Parksquare/ Parliement Place

[Beachcomber]

This is some of the sights that were in the flats, certainly they are not all as bad as this, but a lot are pretty bad . this gives you an idea of the depreciation and upkeep of the flats over the years! Only tenants are to blame for this. I know not all tenants are like this and have stayed in the buildings for years. But this is a stark reality compaired to what these house were like years ago!!

It's inside their front doors, theres nothing illegal going on there, I agree it's a mess but that's what our housing providers are there for, to ensure that situations like those shown in the pictures don't areise.

Maybe not illegal but it's surely a breach of their tenancy agreement and, as I've found out myself, the law is far more heavily weighted in favour of the tenant than it is the landlord.

[jane59]

is that the recycling store maybe ?

[MAGGIE2002]

wow just looking at the photos of the old street hard to believe it will be gone when i come home in September I used to live in Broad Street and remember many a night playing in the back yard of Parliment Place with all the kids, we'd stay out all night playing tag and just hanging out. Thanks for posting the photos brings back some good memorys

[gersfc]

SO ITS THE RESIDENTS OF PRLIAMENT PLACE, PARK SQUARE AND BROAD STREET THAT HAVE CAUSED THE DEMISE OF CAMPBELTOWN????????
COME ON GUYS, THERE IS PLENTY OF "RESPECTABLE " RESIDENTS IN OTHER AREAS WHO WOULD SHUDDER IF OUTSIDE EYES COULD SEE THEIR ABODES. THATS THE PROBLEM WITH THE TOONS PEOPLE. ITS NO ONES BUISNESS BAR THE ONES WHO HAVE TO STAY THERE.

[petewick]

SO ITS THE RESIDENTS OF PRLIAMENT PLACE, PARK SQUARE AND BROAD STREET THAT HAVE CAUSED THE DEMISE OF CAMPBELTOWN????????
COME ON GUYS, THERE IS PLENTY OF "RESPECTABLE " RESIDENTS IN OTHER AREAS WHO WOULD SHUDDER IF OUTSIDE EYES COULD SEE THEIR ABODES. THATS THE PROBLEM WITH THE TOONS PEOPLE. ITS NO ONES BUISNESS BAR THE ONES WHO HAVE TO STAY THERE.

Agreed

[The Hitman]

Petewick, would you like to live next door to people who kept their houses like that??

Think on all the bacteria, germs, vermin in close proximity to your property??

I put it that if people don't mind that sort of thing going on and see others living habits so bad, then they will generally believe that it is ok to live like that. (The Council or the Environmental Agency don't seem to bother so it's OK!?!? )

In my opinion this leads to a dominoe effect in a sense and others of similar ilk follow. Hence the wider spread depreciation of properties and areas as a whole.

This is 21st century Britain we are living in, heated houses, clean water, food, medicine. By the look of some of them photo's you would think we were in a war torn country where a bomb had devestated the people's homes!

And that's okay??????

[general jack o'niell]

think some are missing the point, its not the residents of 1958 or wotever that are causing the place to be knocked down, it's the majority of the last twenty years, can't be a minority because they could have been moved out, preferably right out back to whence they bloody well came, no council in their right mind would knock down over a hundred homes just because two or three kept a dirty hoose.

not to worry, the new "square" is already on its way downhill, even kids refer to this other place in the same way as we were guilty of referring to "the square" in our youth, any one that denies they did is a liar. i'll hold my hand up to being snobbish just cos i lived in davaar, anybody else honest enough to join me?

[Trapper]

Aye general, most folk were snobby aboot the square, even Jon Bon Jovi when he sung,

"Ohhhh we're halfway there, Ohhhh we're living in park square"!

[gersfc]

totally ignorant people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! remember everyones gotta serve somebody. even you "snobs" fae davaar

[Bobbie En Tejas]

gerfsc, would you see the problem of living 6 feet from a garbage dump? You have to admit the picture is pretty disgusting. Why is it snobby not to want to live next door to that?

[Annie]

Touche!

[SmithD]

Nobody said these people cause the demise of Campbeltown.

The tenants in these houses would have signed a lease/tenancy agreement, and they would have signed this in the agreement that they would look after the house and abide by the lease!

So how has it changed in 40 odd years, and these areas were the place to live?

These houses aren't really that old, what will happen in the next 70 odd years after the new "Square" has been built?

I just think it is a shame that it has come to this, knocking down houses that are still structurally sound. The housing stock down here isn't that great when it comes to 3/4 bedroom houses.

There is no demise in Campbeltown, if anything it is starting to thrive again. And knocking these houses down is part of it!

Maybe what should have happen is the house's that were empty should have been revamped and the council/Acha (not sure who owns them now) should have sold them to first time buyers so they can get their foot on the housing ladder.

Admin - thinking this maybe should be in Speakers Corner? It has turned a bit from being Local News?

[gersfc]

ok, i agree with the above points and it is true no one would want to stay next door to that. but maybe it comes down to them not getting help from the relevent authorities, surely nobody would choose to live like this.

[John A]

ok, i agree with the above points and it is true no one would want to stay next door to that. but maybe it comes down to them not getting help from the relevent authorities, surely nobody would choose to live like this.

What help do you need to put out your rubbish

[gersfc]

unless their not right in the head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!