually transport of the future... no petrol and no obesity! |
| 777 | (anonymous) | The Bowstring Bridge is a unique part of the industrial heritage of Leicester and if retained could be an interesting and attractive part of the pedestrian route into the historic heart of the city. |
| 776 | (anonymous) | It is a shame that this route has been closed for so long and the bridge allowed to deteriorate. This was a great walk giving an unusual, elevated view of this area of Leicester. It meant that you could access Castle Gardens and the Castle Park area from the Great Western Way without crossing a busy road. Children and adults alike enjoyed being able to see a piece of railway architecture so close up. It is also a landmark for this area, which has already lost so much of its historic buildings, a reminder of how important the railway was to Leicester's development as a Victorian city and a fine example of Victorian engineering. |
| 775 | Christopher Tarrant | I would like to register my disagreement with the plans to demolish yet another part of the history and culture of Leicester. The destruction of the Bowstring Bridge will leave a huge void in the city's fabric - rob the local community of not only a great landmark but also the Pump and Tap pub. Please see sense and leave Leicester with some history. |
| 774 | Rob Banner | This is part of our heritage and must be kept. We must use our imagination, involve young people and restore and revive this for future generations. My father John Banner who wrote many books on the history of Leiicester and History articles in the Leicester mercury would deplore the way our cities unique range of history is being destroyed to the detriment of coming generations of citizens of Leicester. |
| 773 | carolyn tarrant | |
| 772 | (anonymous) | |
| 771 | peterhassell | |
| 770 | Richard Dean | Sympathetic regeneration of the city is needed, not systematic destruction and 60s-style planning. |
| 769 | Simon Harris | |
| 768 | Mrs Janet Wilson | |
| 767 | (anonymous) | The bridge is a landmark and a piece of history. It delineates the West End from the city and has been a centrepoint of the area's regeneration.
I find it ironic that at one end, DeMontfort and the council are spending money on re-routing the ring road to bring the Magazine back into a centrepiece thereby correcting previous planning faux pas. At the other end they propose committing an equal faux pas. Would local residents even get to use the swimming pool?? |
| 766 | Christine Thomas | This site must be preserved! |
| 765 | (anonymous) | |
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| 763 | (anonymous) | |
| 762 | (anonymous) | |
| 761 | (anonymous) | |
| 760 | Jason Willoughby | Removal of landmarks and our industrial heritage should be stopped |
| 759 | Kate Broadhurst | |
| 758 | (anonymous) | Please keep the bridge - it is such a focal point for the area. |
| 757 | david swales | I feel that this bridge is an important structure and a reminder of Leicester's industrial heritage. It is an integral part of the Braunstone Gate lanscape and an impressive structure. Many of the new developments in and around Braunstone Gate and Bede Island are faceless monoliths. The bridge offers a glimpse of the past and architectural interest in what would otherwise be another unsympathetically developed area. Keep it, incorporate it and celebrate it! |
| 756 | (anonymous) | |
| 755 | Antz White | The bridge next to the Pump and Tap is a West End landmark and should be cleaned up and treasured as part of Leicester's history. |
| 754 | Allyson Floyd | I really do think that this bridge should be kept, this is a perfect example of the Industrial revolution in the area of the west end, there are not many of these left in the country and it would be a shame to lose this feature. I can't under stand why it isn't open as a foot path either? |
| 753 | Andrew Brooks | The bridge is a focal point in that area. The landscape is fast changing in the area, the bridge should be preserved as like to the past. |
| 752 | Adnan Ahmed | Please don't make Leicester into a bland and corporate space. Save the Bowstring Bridge! |
| 751 | (anonymous) | I think it is disgraceful that this landmark bridge has been allowed to get to its present state. Leicester City Council you should be ashamed of yourself!
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| 750 | Paul Grundy | This bridge is part of Leicester's heritage and must be kept, far too many historic buildings are being lost |
| 749 | Mark Hoggar | Why doesn't Leicester should utilize it's many architectural landmarks instead of planning to erase them ? This bridge should be a superb example of the fusion between the old and the new ! |
| 748 | (anonymous) | |
| 747 | (anonymous) | It is a huge mistake to get rid of the bridge and lose of more of Leicesters important Engineering history. |
| 746 | (anonymous) | I have lived in this area of the city for 10 years, and I feel that the removal of the bridge will be a huge mistake. I work at a local Primary school and have taught children about the railways.They were facsinated that they could still see evidence of Victorian engineering on their doorsteps. Knocking down important sites like this takes character away from the city. I feel that De Monfort university and the City council have no interest in local residents, only in how much money they can make. |
| 745 | (anonymous) | The heritage of Leicester City should be retained and used in the plans for redevelopment, rather than destroyed to allow for redevelopment. |
| 744 | (anonymous) | |
| 743 | Lucy Worth | The Bowstring Bridge should be integrated into the design of the area of proposed development - let's retain an eyecatching centrepiece or gateway amongst the mostly unimaginative buildings currently being constructed around Leicester! |
| 742 | (anonymous) | |
| 741 | (anonymous) | |
| 740 | Anne Saywood | I think enough of historic Leicester has been destroyed recently. Just look at the mess they've made down Uppington Road!!!!!
That beautiful old bridge was torn apart. Personally I do not wish to see another go the same way!!!!
I will even personally offer my services to maintain the Bowstring Bridge. I'm prepared to clean up rubbish, weed it of over grown plants & repaint the metal work. This is a serious offer & I would like to help restore it's old glory so that it maybe reused once more.
Besides did you ever stop to consider the family of foxes which also live under the bridge?!?!?!?
Please get in touch........
Anne Saywood x x x |
| 739 | Guy Hartmann | Leicester has very little heritage, what we have left must be preserved. The council excuse that it is 'unnecessary' is not good enough. |
| 738 | (anonymous) | |
| 737 | (anonymous) | |
| 736 | Lindsey Hills | |
| 735 | William Mee | There is no need for DMU to demolish the Bow String Bridge, even if the Pump and Tap has to go. As has been achieved before, in the Market Place and on High Street in Leicester, an old structure can be "knitted" to a modern development. What a fantastic local centrepiece this bridge would make to any DMU development - and at the same time - preserve such an important piece of our local heritage. |
| 734 | (anonymous) | The Rough Guide to England found little to attract in Leicester. They are correct because generations of planners have never understood the phrase "You do not know what you've got until it's gone." The bridge is almost unique. Use it. Use your imagination. Other cities manage this. |
| 733 | Matt Jones | It would seem that our council has once again failed to learn the lessons from its shameful record of civic vandalism and would rather earn a fast buck than safeguard a famous landmark, elegant gateway to the city centre and monument to a golden age in our city's history.
I would hope that future generations will not look back at our current planners with the same scorn and contempt that we have for those of the past who destroyed so much for so very little. However, having the experience of a life-long resident, I shall not be holding my breath. |
| 732 | (anonymous) | |
| 731 | Clair Haynes | Keep the bridge and make use of it's beauty. It's a great price of architecture which could be renovated and form a place of interest with gallery, or restaurants on or by it. Leicester is one ugly city and needs all the help it can get. It's also thought of very fondly by local people - improve it don't destroy it. |
| 730 | Neil Johnston | The bowstring bridge like many historical constructions in Leicester will become more and more significant as the centuries pass. I feel we have a duty to preserve the historical aspect of our city for the long term. |
| 729 | (anonymous) | |
| 728 | (anonymous) | It would be nice to think that if an ex-pat arrived back from say Australia there might just be something left in Leicester they might recognise. Come on enough already. Too much demolished or pushed side and manipulated for big business or the university.Have some pride in your City - if we dont no one else will!!!!!!!!! |
| 727 | (anonymous) | |
| 726 | (anonymous) | |
| 725 | Gem Warne | This is a beautiful bridge and with money spent on restoring it now it will save demolishing it and then a future council deciding to rebuild another walkway here. |
| 724 | Roger Watson | |
| 723 | stephen deacon | |
| 722 | (anonymous) | |
| 721 | (anonymous) | I don't believe the people who run Leicester City Council have the first idea of the City's heritage and thus have no interest in saving any of it. |
| 720 | Linda Holmes | How much more of old Leicester can we afford to loose? |
| 719 | Barry Gibbs | This important piece of the City's heritage must be preserved. |
| 718 | (anonymous) | As a student at De Montfort University I would like to see the bridge and historic buildings incorporated into the design of any new buildings. To destroy them is not progress. |
| 717 | Nev Briars | The best way for the DMU to attract a higher calibre of student isn't to destroy part of our great heritage & replace it with yet another crappy modern building that prospective students who may never have lived in my city or stay in my city after they've gained their degree in one of the mickey mouse subjects the DMU offers (lets face it no amount of gimmicks will ever make Leicesters below alternative university into a world class educational establishment get DM Used to it...) but is to concentrate on improving its league position against institutions such as the University of Bolton...
Leicester is a proud city which already attracts students because it is a fantastic city... & its places like Pump & tap & the bowstring bridge that make it a fantastic city. The older buildings all add to our character, the new buildings mainly built by the DMU do not. Why not "regenerate" the bridge, make it into a night club (what students really want) similar to the cockpit in Leeds, add an attraction to the Uni prospectus & keep us locals sweet by keeping a beautiful building standing & actually using it for something. |
| 716 | Matthew Milan Radoja | |
| 715 | Mark lines | |
| 714 | Anne Draycott | |
| 713 | Julie Dawson | Too much of Leicester has already gone! Please don't spoil it anymore! |
| 712 | (anonymous) | |
| 711 | James Salmon | Fully support LCS |
| 710 | chris Lewis-Jones | all monuments, buildings or items of street furniture that are old, striking or otherwise distinctive should be preserved as a matter of priority. The geographically distinct enhances both the texture of our lives and our feelings of civic pride and belonging without which there can be no social cohesion. They do it well throughout much of Western Europe nowadays, so why not here! |
| 709 | Nick Aris | |
| 708 | (anonymous) | |
| 707 | (anonymous) | The Bridge is a rare example of our industrial past. Let us preserve it for the benefit and education of future generations. Too much of our city was carved up in the 1960s. Enough already! |
| 706 | roger denham foxon | |
| 705 | Sara Louise Nickells-Pagett | This petition is a great idea, just hope its successfull |
| 704 | (anonymous) | |
| 703 | JOHN KERRUISH | |
| 702 | Mr Robert Belamy | We have to save our heritage |
| 701 | Andy McCubbin | |
| 700 | (anonymous) | |
| 699 | Claire Taylor | I feel that the city council will again be missing an opportunity to either continue the use of the Great Central Way as a footpath/cycle route, or perhaps as the beginnings of a light railway/tram system, after all, Nottingham have managed it! |
| 698 | Jonathan Ball | |
| 697 | (anonymous) | It will make a wonderful entrance feature to the newly configured space |
| 696 | (anonymous) | |
| 695 | Amy Atkins | I have used this bridge for many art projects and would like to continue using it for more in the future, it is inspirational and it would be a great shame if it was no longer accessible. |
| 694 | Benedict Paul Ashton (BA) | |
| 693 | Jim Willis | My walk to work from the West End to the new Cultural quarter is an important part of my day.
It's a journey that I make with my young son who has just mastered walking.
The pathway that the Bowstring bridge can provide is an excellent opportunity for my son (who is fascinated by trains and bridges) to be inspired with a privileged perspective, above street level, of an area of Leicester that he will hopefully grow to love as much as I do.
It would also provide a stretch of walkway that I'd feel comfortable letting my son 'run ahead' on.
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| 692 | Alastair Hepburn | |
| 691 | sarah beasley | this area is crying out to be developed - on the edge of some cool bar culture areas and also canal walks etc etc... |
| 690 | (anonymous) | |
| 689 | (anonymous) | |
| 688 | Rosalind Enid Vernon | |
| 687 | Lynn Mannings | Leicester has a long and proud industrial history. In the past much of Leicester's heritage has been lost due to blinkered planning. With imagination this iconic bridge (and the Pump and Tap) could be incorporated into any regeneration scheme. As the Magazine is reinstated to its rightful place as a part of the Newarkes, what a good thing that it was not obliterated as the 1960's planners wanted. The bridge would be impossible to replace when future generations realise current planners (and DMU's) mistake! |
| 686 | Anthony John Banham | Leicester is losing its history
The Bowstring Bridge is a classic design and construction, and the Pump and Tap pub has the feel of a real public house (something the modern pubs try to encapsulate but fail miserably). |
| 685 | michael brailsford | the demolition of the bowstring bridge can not happen. leicester landmarks are vanishing and no one seems to care. it is about time these landmarks were saved for future generations and learn about. |
| 684 | G READING | WE HAVE TWO UNIVERSITIES IN LEICESTER AND BOTH SEEM TO THINK THEY CAN DO AS THEY PLEASE +LEICESTER COUNCIL WILL NOT BE HAPPY UNTIL OLD LEICESTER IS COMPLETLY WIPED OUT |
| 683 | Rory Goldsbrough | This unique bridge would complement any regeneration of the Braunstone Gate area. Demolishing this would be a huge shame and shoe the councils lack of care for history in this area. |
| 682 | fraser lockley | With so much of Leicestershire history brushed aside for short term gain it would be criminal for this distinctive landmark of the city to be removed. |
| 681 | Penny Fahy | |
| 680 | (anonymous) | The Bowspring Bridge is a wonderful example of late a Victorian railway bridge of the type that cannot be replaced if lost. Aesthetically it is pleasing. It is something that should be preserved for future generations. |
| 679 | Christopher Smith | |
| 678 | (anonymous) | |
| 677 | wayne alan mason | We have already lost too many historic bridges. Please think about Leicester's heritage and preserve this wonderful bridge for the people of Leicester and their children's children. |
| 676 | Nick Martin | What a terrible shame if Leicester loses this great peice of historic architecture. |
| 675 | craig | First Jayce's and now the Tap. I shan't come visiting again if this keeps up. |
| 674 | robert anthony mayer | |
| 673 | Pete J Garbett | It is appalling that an educational institution is prepared to destroy part of our industrial heritage. Is it because the bridge is too indigenous for the liberal-fascist Guardianistas who make these decisions? Would they demolish the beautiful frontage of the Jain temple on Oxford Street? They would not dare! |
| 672 | Jeanette Essex | |
| 671 | (anonymous) | |
| 670 | Ian S. Taylor | Enough of Historic Leicester has already been distroyed in the interests of commercialism, no effort should be spared to retain what is left.
If the bridge can not be saved in its present location then, as a last resort, resiting to a suitable site should be seriously considered. (such as the Great Central Railway line rebuild north of Loughbough) |
| 669 | (anonymous) | |
| 668 | (anonymous) | LCC - Please don't destroy one of the few redeeming features of the area! |
| 667 | gareth lloyd | Far too many of these monuments to the Victorian railway age have been demolished already, and this one should be retained. |
| 666 | john henry rickman | We should be aiming to reopen this excellent engineering achievement not removing yet more of it. what a waste. |
| 665 | Matthew Hibberd | An awesome structure, the only one of this type left on the GCR alignment for that matter. Dont just knock it down in the name of "progress". To much of this fantastic railway has ended up this way. |
| 664 | S Hinks | save the Pump & Tap too!! |
| 663 | Miss Nicola Haynes | |
| 662 | (anonymous) | |
| 661 | Iain Wordsworth | As an occasional visitor to Leicester I consider this, along with the Clock Tower, the most iconic and recognisable of the city's landmarks. Surely after more than one hundred years it is part of the fabric of the place. Surely this bridge is a fitting tribute to a (remarkably foresighted and shortsightledly destroyed) feat of late Victorian engineering, part of your city's recent history which has otherwise been destroyed. |
| 660 | Andrew Burrows | Hasn't the city lost enough of it's GCR history? The bowstring bridge is fairly unique and compared to the concrete slabs we build now, it's beautiful. The city should also look at what happens in other towns and cities where bridges are things to be proud of. Of course, London and New York have their famous bridge landmarks but look at Newcastle with their bridges over the Tyne. In Stoke on Trent and Mansfield a lot of regeneration money has gone into creating / preserving bridges. The on-going attitude of Leicester is to tear things down and it's about time they stopped and restored this beautiful feature. |
| 659 | Matt Jones | |
| 658 | (anonymous) | |
| 657 | Phil Weston | |
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| 655 | (anonymous) | |
| 654 | (anonymous) | I think our Philistine Council have
an amazing aptitude for throwing out babies with bath water. The original "Old,Nag's Head" was demolished in the 60's for a new road. The planners then built the Road away from the pub site. result Old pub gone for no reason! |
| 653 | matt stringfellow | This is a landmark.
Leicester is nothing withut its history.
Strengthen it. Paint it. Light it. Embrace it.
The bridge and tap can be part of the university plans not buried underneath it. |
| 652 | Nick Di-Perna | The area is loosing its identity. Families and children all over the city whom I’ve spoken to can’t believe a popular landmark is being demolished. |
| 651 | Matthew Forman | |
| 650 | (anonymous) | Between 1955 and 1970 I lived just a short distance from the Bowstring Bridge. As a railway enthusiast and especially the Great Central Railway from conception to closure it is so important to retain this historical symbol. I too would urge DMU to incorporate the bridge into its planned development. I think planners and architects could come up with some truly innovative concepts. |
| 649 | David J Record | I believe the Bowstring Bridge running along side braunstone gate should be preserved, as it has become an historic landmark of the citys history. I hope in the future it could once again be used to connect GCR line through the city from birstal to rugby like it did before cutbacks, and then on to the channel tunnel & france. While my main thoughts are for the bridge to be preserved, if GCR line was to return it would increase commuter options for the city, and offer better transportation options for businesses, specially as fuel prices & congestion continue to climb. I hope a compromise can be found, by which the bridge can be preserved as a historic land mark of the city, and for the rail history of the country. Thank you for your time. |
| 648 | Andrew David Lloyd | |
| 647 | barry gunton | having lived in coventry st
always went to central stn
taking this bridge down is another lose to our past
now living in canada,i would get lost in leicester now,which is to bad? |
| 646 | walter buxton | we can not lose this heritage pub |
| 645 | ashley brroke dace | crime if the bridge is demolished |
| 644 | LEE REYNOLDS | |
| 643 | Sam Mawby | Come on guys, be creative, be unique, demonstrate to the students and locals that planners and decision makers can be their own people and not just make Leicester a copy of so many other souless cities. Cities that are increasingly reliant on student spending and the retail businesses!! Historic landscapes and community pubs are the difference. |
| 642 | Howard Wilkins | I am Leicester born and DMU was my alma mater - that bridge is part of my life and heritage - my father was a lecturer at DMU and loved the city. |
| 641 | JACKI ADCOCK | |
| 640 | Peter Radoja | |
| 639 | Stephen John Borrill | The Great Central was a great transport asset prematurely run down, closed and demolished. There's not much left in Leicester. (Upperton Road bridge recently gone) If nothing else the bridge if preserved would be a permanent reminder of the short sightedness of transport policy makers both past and present. |
| 638 | (anonymous) | |
| 637 | Nicholas Stead | |
| 636 | craig moore | the government keep going on abut english historic sites then they wnt to destroy them in the name of progress wish they would stop doing u turns |
| 635 | Sue Eley | Just for once show some historic and aesthetic pride and do something to prevent us from becoming the Milton Keynes of the East Midlands - I 'lived' in Milton Keynes for five years; never has a city so without soul been built. It takes a 100 years for an oak tree to grow and 5 mins to fell it. Or as Oscar Wilde put it: 'a cynic: 'someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing' |
| 634 | Jonathan David Taylor | I support the petition to save this part of Leicester's heritage, I used to work in Bede Street and passed this bridge every work day. |
| 633 | Michael Williamson | The Bridge is part of the hertitage of Leicester, the Bridge is one of the last in the Country and should be preserved for future generations |
| 632 | Alison Bowles | Best pub in Leicester |
| 631 | (anonymous) | |
| 630 | antony davies | |
| 629 | Quentin Reidford | This bridge and the little that remains of the Great Central line should be considered of major curtural and civic importance to Leicester and preserved as a testament to the most efficient and innovative railway ever built - That's why the Government of the day built most of the M1 on the track bed. |
| 628 | Sheelagh Bishop | Much better to inporporate the bridge and pub into any modern design. A challenge to the planners but could be really unusual in the end. |
| 627 | Wayne Woolaston | Hope this petition will help save the little history that is left in leicester |
| 626 | Alison Butcher BSc MRICS | Leicester City Council as the planning authority are meant to be guardians of our heritage not vandals. The Bridge appears on many of our historical photgraphs and is an historical recognisable landmark. Save the Bridge |
| 625 | Desmond Phillips | Don't wreck this beautiful inspiring monument to the steam age. |
| 624 | (anonymous) | |
| 623 | (anonymous) | |
| 622 | (anonymous) | |
| 621 | Andrew Laird | Cities need historic features such as the Bowstring Bridge to retain a sense of individuality and grandeur. The City Council's scorched earth policy is very disturbing. |
| 620 | Patrick Finney | I could not agree more with what is written here, if DMU actually cared about leicester they would understand that its residents want to keep the bridge and the pub |
| 619 | (anonymous) | |
| 618 | (anonymous) | |
| 617 | mark green | having lived close to this bridge for several of my childhood years, and jogged to the end of it path, during my 20's - i am ashamed that LCC & DMU have not learnt any lessons from the destruction of central leicester during the 1960's, It might be clever of the "men in charge" to leave this important structure to rot, until it becomes unsafe, but this is another example of airbrushing out important parts of leicestershire history |
| 616 | Sean Biggs | Grateful we have a chance to voice our concerns about such an important landmark and the loss to the city if it is removed - it's part of the local skyline |
| 615 | Alex Broadley | The Braunstone Gate bridge has been a Leicester landmark for over a century. The majority of the other bridges have now been removed which should be a crime in itself and this is the last viaduct of its kind left within the City. We need to retain our heritage and have done a very good job so far with the majority of the old disused hosery factories by converting them into flats and the original building on the exterior have still got their original features. I understand that there is no use for the hosery factories or the old viaducts but restoring them has been huge success so far and i think tearing down a piece of our history such as the bridge would be like tearing down the clock tower. Other cities have celebrated their history and retained it well, its not something to be ashamed of, its something to be proud of and if this mean demontfort Uni wont get their pool then so be it...they can swim in the Soar!!! |
| 614 | (anonymous) | |
| 613 | JOHN A OLIVER | most people learn from their mistakes - but not leicester city council. |
| 612 | Mr Andrew Philip Peirce | |
| 611 | Nick Bergquist | The entire formation should have been saved - this is/should have been HS2.
However, as an independent structure this is an amazing engineering feat and Leicester, all to keen to dispose of its history, should tip its hat to its GCR heritage... |
| 610 | Tom Hocking | one of the institutions of the city centres surrounding area's. |
| 609 | Jonny George | |
| 608 | Simone Anderson | |
| 607 | Mr Paul Anthony Ford | I would like the bridge and the Pump and Tap pub to be saved. The bridge is a landmark and the pub has a great vibe about it. The area looks great now but its time to stop when overdevelpment spoils the classic and wonderful landmarks are at stake. Develop existing landmarks they cannot be replaced once gone. Embrace! Embrace! Embrace! |
| 606 | (anonymous) | |
| 605 | David Bird | |
| 604 | Aidan Malone | Heritage is sacred! |
| 603 | Steve Ratcliffe | |
| 602 | (anonymous) | |
| 601 | Andrew Smith | |
| 600 | Matthew Davis | The council are dodgy, so watch out what they do regarding this subject - they can't even produce any evidence on THREE tram feasibility studies even with FOI powers. |
| 599 | John Richard Durrant | We must keep this bridge, far too many historical buildings have been destroyed to make room for modern structures. This bridge reminds us of the days when Leicester was served by two main line railways.
This bridge is unique and must be saved! |
| 598 | Robert Holmes | The petition should also include preservation of the the Pump and Tap. This well-used (real ale) watering hole is an integral part of the social fabric in these parts, and an important local landmark in its own right. The bridge and the pub "go together". |
| 597 | Robert Sayer | |
| 596 | Brian King | The bridge is an iconic landmark in leicester, as important as the railway station and clock tower. I would love to use it again as part of my running route, but I see the council have prevented this. |
| 595 | Dominic Slavin | |
| 594 | Paul Denton | |
| 593 | Michael Clarke | I was born in New Park Street Leicester within 100 yards of the bridge and the Pump & Tap, originally The
West End Inn.
There has been debate about a land mark work of art for Leicester, similar to "The Angel of The North", why bother because we alredy have one in in a bridge that the people of Leicester love. A WORK OF INDUSTRIAL ART, TESTIMONY TO THE SKILLS AND CRAFT OF vICTORIAN ENGINEERS AND WELDERS |
| 592 | IAN JOHNSON | The LCC has no regard for our historical heritage. The citizens of Leicester do care but their council is not listening. So much for 'LCC working for you’. They should remember that they are public servants not our masters! The bridge neglect and the proposed demolition is just more vandalism inflicted upon this once great City by the people who should be its guardian,
De Montfort University should be ashamed of themselves for thinking so little of the importance of Leicester’s industrial legacy. Why not set this up as a challenge for its budding student architects to implement the bridge and the old brewery, ‘The Pump & Tap’, into something in which Leicester can take pride in.
De Montfort have already shown it lacks imagination and sensitivity to Leicester’s historical past with the box monstrosity of a building that they have put up at the Newark’s with more to follow no doubt.
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| 591 | (anonymous) | There are some exciting new developments for Leicester, but please don't destroy any more of our heritage.
Architecturally, I don't think it's the prettiest sight but that's not the point. |
| 590 | (anonymous) | |
| 589 | (anonymous) | |
| 588 | Andy White | |
| 587 | David Helsby | |
| 586 | Mo Degia | Any chance of purchasing the site for personal development? |
| 585 | imelda toon | I think it is a disgrace you want to distroy this beautiful bridge and pub to make for yet more sport centres for students. I think Leicester really has enough sports centres. What will tourists think when they come to visit histroric Leicester only to be faced with another sports centre |
| 584 | wayne armstrong | being brought up in leicester i am dismayed at all the horrors and vandalism of town planners in the 60 s and 70s i am upset that my home city is planning to destroy once again its heritage,and the city will deserve the title of britain in bland! Save this landmark and utilise it and the viaducts, come on use your imagination,our children just might forgive you for past follys! |
| 583 | Ian Steven Gilson | I used to gig with my first band at the pump and tap - and went on to break a singing world record! It was a legendary music venue, where many great acts cut their creative teeth. The bridge is awesome and should be saved as a feature of any development in that area. |
| 582 | Andrew Uzupa | There are to many great landmarks being demolished in Leicester and think removing this bridge would be the final straw. |
| 581 | (anonymous) | |
| 580 | Mike Keen | |
| 579 | gerald whatley | |
| 578 | (anonymous) | |
| 577 | Richard Lauder | The pursuit of modernity should not involve obliterating all that has gone before, especially all that which has made such an impact on a place and a people. |
| 576 | (anonymous) | |
| 575 | anthony icke | why replace something interesting with another boring box structure, incorporate the bridge into any new design at the very least |
| 574 | Ivan Tan | It's bad enough that a useful main line route was got rid of in the late 60s. Keep as much of the remains as possible as a reminder to all of what short-term political folly achieves. |
| 573 | Christopher David James Sim | This is a vital part of the heritage of a once prooud city. To demolish this bridge would be proof that the council has learned nothing from the wholesale destruction of landmarks such as this one. |
| 572 | Wayne Jarvis | |
| 571 | Mark Dawkins | Please don't knock the bridge down and keep the Pump and Tap too- build the swimming pool by all means, but don't knock down these inportant landmarks- the bridge has been there all my life and is a great feat of engineering that should be kept in this world of concrete and plastic |
| 570 | Steve Cowperthwaite | The proposed demolition of the Bowstring Bridge and the Pump & Tap pub - social, cultural and historical vandalism of the most appalling kind. Shame on you DMU and Leicester City Council! |
| 569 | (anonymous) | |
| 568 | (anonymous) | |
| 567 | (anonymous) | |
| 566 | (anonymous) | |
| 565 | Peter Castell | Of course the city will continue to change it always has, this does not mean that all the past should be swept away. Like the Guildhall or the Jewry Wall the bridge is part of the city history, it's like will not be seen again it should be retained as a link to the industrial past of the city.
If it's condition is so bad why does Health and Safety allow thousands of us to pass beneath it daily. |
| 564 | Emma Deacon | I feel very strongly about the possibility of demolishing the Bowstring Bridge. I feel with a little bit of care and not too much expense the bridge could be re-used. By being demolished I think a good piece of history would be destroyed. Please think before any further action is to be taken. |
| 563 | Elizabeth Forbes | Not to mention the historical beauty and fantastic structure of bow bridge, the addition of the art to the bridge from various artists is too much to lose. |
| 562 | William Robert Stuart Bacon | |
| 561 | (anonymous) | |
| 560 | Sheila Rowlinson | |
| 559 | leanne astle | |
| 558 | Mark Penrice | Don't go being twonks, now! There must be some way of fitting in a pool (hardly a historic thing any more and reasonably loose in it's terrain requirements) without getting rid of a fine piece of classic ironmongery... and a decent existing pub, too. |
| 557 | Marcus Cooke | |
| 556 | (anonymous) | the bridge is the main view from my bedroom window, it is a very pleasent view as i am surrounded by new buildings on western boulevard. please leave the bridge, it mixes well, old and new. |
| 555 | (anonymous) | We use the pub like a local. There aren't many of them left! |
| 554 | (anonymous) | We use the pub like a local. There aren't many of them left! |
| 553 | alex walker | i think we shoud save this bridge and the pump and tap pub as a reminder of our past i think we should open it up as a walkway for the public members to walk along there are many uses for this great british tourist atraction for any enthusiast of the great central way. the funky art on the bridge is modern as mixes the past and the present together so join like me and save our bridge, i also think the glenfield tunnel sholud be open for the public perhaps as a musium type place? the graet central way should be extended to the city take priority place in the new water side development. |
| 552 | katie masterson | save our bridge, our historic past what a bad idea to take away such a great piece of structural engineering. please join us on our quest to save the bridge, the idea of it 150 to 200 years ago was really futuristic a railway through the sky this is a mad made miricle so help us here to save our heritage! |
| 551 | Steve Mills | This is an important piece of Leicester's heritage and should be preserved to show how important Leicester was as acommunications centre. |
| 550 | Tony Robinson | I support the retention of the bridge. A new swimming pool for De Montfort University, could be incorporated in a large new leisure facility for Leicester. Please support my campaign for an Arena in Leicester. Visit www.leicesterarena.com. |
| 549 | Rhys Williams | It's disgraceful that DMU want to destroy two of Leicester landmarks so that they can have a pool. |
| 548 | (anonymous) | |
| 547 | (anonymous) | |
| 546 | (anonymous) | Though I don't live in Leicester I consider it important that relics of any railway and especially the GC should be retained wherever possible.
Nottm has already lost almost everything GC north of Ruddington and it would be a great pity if Leicester were to go the same way. |
| 545 | Nigel Emms | This is an important structure of valuable history please save it for future generations |
| 544 | Patrick Cleere | The complete 3 tier junction from river to bowstring bridge is unique and must be preserved |
| 543 | Trevor Maskell | The bridge is of great historical interest.
The pump and tap pub is a significant local amenity for those who actually live in the city centre and need a social focal point which is not dominated by transitory visitors prior to club openings. |
| 542 | (anonymous) | |
| 541 | (anonymous) | |
| 540 | john davies | this bribge should not be removed as all the other bridges were many years ago
this is a part of vhitorical leicester |
| 539 | Sue Pruden | |
| 538 | Mike Pruden | I belive that whats left of Leicesters heritge should be kept |
| 537 | (anonymous) | It makes me very angry seeing the lack of respect towards what's left of Leic heritage by the local council |
| 536 | (anonymous) | |
| 535 | (anonymous) | |
| 534 | Christine Boulter | This is such an impressive piece of engineering and would make a marvellous entrance to the DMU campus. I grew up in that area and we have already lost too much of our heritage. |
| 533 | Alan Hatwell | |
| 532 | (anonymous) | |
| 531 | Peter Fosberry | Leicester is pretty bland & forgettable to visitors, this historic bridge adds character & helps it's image. |
| 530 | Peter Jones | We lose structures like this at our peril. It is possible to intergrate the old with the new to create vibrant and exciting areas - other cities do this very well - why cant this city? |
| 529 | (anonymous) | The bridge is a landmark and part of our industrial heritage. Leave it alone! |
| 528 | Robert Calow | A historic piece of Leicester's industrial heritage must be saved. |
| 527 | (anonymous) | |
| 526 | tony orton | I was born and have lived most of life in the west end, growing up on Andrewes Street. Over the years Leics. City Council has slowly removed every land mark I remember as a boy. The whole area where I lived, the Emanuel Church. King Richards Rd, West Bridge junction bridges, now Upperton Rd Bridge, the list is endless. It must stop before nothing is left. |
| 525 | Douglas Johnson | We have to keep this bridge and the neighboring public house. If this proposed sports centre is allowed to be built we will have another drab building along the lines of the others recently put up by the universities; take for example the building that has been erected on the site of the Liberty building or the diabolical edifice that stands on Lancaster road or the equally horrible student accommodation built on Newarke Close. Not to forget to mention the building that now stands blocking the sight of the beautiful St Mary De Castro church on the corner of Castle Street and St Nicholas Circle. The destruction of Leicesters heritage was very comprehensive in the 1960s - we must as a city be proud of what is left - and take all possible steps to arrest the destruction of this marvelous feat of engineering and also to halt the destruction of a traditional public house, as this area of the city is too full of trendy young bars, packed full of students - what about the rest of us - the Pump & Tap (previously being called the West End Inn) was there before any of the bars and also before Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University) acquired the site. De montofort university have a very suitable site for the building of a sports complex, with just as satisfactory access to the water front on the now redundant site of the old Student union building. With a clever architect this site could be developed allowing our engineering heritage and a lovely pub to be retained |
| 524 | (anonymous) | |
| 523 | Lee Ingram | We must make a stand against the demolishing of England's heritage. |
| 522 | (anonymous) | Please keep the Historic parts of Leicester as so much of it has already been pulled down. |
| 521 | (anonymous) | How dare the council back demoliton of such a peice of Leicester's industrial heritage whn they allow the 'regeneration' of the monstrosity next to the railway staion (St George's Tower?)? |
| 520 | george smith | |
| 519 | (anonymous) | like most people i am fed up with seeing terrible architecture around leicester.if we do not save the brige in years to come we will be moaning baout the state of the building erected in its place. you think the holiday inn is an eye sore? Think on !! |
| 518 | Martin James Riley | |
| 517 | (anonymous) | |
| 516 | Rachel Sweetland | |
| 515 | (anonymous) | As many people as possible should also object to the closure of the public right of way which runs over the bridge when the closure order is advertised. |
| 514 | paul smith | This venue is a gem and must be saved |
| 513 | Katherine Irvine | |
| 512 | Sandra Stevens | |
| 511 | (anonymous) | |
| 510 | (anonymous) | |
| 509 | Sally Verwaerde | I moved from Leicester 7 months ago and visit frequently. Already so much has changed in the city. Do we really want to lose so many of the landmarks we grew up with? |
| 508 | Anthony /west | an elegant and unique structure, the last major GC steel bridge in the midlands.Interestingly the 1996 report quoted £96000 cost of demolition ! |
| 507 | Brian Screaton | This is part of Leicester's heritage. Too much of old Leicester has been destroyed and we should resist any more thoughtless destruction. |
| 506 | (anonymous) | |
| 505 | Mr. John Harmer | |
| 504 | Emma Sleath | |
| 503 | Joni Cook | this bridge is an important part of Leicester's social history, it should be preserved for generations to come to enjoy. The area should also be surveyed for bat species by Natural England, as if nesting bats the site can obtain a conservation preservation order. |
| 502 | Rebecca Lunn | I have lived in Leicester for 10 years now and came to study at DMU in the first place. I am ashamed of DMU and the Council for their wanton destruction of this city's heritage - goodbye Liberty Building, goodbye to the Magazine pub. There is absolutely no reason why the proposed swimming pool shouldn't co-exist with the beautiful Bowstring Bridge and the Pump & Tap (one of Leicester's finest pubs) - are the powers that be at DMU really so myopic and bereft of imagination?? |
| 501 | Janice Davies | DMU seemed hell bent on owning the whole area and doint what they want regardless of any local history. |
| 500 | (anonymous) | I understand their are Bats nesting under the bridge as well as it being apart of the Leicester heritage along with the Pump & Tap, which I believe is also planned to be demolished. |
| 499 | Garry Burnside | we have precious little heritage left lets not lose any more |
| 498 | (anonymous) | |
| 497 | (anonymous) | |
| 496 | Julian Hough | Very rarely is a good old pub replaced with a better new pub. |
| 495 | Mr Simon Bull | I am appauled to see that Leicester City Council have even considered demolition to one of our iconic landmarks! They have indicated in the past it's not thier responsibility to maintain it (although they maintained the bridge over Middleton Street which is the same classification) yet they are all too eager to pull it down. They did enough of that in the 1970's when they massacred the iron bridges over West Bridge along with the other Great Central Railway Bridges. Without these historic landmarks why would anyone want to visit Leicester as a Tourist? If our Council was in Derbyshire would they be demolishing the buildings in Cromford that were once Arkwright's Mills? Or maybe they would flatten Bakewell as its getting a bit old now too? I urge the Council to look and see what is important to us, you know the little people that live here and pay to keep you in your little offices. We dont pay you to destroy what is important to us. I dont use fifth gear in my car when i drive round town so does that mean i have to dismantle my gearbox and remove fifth gear? There is a prime opportunity to preserve some of our heritage here that helped to mould and shape Leicester into what it is today and that opportunity wont come around again. So think long and hard, a swimming pool can be built anywhere. |
| 494 | (anonymous) | |
| 493 | wesley booth | 1ST THING SAVE BOWSTRING BRIDGE
can you belive our council are actually thinking of pulling this down to build a swimming baths.what are they thinking ? not only did they destroy the rest of the historic line in leicester they now want to destroy one of the last remaining parts.what they should be thinking is how they our going to connect it back up from birstall station to the grand central station.which would make our city the most spectacular in the world,there could be steam trains in the city,in the middle of the new waterside development.I think anyone whos reading this will agree with me.listen here goverment please think long and hard before you destroy anymore of are heritage.lets put leicester back on the map for the long term not just the short.also-glenfield tunnel,how did someone agree to block up and build on one side,and lock the other.what a waste !pls let me know what you think maybe we can change the outcome of our city. |
| 492 | Mark J Taylor | Leicester City Council and DMU appear to be hand-in-glove and both determined to destroy this once fine city!
I was born and raised in Leicester, and like many others remember the DMU when it was Leicester Poly, not a jumped-up learning centre with no interest in Leicester's history.
Both the DMU and Leicester City Council are showing utter contempt for the City and its residents. |
| 491 | Jennifer Kirk | It's about time that industrial heritage was preserved and championed instead of being swept away to be replaced by faceless modern rubbish. It wouldn't be hard to incorporate the bridge into any new development and make it a useful centrepiece instead of destroying it. |
| 490 | Wayne Taylor | It's would be a real shame if this bridge cannot be saved, we need to keep historic parts of the city when financially and strategically viable!
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| 489 | Corey Taylor | Surely with a little bit of creative architecture the bridge and the sports centre can both live happily together, with the repaired bridge maybe becoming the defining feature of the whole development..... |
| 488 | Phil Taylor | |
| 487 | Matt Dicks | |
| 486 | J M Watson | For too long the City Council have deliberately ignored the Bridge because they want to demolish it. They are deliberately allowing it to disintegrate so that they can say it has to be demolished as it has fallen into an irreversible state of decay!!! It should have had the TLC it needed when the footpath was open (and how long ago was that?) The money they are lavishing on a so-called "Performance/Arts Centre" is indecent and, had the lovely old "Palace" still been standing it would have taken far less to bring it back to light and then we would have had a theatre to beat all other local theatres. It just show that Leicester Councils are still continuing the rot of obliterating anything historical and worth while in the city so that there will be precious little of the history of our once-proud city left for our children. |
| 485 | christina wigmore | A beautiful bridge - too many Leicester landmarks fall prey to greedy developers. |
| 484 | Julie Hemmings | save the Pump and Tap aswell |
| 483 | Shawn Collier | |
| 482 | Paul Wood | The Pump & Tap has been such an important part of my life and the life of others locally over many years. The place has engendered a true community and adds real colour to the area. To destroy it for a swimming pool would be a travesty. It would serve to create a good amount of ill feeling towards the University locally.
I would urge you to reconsider the proposal.
Paul Wood |
| 481 | (anonymous) | |
| 480 | (anonymous) | |
| 479 | (anonymous) | I am sure that DeMontfort University could easily incorporate the bridge into the design of it's new sports facility. Put your money where your mouth is and show the citizens of Leicester that you care! |
| 478 | Ian Curtis | It seems that in Leicester the De Montfort University wants to take over the local area. They have no regard to history. Witness the chaos that is and will continue to happen around the Magazine. The students don't really care as they will be gone in three years. This council needs to stand firm on its heritage. Don't make the mistakes of recent decades. |
| 477 | Steve Johnson | Please resite it at "the gap" over Midland main line @ GCR Loughborough |
| 476 | Bernice Lewis | A walk with a view and part of Leicester's history |
| 475 | Sarah Bailey | |
| 474 | Graham Craig Law | We will regret this in 25 years time, please rethink |
| 473 | Richard Bailey | Both the Pump & Tap Public House and the Bowstring Bridge should be saved from demolition.
The Pump & Tap is a valuable public house in the area with it's own character and is also an outlet of Real Ale which we value in Leicester.
The Bowstring Bridge is of historical interest and needs to be saved for future generations of Leicester people. It seems that the Leicester City Council and it's administration are intent on destroying any heritage that Leicester has, whereas other cities preserve their heritage.
This council and it's officer's should be ashamed of their actions and should resign from office and let people who care about the city and it's history run the council. |
| 472 | Neil Hammonds | |
| 471 | Philip WHOLTON | |
| 470 | (anonymous) | |
| 469 | John W Burrows | Yet again, our "City Fathers" are prepared to destroy what any other City that really cares for its Industrial Past! |
| 468 | Mr. Paul Comley | The fact that I live abroad cannot lessen the pain I feel each time I re-visit my home town to see how inhumanely the local council are treating a rich cultural heritage. Who's culture is being protected here - if any? Or is it rather the case that an incompatible - perhaps corporate - culture is being encouraged to thrive? I translate countless business consultant documents that invariably urge their clients to concentrate on their core abilities - in municipal terms, their traditional entity, embodied by a city's architecture. I feel no need to provide examples here as anyone who genuinely knows and loves the city would instinctively know what I mean by 'the city's heart'. Paul Comley |
| 467 | Christopher Taylor | I feel especially angry as there are also plans for Leicester to loose the buildings on the Glenfield Road too. It must be wrong. |
| 466 | Eddie Sentance | |
| 465 | Amy Wareing | |
| 464 | (anonymous) | |
| 463 | (anonymous) | |
| 462 | (anonymous) | |
| 461 | John Paul McLaughlin | |
| 460 | jacob bonner | if this effects the pump and tap public house{and i assume it will at some point}then i belive this to be a great afront to local culture as it is indeed one of the very few 'real' pubs we have left. |
| 459 | (anonymous) | |
| 458 | (anonymous) | I am from Leicester, and was previously a student at De Montfort University. My final degree Art Work was all based on the structure Bowstring Bridge and I strongly support this campaign to preserve Leicester's Heritage and Individuality. |
| 457 | Helen Williams | |
| 456 | Simon Ingram | |
| 455 | (anonymous) | This bridge is central to the character of Braunstone gate. It would be a sad lost to the West End. |
| 454 | Miss Alison Ruth Prior | |
| 453 | (anonymous) | |
| 452 | andy bradford | please save our heritage.
this is our history. |
| 451 | Carl Hudson | Those responsible for bringing about the demolition of this landmark are not only destroying a fine piece of architectural history but are also taking away the gateway to the West end of Leicester. Successful architecture relies heavily upon the old and new cohabiting with one another. Leicester is set to become a dull uninspiring landscape if we continue to destroy what our ancestors worked so hard to create! Not only would they be destroying something of substance they will also be destroying many many memories past and future. |
| 450 | Aline Mercuri | Don't give in to pressure to destroy this beautiful piece of architecture. Future generations will think back to the day where we destroyed a bit of history, as we have already done many times before only for us not be able to enjoy beautiful achievements from our ancestors. |
| 449 | (anonymous) | We need to keep the character of Leicester, by retaining our heritage. |
| 448 | Janet Cartwright | This bridge and pub must be saved! All our heritage is being destroyed. If much else goes the city might as well be renamed!!!!!! |
| 447 | (anonymous) | |
| 446 | Tony Redman | A better option would be to extend the bridge over the Saint Augustine Road - where it used to be - and to join up the cycleroutes to the south which stop at Briton Street with the cycle routes to the north which stop at the Rally and avoid using the main road. This would reduce congestion and create an off road cycle and pedestrian route which could also connect up with the SUSTRANS off road cycle and pedestrian route from Bristol to Inverness. |
| 445 | (anonymous) | |
| 444 | (anonymous) | |
| 443 | Julie Robinson | I am a former student of DeMontfort University, but their proposed actions in destroying part of Leicester's heritage really make me ashamed of them. |
| 442 | Derek Walker | New centre could be built on the site of 2 modern (cubic ) buildings on the soon to be aquired Gateway College. |
| 441 | LINDA EARLEY | |
| 440 | (anonymous) | |
| 439 | (anonymous) | |
| 438 | Hayley O'Shea | The P&T is a fantastic pub with lots of character. Please leave it be |
| 437 | Mary Skinner | I am so angry that planners seem to be able to obliterate these beautiful, historic structures without a second thought. |
| 436 | Mark Neal | Even in my short life span of 28 years I have seen many older buildings been ripped down only to see identikit hideous sites replace it!!
This needs to stop and we need to keep what heritage we have left in Leicester alive!!
The same goes for the Pump and Tap where I have been going for many years, its nice to go to somewhere where you can relax and enjoy a drink with friends girlfriends without all the pretentousness of the new city centre bars!! |
| 435 | william price | As an ex-engineer I can assure yuo that this wonderful Bridge is very servicable and should not be pulled down. Lobby your councilors, give them a hard time, They are elected to represent the people of Leicester, if they dont listen then dont vote for them again. |
| 434 | JOY MAY | |
| 433 | C Edgeley | Leicester will soon be an ugly city of glass and concrete boxes. |
| 432 | ROBERT HORNER | IF IT WAS LEFT TO THIS COUNCIL
THE JEWRY WALL WOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHED INTO THE BATHS AND THEN BUILT ON |
| 431 | Paul Lauper | Please don't delete all of our cultural/industrial heritage.... |
| 430 | Fran McGrath | |
| 429 | (anonymous) | |
| 428 | Sally Walters | It would be a HUGE MISTAKE to demolish this bridge. sadly neglected by the council. I reckon this bridge is nowhere near a state of collapse and would benefit from minor repairs and a coat of paint! |
| 427 | Robert Black | Sad that this campaign should even be in existance. The Middleton street bridge has been restored and so could the Bowstring Bridge. The council and DeMontfort university seem intent on ripping all character and heritage from the city. |
| 426 | Jamie P Blakesley | Its just typical of Leicester council bulldosing our archetectual history. im about fed up with it. Its a bit like vaughway.. building a road on top of roman ruins... Leicester council have mostly always been short sighted with regards to heritage... and they wont realised what we had until its gone... i suppose they will build the usual logo land eyesaws that seems to be popping up all the time. For once, Leicester CC should THINK! |
| 425 | (anonymous) | I am disgusted with the University's approach. I love the bridge, when we were De Montfort University students we used to go up and walk along it. Leicester city council seem to be allowing an awful lot of buildings to be knocked down and replaced with featureless, bland boxes (and one vile big tall blue box). The destruction of the Great Central way bit by bit is turning Leicester into a bleak environment. I feel ashamed of the university that gave me my degree and can't believe the University is allowed to consider destroying such a landmark. |
| 424 | Mr Keith Longbottom | |
| 423 | Clare Pashley | The bridge defines this local area and must be saved and restored. |
| 422 | (anonymous) | |
| 421 | (anonymous) | Our Running Club used to use this route as part of the Great Central Way |
| 420 | (anonymous) | |
| 419 | (anonymous) | |
| 418 | Dawn Johnston | I'm already reeling from the demolition of the Upperton Road viaduct - please please save this bridge |
| 417 | Mrs J Maloney | |
| 416 | Judith Jackson | |
| 415 | Phillip Wainwright | |
| 414 | (anonymous) | This is so typical of the De Montfort 'university'. Forget the incredible history of this line, let's just get back to our meeja studies. |
| 413 | Ben Ashley | Born and raised in Leicester, how dare they tear this beautiful stuff down??! |
| 412 | (anonymous) | |
| 411 | Kathy Ashley | |
| 410 | (anonymous) | |
| 409 | (anonymous) | keep up the good work |
| 408 | Andrew James Holt | |
| 407 | (anonymous) | |
| 406 | Emma Palmer | |
| 405 | Samantha Davidson | |
| 404 | Anne Pengelly | I t would be an absolute disgrace if this iconic landmark is demolished by DMU purely to further their ever increasing stranglehold on the local landscape. |
| 403 | (anonymous) | |
| 402 | Paul Nichols | Good beer, sky sports, a great outdoor smoking area, ok so the music is not great but hey, this is Pump & Tap, so leave well alone. |
| 401 | Greg Chajecki | It's not the dmu's its the peoples....keep the pump and keep the bridge. |
| 400 | (anonymous) | |
| 399 | Lynsey robinson | |
| 398 | George Ballentyne | |
| 397 | Maxine Priestley | I strongly feel that the bridge should be preserved as an important piece of Leicester's history. This is part of the city's identity. I believe in respecting our past - this includes buildings and bridges too. |
| 396 | Catherine Hill | |
| 395 | Alison Clague | |
| 394 | (anonymous) | |
| 393 | Ann Allsop | De Montort University seemdetermined to tear the heart out of Leicester. this is part of a walk and cycle path we have used for many years.. |
| 392 | Daniel Barber | |
| 391 | Tom Mycock | Can't believe they would consider destroying this piece of heritage for a swimming pool. |
| 390 | Mr David Masters | This bridge should be retainned as an example of Leicesters industrial past to future generations.
Leicesters problems will not be resolved by ignoring the past.
For reference I am 30 years old. |
| 389 | Geoff Garness | Too much of historical Leicester has already been destroyed over the last 50 years. (Plus the two wars before that!)
Stop further destruction and follow the incredible St. Pancras example. |
| 388 | Nigel Meredith | |
| 387 | david hallam | |
| 386 | David Shaw | |
| 385 | Trevor J Cartwright | Part of Railway History,
Part of Leicester History,
Lets keep something from the past, when its gone its gone for ever |
| 384 | Clair Robins | |
| 383 | Peter L. Hackney | We have just lost Upperton Road bridge, let's not lose this fine Victorian structure too. It is a West End landmark & a monument to Britain's engineering skill. |
| 382 | David Trubshaw | Important piece of industrial heritage - should be treasured as a landmark feature |
| 381 | Paul Smyth | I'm more upset about the prospect of the Pump and Tap being sacrificed, but as the fate of these landmarks seems intertwined I'm more than happy to back the campaign |
| 380 | Paul Janczarek-Ballard | |
| 379 | Peter George Hodson | It is about time that Leicester began to appreciate its heritage instead of deliberately ignoring maintenance of important buildings and structures. |
| 378 | Lorraine Yates | What is the matter with 'Leicester' ? Its beautiful history is gradually being destroyed and its landmarks ignored. So much has been demolished in order to make very poor attempts at modernisation. To restore what we already have would make for a much more vibrant and historic city. |
| 377 | (anonymous) | |
| 376 | Lewsley Vann | As a long-term resident of West End I enjoyed walking my dog along the Great Central Way, and the bridge is an essential part of this path. Children loved going up the steps to cross the road in safety. |
| 375 | (anonymous) | |
| 374 | Mike Forder | |
| 373 | Helen Humphreys | It would be a catastrophe to see yet another piece of Leicester's history (and something which adds character to the place) be demolished to make way for new, agly, characterless and probably totally unnecessary buildings. |
| 372 | (anonymous) |
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| 371 | Megan Lavelle | |
| 370 | Emma D'souza | |
| 369 | (anonymous) | |
| 368 | (anonymous) | |
| 367 | (anonymous) | |
| 366 | Matthew Daly | DMU and City Council, please do something to add to Leicester's heritage rather than destroy it - regeneration can still be achieved without pulling down so much of Leicester's heritage and history! Listen to the public on this one - i'm sure you will find few in support of the demolition. |
| 365 | (anonymous) | |
| 364 | Nigel Smith | As a Leicester lad through and through, in exile in a neighbouring county, I am dismayed by the wanton destruction of Leicester's heritage. Each time I return I find a little more has been eroded in the name of progress. The Bowstring bridge is a landmark, as well as a piece of history that should be celebrated rather than destroyed to make way for the expansion of the University's facilities. One wonders whether its proposed replacement will stand the test of time or have the citizens of Leicester backing it in the future.
For goodness sake Leicester, celebrate what history you have left rather than have to mourn it's passing when it is too late! |
| 363 | David Griffin | Stop wrecking the history of this city with your bland and modern buildings which will look exactly like the 60s rubbsih we are left with today. |
| 362 | James Billingham | |
| 361 | (anonymous) | |
| 360 | (anonymous) | bridge and pub would look outstanding next to modern sports complex |
| 359 | (anonymous) | |
| 358 | john alsop | we all must save some of our heritage before its too late,and this surly is one that MUST be saved |
| 357 | (anonymous) | |
| 356 | ANN BETTS | THIS BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE DESERVES A REVAMP IT HAS GOT A PLACE IN THE REGENERATION OF LEICESTER |
| 355 | stephen bottrill | |
| 354 | gill baker | Let's not destroy everything in the name of progress |
| 353 | jayne birchall | |
| 352 | Kevin Naan | |
| 351 | John Borthwick | |
| 350 | Jennie Weston | |
| 349 | (anonymous) | |
| 348 | Ken Naylor | I believe that the Bowstring Bridge is a important part of Leicesters ,and what a wonderful landmark it would be if the city council were to spend a bit of time and effort in restoring this bridge ,what a wonderful sight it would be all painted and lit up a truly magnificent entry to the uni side of Leicester.This painting could be done by uni students, and any minor repairs by city council apprentices |
| 347 | (anonymous) | |
| 346 | (anonymous) | |
| 345 | (anonymous) | The Pump and Tap can't be demolished – it's the best pub in Leicester! |
| 344 | John Garrett | |
| 343 | Chris Edens | |
| 342 | (anonymous) | |
| 341 | (anonymous) | |
| 340 | jake wilson | |
| 339 | Ian Jarrett | I feel strongly that the bridge can be restored and can spark sensitve redevelopment in the area. It is an imposing landmark and represents a lot of history. Even the benches around the bridge echo the structure of the bowstring bridge! The city of Leicester is seeking an 'identity'. I am from Kent, famous for its Oast Houses. As someone who was a newcomer to Leicester I thought that the identity was embodied in the old factories, red brick warehouses, chimneys, blue brick viaducts and railway structures that just about survive in Leicester. Don't destroy these because that identity will be lost forever. RETAIN THE HERITAGE. |
| 338 | Jenny Cook | The Bowstring Bridge really should be retained, it's presence as a striking memorial to the past enhances this area and adds gravitas to the surrounding wine bars & eateries. Isn't there an imaginative architect out there who could incorporate it into an exciting new development? - oh and a develloper with the Spirit of Leicester at heart!! |
| 337 | (anonymous) | |
| 336 | Philip Hardy | Come on DMU! Let's build bridges (with your local community) - not knock 'em down! |
| 335 | Nicky Rayner | |
| 334 | Andrew Betts | Save our city's heritage from council vandals! |
| 333 | Adam Bacon | |
| 332 | Carl Anthony Clarke. | |
| 331 | (anonymous) | |
| 330 | (anonymous) | |
| 329 | (anonymous) | |
| 328 | (anonymous) | I'm disgusted that yet another historic piece of architecture that helps to define the history of Leicester is for the chop. Progress? I don't think so. |
| 327 | Tom McClure | |
| 326 | Rolland Turley | |
| 325 | (anonymous) | |
| 324 | Jon Pennycook | |
| 323 | Judith Cherry | We're slowly losing all our heritage and turning Leicester into new build.
Dont let this happen we have some lovely places and architecture in Leicester its up to us to preserve this for future generations. |
| 322 | (anonymous) | |
| 321 | Gari Martin | How come we destroy existing Swimming Baths to extend the Shires Shopping Centre and then flatten our heritate to build new baths ....Crazy or
what ???? |
| 320 | Ann Thornton | How awful to let such a historic landmark disappear. It is part of Leicester's local history and should be celebrated and preserved rather than being destroyed . |
| 319 | Christiane Martin | |
| 318 | Roger Hutchinson | De Montford seem to have the power to pick and chose what they want and don't want to add to their Campus to increase their ability to earn income. This is especially important in regards of foreign students who see the venerable buildings that De Mont has aquired on their website and think of the dreaming spires of Oxbridge without the hurdle of getting a place.
in these exclusive places of learning.
The Bow String bridge represents the opposite of this illusion they wish to create. The suggestion that the old Students Union building site adjacent to Mill Lane Bridge is used instead is unlikely to be taken up as it is too a valuable site to waste on sports facilities so expect more riverside accommodation here - possibly private.
This leaves the Pump & Tap site that after demolition will create quite a large site for redevelopment in a area that is a 'bit off the main drag'
What we need to prove to De Mont and the Leicester City Council is that this 110 year old structure is worth keeping and show how it can be integrated into the economics of the situation. |
| 317 | Stuart Bailey | |
| 316 | Ian Warwick | Don't make the same mistakes as we did in the 60's and 70's by destroying our heritage. This includes the old West Bridge Inn, now the Pump and Tap.
Build the Sports Centre somewhere else. |
| 315 | (anonymous) | |
| 314 | zoe page | |
| 313 | Richard Hayter | |
| 312 | (anonymous) | I can't believe how many beautiful buildings we are losing...who in the Council Planning Office is just saying yes to all these people? It must be youngsters or people who don't originate from this city. They don't seem to feel a passion for our Heritage.(what happened to the Land Registry office, one minute it was there the next it was gone!) |
| 311 | Stephanie Coleman | |
| 310 | (anonymous) | |
| 309 | (anonymous) | |
| 308 | will fidoe | |
| 307 | Claire Bell | |
| 306 | (anonymous) | |
| 305 | Robert Turlington | |
| 304 | BOB WITHERS | OUR HISTORY MUST BE SAVED |
| 303 | (anonymous) | |
| 302 | (anonymous) | am not alone in going to other cities to view its industrial heritage. Other people must wish to come to Leicester to do the same. It is no less important than, say, the Donnisthorpe Mill. SAVE THE BRIDGE. |
| 301 | Rhydell Poole | To DMU & LCC, please open your eyes and think long term. We must save these reminders of our city's rich history and heritage. |
| 300 | Graham Ward | Good luck with the campaign, too much of old Leicester has vanished in the name of progress! |
| 299 | Pamela Deacon | Enough. The city council has demolished enough of our heritage. People visit other cities to see the beautiful old architecture and signs of its industrial past. There is precious little left. What is still standing, leave it be. |
| 298 | Paul Lovelock | We must find a way to marry modernity with our heritage |
| 297 | (anonymous) | once again the so called planners from th ecouncil are about to give permission for more of our local heritage to be destoyed - some the demolition of all our communities local heritage -stand together & we will overcome the faceless ones! |
| 296 | Rebecca Sleath | |
| 295 | Ian Hammond | |
| 294 | (anonymous) | |
| 293 | (anonymous) | |
| 292 | Gwen Thompson | The bridge survived an attempt to bomb it in WWII- let us hope it will survive again the proposed destruction by DMU and City Council. I can only assume that the council officers concerned with this project [ and others] have no connection with 'Old Leicester' as they seem to want to get rid of things that are our heritage. World wide cities incorporate the old with the new. Why cannot we? The bridge and pub have stood for over a century - how long did the James Went Building last? |
| 291 | (anonymous) | |
| 290 | (anonymous) | |
| 289 | (anonymous) | |
| 288 | Joyce Angrave | We must fight to save this structure. Once it's gone it's gone forever. |
| 287 | John McWhirter | I agree with signatories 282 and 283 |
| 286 | (anonymous) | Must save the 1828 pub as well ; the Pump and Tap |
| 285 | (anonymous) | |
| 284 | Ken Spencer | |
| 283 | Sonia Spencer | "Leicester City Council working for you" - what a joke. More like "Leicester City Council working for DMU" |
| 282 | Rochelle Spencer | So DMU are pushing ahead with their plan of turning this area into a student village without regard for either the heritage or residents. PLEASE don't get rid of a perfectly decent pub just because it is not heavily used by students - the residents need a hideaway from them and; LCC pull your finger out - stop being seduced by another body paying for amenities you should be providing. |
| 281 | Gary Williamson | |
| 280 | Rebecca Williamson | |
| 279 | (anonymous) | |
| 278 | (anonymous) | |
| 277 | Mohammed Sheikh | its good |
| 276 | (anonymous) | |
| 275 | Shirley Crane | I, like many other people of my age are tired of the heritage of this once lovely old city being destroyed. We should keep wonderful engineering like this to show the younger generation that this city was not always as ugly and faceless as it is becoming today. besides which, I always loved walking under it on the way to school more than half a century ago and watching the trains overhead. |
| 274 | Micheal S Thompson | |
| 273 | Clive William Boden | |
| 272 | (anonymous) | always visit Pump and Tab pub on my visits over to the UK. Have good memories of it, my folks used to go there too! and im hoping my kids will be able to have a wee drink too, when there of age of course! Its a land mark, a meeting place and has a good support foundation |
| 271 | Naomi Turnbull | |
| 270 | Graham Thornton | This fine piece of Leicester's industrial heritage should be preserved and incorporated into development plans for the area. |
| 269 | Mark Olner | |
| 268 | john dewsbury | irreplaceable - it must not be demolished |
| 267 | (anonymous) | |
| 266 | Michael Ball | good job! |
| 265 | (anonymous) | |
| 264 | Richard Keal | If the council and university get their way, there will soon be nothing left of the Great Central Railway in Leicester |
| 263 | (anonymous) | |
| 262 | (anonymous) | I went to dmu and would hate to see the bridge, which can never be replaced, be demolished unnecessarily |
| 261 | Dan Yeo | I think that the bridge is perhaps one of Leicesters more authentic structures. The fact that a swarm of extremely boring student accomodation only stresses the fact it should be left. brings a little character to the area |
| 260 | (anonymous) | |
| 259 | (anonymous) | So much of Leicester's heritage has been destroyed - please can we do something to save the Bowstring Bridge. |
| 258 | Anna Broszkiewicz | Please save the bridge and the pub!!!! Its classic architecture should be preserved and not lost!!! |
| 257 | Naomi Gill | |
| 256 | (anonymous) | |
| 255 | tony coles | pub,bridge and all of that area needs to be maintained
no matter what costs with no other development at all.leicester has been one of the most ruined cities in the whole of england |
| 254 | Mrs Jacqueline King | Save the bridge |
| 253 | (anonymous) | great parts of leicester was destroyed in the 1960's. Please save some of our past. |
| 252 | Richard Allsop | The Bowstring Bridge is an icon of the industrial / railway revolution.
It should be restored and used to enhance the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Leicesters 'West End' ...not demolished for a faceless sports centre...there are plenty of other sites more suitable for this. |
| 251 | Maurice Turlington | I was born and grew up in this area of Leicester and have been saddened to see so much of our heritage destroyed. |
| 250 | Maggi Gamble | |
| 249 | (anonymous) | At least try and keep some history in the regeneration of this great city - keep the bridge! |
| 248 | Penelope Hooper | |
| 247 | (anonymous) | |
| 246 | Steve Walters | Please let's save the Pump and Tap and the bridge. These are lovely landmarks and should be preserved. |
| 245 | John Turlington | The Great Central Railway Bridge and the Pump and Tap pub are pieces of Leicesters industrial heritage when Britain was Great. Destroying these historic buildings would be equivalent to flattening the Roman Baths site. |
| 244 | susan hubble | I'm really angry at the intention to demolish Bow String Bridge. What a wonderful gateway to the historic heart of Leicester it would provide when renovated and in all its glory.
I was born in Leicester, went to school here, on to Art School as it was then, was married and have lived all my life in the area, but I feel that I don't have a say in the city. The people who are making these dreadful decisions surely can't be native to the City as they would never allow the destruction of our heritage like this.Keep up your good work, but we all must know that its a lost cause and they will get their way in the end. |
| 243 | (anonymous) | The council has got it wrong again!! Waited until the bridge has got too expensive to repair, then has no other option than to demolish it! |
| 242 | (anonymous) | We must SAVE this wonderful bridge!! |
| 241 | (anonymous) | |
| 240 | Mrs. Jane Ann Crowson | Bowstring Bridge is part of Leicesters architectural history and should not be destroyed. Other cities manage to renovate their heritage. Why not Leicester City? |
| 239 | Zerin Smith | |
| 238 | Vanessa Cory | This is a local landmark and distinguishes this area, preventing it from looking like every other regeneration area in the city. |
| 237 | Clive Kirkland | |
| 236 | (anonymous) | |
| 235 | William & Linda Proffitt | What a shame to pull down this wonderful bridge and public house. Soon Leicester will have no valuble landmarks. Surely DeMontfort university has other land they can build on! |
| 234 | (anonymous) | |
| 233 | Jamie Wilkes | It is about time Leicester City Council stopped trying to pull down Leicesters history. They have ripped the heart out of old Leicester and replaced it with bland buildings that will need replacing in the not too distant future. |
| 232 | Nicola Ward | This is an important cultural landmark, one a few left standing thanks to current lack of integrity and control over who drives development in this city. Sadly we lost the Kirby and West Building to developers, another landmark of the area. The city council have had many years to sort this bridge out and by allowing it to fall further into disrepair makes it easier to get it pulled down. I think the figure quoted to repair it may be misleading...I heard that an ex-councillor got a quote for repairing the bridge for actual traffic (as they has an interest in it coming down at the time) .Hence the very high cost...don't suppose anyone knows a structural engineer who will submit another quote or confirm if that's true!?!?! In fact how many quotes were provided to LCC....and why don't they work in partnership with organisations that can apply for funding to secure this wonderful piece of industrial heritage for the city. |
| 231 | Jessica Cox | |
| 230 | julie wilson | |
| 229 | (anonymous) | Turn it into something!!! Like a market or a venue. |
| 228 | Jennifer Macgregor | |
| 227 | (anonymous) | |
| 226 | David Plimmer | Leicester City Council & DMU must act to save one of the last remaining peices of the Great Central Viaduct spanning Leicester. A fantastic feat of engineering from our past that shouldn't be forgotten. Do we start a campaign to save Great Central Street Station before the wrecking balll swings? |
| 225 | Alison Trunkfield | |
| 224 | Joseph Platnauer | |
| 223 | James Brydon | |
| 222 | (anonymous) | |
| 221 | Ian Underwood | |
| 220 | Elizabeth Georgina Alcott | Save the bridge, and the pump and tap, a vital part of leicesters slowly diminishing architechtural history. |
| 219 | (anonymous) | |
| 218 | Shayela Khan | |
| 217 | (anonymous) | One of the few bold landmarks in Leicester City |
| 216 | Stuart Crane | |
| 215 | Rob Wrightam | Save the bridge!
Save the pub! |
| 214 | Katy McDonald | Do visitors flock to towns like Telford and Milton Keynes, no, they visit York, Canturbury et al. Why this city is intent in destroying centuries of history is beyond me. Why not keep little reminders of our industrious and enterprising past? And please don't pull the pub down, I love it! |
| 213 | Colin Alexander | This bridge has the potential to become a real historical feature for the whole area. If this were London, the arches underneath would be developed into trendy riverside bars with fantastic views. Surely with a bit of imagination a compromise can be reached which will retain this historic landmark! |
| 212 | Daniel McLaughlin | I remember going for walks along the Bowstring Bridge as a kid with my family and think it would be an awful shame to see a historical landmark like this flattened to make way for 'progression'. It would make the area more bland and take away some of its personality. Enough is enough LCC - stop destroying our city's heritage! |
| 211 | Jenny Stewart | The bridge and Pump and Tap are part of Leicesters heritage. It is such a beautiful bridge and a real feature of the area. Why destroy it to build a soulless DMU facility that couple be placed elsewhere? |
| 210 | Vivienne Bland | |
| 209 | (anonymous) | |
| 208 | (anonymous) | |
| 207 | alice anderson | |
| 206 | Tracey Rees | How can you destroy part of Leicesters history?I live in the area & walk past & under that bridge often. It brings back memories of when I used to walk across it, and its lovely to see the real thing from the paintings I'v seen of it. Cant there be both bridge & swimming pool?
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| 205 | Stephen Lynch | Please don't make the same mistakes again. Leicester seems to be lossing its heritage at an alarming rate. If anyone would let me, i'd restore it myself! (all it needs is a coat of paint and a few bits of steel after all) Please save this unique bridge and avoid another ugly, short lived building being built in its place. |
| 204 | Deborah Adkins | KEEP THE BRIDGE ALIVE!!
AND THE PUMP & TAP. THE TWO GO HAND-IN-HAND. IT WOULD BE A TRAVESTY TO REMOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT FROM OUR SKY-LINE! i CYCLE PASSED IT EVERY DAY AND WOULD MISS ITS' PRESENCE! |
| 203 | (anonymous) | |
| 202 | (anonymous) | |
| 201 | Ruth Williams | Is there no way the investors could preserve the bridge and re-design their existing plan to incorporate it as a feature? |
| 200 | Andrew Munroe | i live near here ans walk past this everyday if this is really the last example of the brige, it should be listed |
| 199 | Matthew Boston | |
| 198 | (anonymous) | |
| 197 | (anonymous) | |
| 196 | Joe Morley | |
| 195 | (anonymous) | |
| 194 | Paul Ross | |
| 193 | Eve Taylor | |
| 192 | Ian Edward West | |
| 191 | Clare Speller | Leicester would benefit from retaining what attractive features it has left. The city desperately lacks historical charm and the distruction of what is a beautiful piece of engineering as well as a landmark would reflect poorly the city council and the university's ability to use ingenuity, creative thinking and sensitive consideration of local opinion over self-interest.
I am a taxpayer, working in local communities with underprivileged people and also the visually impaired.
In addition to this I am a member of a local art group who have enhanced the cultural opportunities in one of its' suburbs.
Please do not remove the bridge. Leicester does not need to lose another asset. It is the entranceway to the Narborough Road community.
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| 190 | Derek Bland | We're losing too many examples of great Victorian quality engineering. Soon there'll be none left and it will be too late. |
| 189 | Claire Rachael Owen | Stop getting rid of old and wonderful things! History Matters! use the old student union building land for the sports centre . |
| 188 | (anonymous) | |
| 187 | (anonymous) | |
| 186 | Andy Jemmett | How hard would it be to preserve a beautiful Leicester landmark and a damn fine pub instead of demolishing it??? Where will I go to watch the footie on Sundays?? |
| 185 | Robert William Fenn | I think it would be a trajesty and a monumental folly (no pun intended) if DMU do scrap the bridge. They will be consigning yet another piece of Leicester's cultural heritage to the scrap yard going against the city's whole ethos of being a culturally vibrant city, |
| 184 | Ellen Pemberton | The Pump and Tap was the watering hole of the wittiest man in rock, MJ Hibbett, for 14 years and for that reason alone it should be preserved! |
| 183 | Stephanie Brammall | I have lived in the Narborough Rd area for 30 years (before moving last December - I still work in the area though) and I couldn't imagine the area without the bridge. As a Brownie and Guide I used to walk along it with my groups! |
| 182 | (anonymous) | |
| 181 | Mr Kelvin Knight | I am one of the greatest campainers fighting to save this bridge It is one off our best pieces of our industrial heritage and must be saved at all cost. |
| 180 | (anonymous) | It's a special kind of place, and it looks good - a proper local landmark.
Got a lot of good memories associated with this place. |
| 179 | (anonymous) | |
| 178 | Andrew Mackintosh | |
| 177 | lyndsey stevenson | |
| 176 | Michael Cammack | As a former student of De Montfort University I used to wander past this bridge on a regular basis, would be a shame if it was taken away. They've already lost the old (good) student union and James Went, lets not lose another interesting structure. |
| 175 | Jill Holdroyd | |
| 174 | (anonymous) | |
| 173 | Christian Jones | There could be much better uses for this historic piece of architecture. The many suggestions of galleries and bars, as well as forming part of the DMU gym!! Something should be done to stop this city being completely raized to the ground and rebuilt. |
| 172 | Glyn Allen | |
| 171 | (anonymous) | Please respect the wishes of the local community by building the proposed DMU swimming pool elsewhere (the site of the former student union seems an ideal location) and preserve the landmark Bowstring bridge and the popular Pump and Tap public house below, |
| 170 | James percy | |
| 169 | Pete Green | |
| 168 | (anonymous) | I believe Leicester needs all the interesting historical engineering structures still remaining. It has too few! |
| 167 | Andrew Postlethwaite | |
| 166 | jonathan glover | |
| 165 | charlotte de backer | |
| 164 | (anonymous) | I can't believe DMU and LCC can even contemplate destroying this magnificent piece of engineering. LCC have destroyed enough of Leicesters architechtural heritance when are they going to stop! |
| 163 | Heather Whiterow | |
| 162 | David Lyne | Given that the estimated cost of demolition is £500,000, and the cost of repairing the Braunstone Lane Bridge was £545,000, but this was repaired to a far higher standard than necessary , much of the structure that was replaced was in good condition, and it was also required to carry vehicular traffic, it is obvious that the Bowstring bridge could be repaired for the same amount as the estimated demolition cost. I suspect that the Council heritage conservation policy is flawed. |
| 161 | (anonymous) | |
| 160 | Rhiannon Firth | |
| 159 | Charlotte Measey | |
| 158 | Alexander Surfleet | |
| 157 | Samantha Edwards | |
| 156 | Robin de Carteret | |
| 155 | (anonymous) | |
| 154 | (anonymous) | It would be such a sad loss if another peice of our city / countries classic architecture is ripped down. We already lost the Liberty Building for an Ugly student Halls, which has never had all it's business units filled. |
| 153 | (anonymous) | |
| 152 | john matthews | |
| 151 | Tim Pattison | |
| 150 | (anonymous) | It is a beautiful bridge and part of our heritage and should be protected not detroyed. |
| 149 | RHONA HOWIE | |
| 148 | Lucy Peel | |
| 147 | Jon Skelson | This bridge is a part of Leicesters industrial heritage and should be celabrated as such, not destroyed to make room for more bland and boring souleless eyesores. |
| 146 | Dan Mitchinson | |
| 145 | (anonymous) | |
| 144 | Emma Pitfield | I really like the bridge as a piece of architecture. It may not have much use but it is one of the pieces in Leicester that keep this city a great mix of old and new. |
| 143 | (anonymous) | |
| 142 | kate hopkinson | |
| 141 | (anonymous) | |
| 140 | clare scott | |
| 139 | (anonymous) | |
| 138 | (anonymous) | |
| 137 | (anonymous) | |
| 136 | (anonymous) | |
| 135 | Sam Burrows | |
| 134 | Andrew Davies | |
| 133 | nick stapleton | this bridge is one of the main features on the area and in my 4 years as a resident in Leicester not as a student but a employ of a local design firm and the university I really enjoyed walking to work or through to the pump and tap underneath, if this was in Manchester it would of been renovated years ago and the arches below it turned into nice restaurants and meeting place and a good club for the students of this area. If its going to be pretentious flats that it will be a waste of heritage etc. |
| 132 | Cherise Hardy | The bridge is a part of Leicester's history and it has always disappointed me taht the footpath across it was closed a few years ago.
For a number fo years there have bene rumours about it getting ripped down. I believe this would be a travesty.
Do the residence of Leicester need a student swimming pool, do we need more new builds or do we need to keep hold of a bit of our history, especially when it's an attractive build with few or no other examples in the country?
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| 131 | Mark Hibbett | I lived in Leicester for 14 years and walked under that bridge nearly every day. It's a beautiful part of Leicester's industrial heritage, and people should be proud of it! |
| 130 | Tim Austin | |
| 129 | thomas henchman | leicester is worryingly low on culture and history and character already, dont add to this decline further! |
| 128 | Jonathan Sole | In a city that is making great progress in the regeneration of Leicester, it would be a huge loss to the city and the West End if the potential that the renovation of the Bowstring Bridge was not realised. |
| 127 | (anonymous) | dont knock down the bridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 126 | (anonymous) | The bow bridge is a symbol of Leicester and instead of being destroyed it should be restored. Leicester will soon become like Milton Keynes with no history ! ! |
| 125 | Brett Richardson | I fully support the campaign to save the bridge and pub.
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| 124 | fiona gorham | |
| 123 | Bart Bennett | |
| 122 | Daniel Orton | |
| 121 | Jeremy Clay | |
| 120 | Jennifer Georgeson | How can you even think of destroying something that is so much a part of Leicester's heritage |
| 119 | (anonymous) | |
| 118 | Christopher Lincoln | |
| 117 | (anonymous) | |
| 116 | (anonymous) | |
| 115 | Steph Knowles | |
| 114 | justin dobson | we are becoming a faceless characterless city............poor planning that amounts to architectural vandalism must stop, before Leicester looks like Coventry! |
| 113 | Alan Follows | Please save this historic landmark and quality pub! |
| 112 | Miss Zhenya Purves | I lived in Leicester for 5 years, and despite the 60s building programme which obliterated much of Leicester's historic streets, this bridge and pub remained, please keep some of old Leicester alive for future generations. Add to the cultural and historic locations and not just scrap them. Learn from past mistakes and not repeat them. |
| 111 | (anonymous) | It seems to me that the exciting new investment in Leicester's city centre should also allow room for us to keep and embrace some of the industrial features of our city. Leicester has suffered from bad planning decisions thougout history. Its time us locals claimed the bits of the existing architecture we care about! |
| 110 | Daniel Craig Cox | Bridge is part of the city's heritage and a unique feature which improves the area. |
| 109 | michael derrick | |
| 108 | Jason crook | |
| 107 | Tom Lancaster | |
| 106 | (anonymous) | |
| 105 | Helen Ellard | |
| 104 | emily belcham | Please stop destroying leicester's architectural heritage and keep the landmarks that make Leicester unique. |
| 103 | Ruth Lowe | It would be such a shame to demolish this area of the west end. What the city needs is sympathetic regeneration rather than the attitude of demolish, re-build and blow the consequences of losing all the historical parts of our city that make it unique to any other new city in Britain. |
| 102 | (anonymous) | |
| 101 | (anonymous) | |
| 100 | Danielle Sculthorpe | At prescent I am working in construction within the Leicester LE3 postal area and can fully appreciate the need for growth and change. However I feel that we should hold onto and restore our architectural heritage. We are slowly loosing so many of the things that made Britain a pioneering country in the 18th century. I beg you, please hold on to the memories worth cherishing before we loose them all to bland designs and government incentives. Remember the modern design of the 1960's and how awful it looks now?? |
| 99 | Chris Powell | having attended demontfort the inclusion of a swimming pool would make it no better.
save the pump and tap |
| 98 | Clive Cartwright | We've lost enough of our past. Must it really continue? |
| 97 | claire davies | |
| 96 | Tim Cope | |
| 95 | Vicky Ayling | |
| 94 | ELIZABETH BURKE | WHO IN THERE RIGHT MIND WOULD DESTROY THE GATEWAY TO LEICESTER AND ONE OF THE MOST RELAXED FRIENDLY PUBS IN LEICESTER |
| 93 | Colin Brown | |
| 92 | (anonymous) | This bridge must be saved |
| 91 | Richard Buckley | Save the bridge!!! |
| 90 | (anonymous) | |
| 89 | Matt Jesson | |
| 88 | (anonymous) | |
| 87 | Neil Foley | |
| 86 | Kyle Mazzitelli | |
| 85 | Tristan Reidford | Leave that bridge the hell alone (unless you're gonna paint it) |
| 84 | Alex Kowal | It was a mistake to stop the railway and it will be a mistake to take away a piece of our history away. Leicester wants to compete with Nottingham and Birmingham? Not a chance. |
| 83 | Edward Young | This bridge and pub should be part of Branstone Gate life not a university swimming pool! |
| 82 | Deena Sharon Walker | This city is being destroyed, little by little by the city council. New buildings that are going up are either completely soulless or in the wrong place to make an impact !! |
| 81 | Walter Seaton | I attended DMU and I'm ashamed they even considering this. It is a local landmark which needs renovating not demolishing. |
| 80 | Karen Green | Leicester has sadly lost way too much of its heritage in recent years, many buildings of interest being swept away to facilitate redevelopment.
I think it's highly regretable when a city as old as ours is threatened in this way and we must voice our concerns at EVERY opportunity to prevent yet another disgraceful mistake.
I move we keep the bowstring bridge, LET IT BE, and leave the Pump & tap alone also.
Preserve what's left of Leicester before it's too late!!! |
| 79 | Tom Billam | |
| 78 | Mark Gibson | Don't DMU destroy anymore of Leicester than it already has - just look at the hideous building it built by Lee Circle. |
| 77 | Melanie James | |
| 76 | Jeanne Baker | Haven't they changed enough of Leicester??? When I revisit my old home town I am stunned at what is no longer there! |
| 75 | Andrew Darch | |
| 74 | Ben Wilson | Again Leicester’s history and architecture is being over looked. The city has a strong historic relevance to England and it's culture. Nottingham is a huge tourist attraction, a rich city which is known the world over, Leicester is not capitalised on. Our history is of much more importance than the fable of Robin Hood as know one knows if it happened. The history of King Richard III and what happened right under our noses in Castle park, the Bow Bridge, St Mary DeCastro, St Martins, Holy Bones has left a foot print on English history for ever. Even here in Australia they have groups who meet to discuss the events of the Witch who foreseen Richards death on the Bow bridge, the body in the Soar and his coffin which sat in the yard of a pub on Gallowtree gate for many years ( Which of course has been knocked down.) and the history of High Cross street. All these are massive historic events which only a few cities can boast. Nottingham has a reputation around the world for being a cosmopolitan city with come amazing architecture and the history of Robin Hood. What are we known for in Leicester? Immigration and buildings that have no historic relevance and are blatantly ugly. This includes some of the new buildings in the so called re generation of Leicester! Leave ALL of our history alone and try and sell the fact we are a multicultural city with massive historic relevance rather than a city which is an easy place to get a free ride if you are not from it / UK - Save the bridge and do something decent with it and stop bending over backwards for folk who are not from our great city....university's included!
If you are unaware of our history then Google anything about Richard III the battle of Bosworth or War of the Roses.
Ben
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| 73 | (anonymous) | |
| 72 | Linda Faulkner | |
| 71 | Andrew Reeves | |
| 70 | Matthew Day | Save the bridge and the Pump 'n' Tap! |
| 69 | Chris Slowe | Over the last 40 years LCC has shown disregard for much of Leicester's heritage by tearing down historic buildings for Holiday Inn and Haymarket centre purposes. Leicester has a rich history which has been and is being dismantled in the name of progress (read shopping and flats). Shopping and flats do not maketh a man... |
| 68 | (anonymous) | |
| 67 | joe crofton | |
| 66 | Dominic Bufton | I'm sure I'm with the vast majority of the residents of Leicester's west end, when I say the suggested removal of the bridge is an absolute travesty. This is a missed opportunity to carry Leicester's industrial past forward and retain some character in the glut of faceless economic retail developments which appear to be taking over our cities. |
| 65 | Stephanie Oldham | Rediculous idea to demolish this bridge! Recycle ( as we are forever being told) into a new structure. |
| 64 | (anonymous) | live in amsterdam now - but from lesta |
| 63 | Kev Hickman | |
| 62 | kiran ravilious | I think the pump and tap has already made good use of the viaduct arches - this should be kept |
| 61 | Tanya Byrne | i thin the bridge should stay. |
| 60 | (anonymous) | |
| 59 | James Peebles | |
| 58 | Daniel Cardwell | |
| 57 | neal henson | This bridge has great historical value and is a valued landmark in this area, please preserve |
| 56 | Ian Robottom |
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| 55 | (anonymous) | |
| 54 | Sara Elizabeth Ellis | As a recently graduated DMU student, I feel strongly that it is important for DMU to remember their heritage, where they have come from - an art college, which was a dressmaker's school before that, I believe. It has long ties with Leicester and should respect it instead of trying to plaster over it with faceless glass buildings.
Retain the Bowstring Bridge - I know for a fact DMU has an excellent student architectural department - why not see if they can come up with something fresh combining the old with the new...? Then Leicester can remain proud of her history whilst moving strongly into the future.
Anyway, all that bridge needs is a paint job and she'll be right as rain! |
| 53 | Jake Reidford | Please keep this lovely old bridge and use it to its full potential. |
| 52 | Lee scharenheuvel | SAVE IT!!!!! Its a landmark of my life and of leicester |
| 51 | (anonymous) | |
| 50 | Paul Hunter | |
| 49 | Lee Black | |
| 48 | Tim Gray | It would be a terrible shame to destroy a Leicester landmark. I lived only a few minutes walk from the Pump and Tap for many years and always found it to be a friendly and welcoming traditional pub with a fantastic atmosphere. Leicester already has multiple swimming pools, but only one Bowstring bridge - don't make a mistake now that can never be rectified. Let the area retain its character, we don't need another 'modern' building! |
| 47 | sian preston | |
| 46 | Jen Johnson | We should be allowed to live in an architecturally rich and interesting environment. DMU has a responsibility towards the citizens of Leicester and should take this seriously. We cannot allow profit to rule out lives. Leicester City Council has little regard for the beauty of our city, it is only interested in the short term and in saving money. |
| 45 | (anonymous) | Think all the effort that went into building the Central Railway and these bridge should be restored |
| 44 | Jos Ayling | This bridge is an integral part of Braunstone gate, and a fantastic architectural treasure. Please please don't destroy part of our heritage, use it! |
| 43 | Lloyd Wyatt | |
| 42 | Mark Edward | |
| 41 | Jack Newsinger | |
| 40 | Madeleine Kenny | |
| 39 | Tracey Clark | |
| 38 | John McCourt | |
| 37 | Jamie Potter | |
| 36 | (anonymous) | Typical of Leicester council, If we don't like it, Knockit down!! |
| 35 | (anonymous) | |
| 34 | Janet Burrows | I understand from the Mercury that the university now want to demolish the Pump and Tap as well as the bridge. We have precious little left of our heritage due to the City Councils policy in the past of destroying the old - please don't destroy the bridge or the pub - they are unique to Leicester and need to be saved. |
| 33 | Nicholas White | The sustainability ideologies which are currently filtering down the planning policy hierarchy support every effort to re-use the historic buildings, structures, thoroughfares and open spaces in our towns and cities. |
| 32 | Sue and Paul Whitmore | We used to live and work near to the bridge for many years and we b oth think it should be saved!!!!!!!!!! |
| 31 | Darren Rowley | Leicester needs to preserve its history, we do not have much left to show for 2000 years as it is, im sure some designers can come up with some fantastic and unique ideas for the bridge and make it a Leicester land mark! |
| 30 | Gillian Macdonald | I wholeheartedly support this campaign and wish you every success in protecting this important piece of Leicester's architectural and cultural heritage. Thank you. |
| 29 | Mat Scull | The bowstring bridge is a superb piece of Victorian engineering which is crying out to be developed into a unique and interesting building / venue. Please don't sacrifice this opportunity just for a facility for a minority of the cities population - which could easily be sited elsewhere. |
| 28 | Dave Ryan | I also call upon DMU to spare the Pump and Tap from its proposed demolition. |
| 27 | Lee Mullen | Transform the bridge by restoring it, then glassing the sides, making a clear roof over the curve and building 2 ends with entrances in each. This wonderful light space will become the talk of the west end, and if it becomes the new City Gallery/exhibition space/Cafe or other. The arches being unused could be coverted to shops/music venue etc etc. Knock down the curved wall from the bridge to the pump and tap, enabling the arch nearest the bridge to become a real feature. the wall obscures this possibility. |
| 26 | (anonymous) | |
| 25 | avtar singh | would it be possible to re-use the bridge? a tramline along the old great central way would take thousands of cars off narborough rd. |
| 24 | Daniel Warom | I may not live in Leicester any more but to have seen the wantant destruction of planners on Leicester over the past 15 years prompts me to express my fury from 6000 miles away. Every time I come back home I see swathes of Leicester vanished. Its barely the city I remember growing up in. |
| 23 | (anonymous) | |
| 22 | (anonymous) | |
| 21 | (anonymous) | |
| 20 | (anonymous) | |
| 19 | Derek Hollingworth | Leicester City Council is determined to destroy Leicester's 2,000 year history, by bulldozing everything that is unique to the city. This would NEVER happen in Lincoln, Nottingham, York etc etc. |
| 18 | David Naylor | |
| 17 | Rob Dobson | |
| 16 | Kevin Morgan | |
| 15 | Austin J. Ruddy | |
| 14 | (anonymous) | This landmark must be saved! The old needs to be intergrated with the new so that Leicester can be a better city that still retains it herritage. |
| 13 | (anonymous) | keep the bridge and keep the pub.
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| 12 | Catherine Turnell | The Bowstring bridge is a beautiful landmark and a link to the city's past.
Demolishing this bridge would be nothing short of cultural theft. |
| 11 | Daniel Jewson | |
| 10 | (anonymous) | |
| 9 | Ben Moore | |
| 8 | (anonymous) | Disgracefull.. |
| 7 | (anonymous) | |
| 6 | Kieron Willans | I hope this succeeds, this bridge is and should remain part of Leicester's heritage.To demolish it would be criminal. |
| 5 | (anonymous) | |
| 4 | Kristie Saunders | |
| 3 | kerry yates | |
| 2 | Ben Ravilious | Put away the wrecking ball Leicester! Lets have a new swimming pool AND keep the bridge and the pub - a little more complicated but worth doing. |
| 1 | (anonymous) | this important leicester feature should be saved |
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