tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299780.post8898575367222827485..comments2024-03-01T10:54:42.126+00:00Comments on The Willesden Herald: They want to cut the heart out of WillesdenOssianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095236313068093836noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299780.post-43370639583239079162011-01-20T06:04:13.417+00:002011-01-20T06:04:13.417+00:00Not nice people at Brent Council, I know councils ...Not nice people at Brent Council, I know councils got extra money over and above the costs of building social housing, incentives from the government. <br /><br />To get the money they had to build extra houses above their planned levels.So they started knocking down public buildings and community buildings. Across from where I was living was a home and day centre for children/young adults with severe learning difficulties (down's syndrome).<br /><br />Those kids used to arrive by community buses and mingle with the residential kids, one big happy family, I was very impressed by the centre and it's commitment to needy children. I wonder where they are now?<br /><br />Well, it's not there now, knocked down in the summer to make way for social housing, 12 flats I believe, with some off road parking.<br /><br />Lots of extra loot from the public purse, needed by the council to pay for their pension schemes no doubt.<br /><br />I loved Gigi's too.<br /><br />DT<br /><br />Brent TodayAnonymoushttp://www.brenttoday.co.uk/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299780.post-76439834124287371162011-01-11T17:40:00.186+00:002011-01-11T17:40:00.186+00:00Nice blog. I am disgusted by this news. Gigi's...Nice blog. I am disgusted by this news. Gigi's used to be a lovely place to go after writing group, and I didn't even know the cinema was closed, but it used to be fun and cheap to go there when I lived in Willesden.<br />The writing group will find a new home- but we shouldn't have to. Fuck those flats.lightupvirginmaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371404648770257776noreply@blogger.com