Yeah but that's people for you, not so much the flats - you can't blame bricks and mortar for that. There's still kids nowadays in this well to do era who will ask to mind your car on matchdays, will ask trick or treat - give the wrong answer to either and kapput. They'll rob from your van at traffic lights now - that didn't happen back then - though you could possible blame the black borstal breakout plimsols with shiny front as not being good getaway gear.
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I knew lads who lived in 'posh' houses on Queens Drive and Page Moss who'd rob you as much as look at you back then so it wasn't just the gardens.
There was pride in those places in the 60s and 70s. The stairwell and landings would be whitewashed along the edge for forthcoming weddings or priest visits or May Queen processions. There'd be bunting hanging out for special occassions and always a good spread on first Holy Communion day.
Like I said earlier, it was the councils who always had one eye on one road scheme or another that let these become run down. As for the high rise, I agree that private Companies have done some good with the existing ones off Netherfield Road and the difference between the old and renovated one (Bispham and Adlington House) on Lace Street shows what can be done. Still though, you don't I don't hear people moaning too much about the running costs of these and i'm from around there and know lots of the families.
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