Quote Originally Posted by AngelCake View Post
I was on Flickr last night and saw a picture taken in the late 80's and the street still looked like a riot had just taken place. It's a shame how slow regeneration takes place in certain areas. I'm not sure who has power to clean up the neglected parts of Liverpool but I wish they would get a move on.Edge Lane is run down and that is a gateway to the city so not sure when Lodge Lane will be helped.Maybe the rebranding of Heysmoor Heights will speed things up.Newcomers to an area seem to matter more than local people
Very true.



Properties in the Lodge Lane area are being advertised with the tag line of 'being close to Lark Lane', which seems a sad indictment of an area which should be able to advertise itself for it's own merits.
The area is still rich with multiculturalism, as has been the case for a very long time (many years before the riots). However, it's underfunding has kept the scars of the riots there to see over 25 years on (and as a consequence makes it harder to to dispel preconceived ideas of what it's *actually* like to live in the area).

(Ben - Hartington Road resident - long time lurker / first time poster :-) )