Something to cherish (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Something to cherish

8:13am Friday 19th March 2010 in

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SIR – I very much reinforce the comments of Jack MacPherson and John Cook regarding Yorkshire Forward’s appalling lack of interest in maintaining the fabric of the former Odeon.

At the moment this potentially beautiful building is, close-up, just an eyesore. I wonder, however, if any of your readers see the television shots of it taken from the Media Museum roof during BBC weather forecasts.

Here, at a distance, you can really appreciate the glistening white tilework and twin domes acting as a perfect foil for the Alhambra next door, the two forming an impressive curved frontage.

Ironically on the same night as Mr Cook’s letter, appeared the headline “Regeneration work uncovers heritage”, with a shot of cranes in front of the Odeon demolishing the old police headquarters.

The story told of artefacts from the 1970s, including stone heads and curved corbels, being recovered from the site, while Councillor Naylor talked to reporters about “an exhibition showcasing many of these great finds!”

Are we going to find in 30 years’ time, when they knock down the council’s latest fad, “New Victoria Place”, yet another Bradford councillor finding bits of the Odeon, and putting those in an exhibition as “great finds”? Won’t our philistine councillors ever learn?

Gordon Dean, Long Lane, Harden, Bingley