Oh Stamford! What have you allowed this once lovely little "old fashioned town", the very same town from that old song.
It is a monstrosity. I was so horrified to see the ugly, ugly Red Lion Square.
People don't know where to drive, where to walk, in fact it has lost it's pride and age.
This morning I was walking across the square and saw those ugly concrete se
ats (a couple of weeks ago I did see them being used by a large group of teenagers and they were sitting in a crowd eating fish and chips out of papers).
They are so ugly these seats, how can anyone say they suit our once beautiful treasure.
To hear two visitors pass me by and the man stretching out his arms saying "What have they done here, it's so ugly. They've ruined the centre here."
Some visitors to Yarwell, where I now live, had been to visit Stamford.
Their comments were "Did you used to live in Stamford – we did not recognise it – isn't it dreadful!"
Stay A While Amidst Its Ancient Charms!
Yes it's full of lovely old houses but not the sweet little old town.
What no-one has really thought about are the small little shops who rely very largely on the spending of tourists.
People come from all over the world to see our town – despite the carbon footprints. The tourists rather rely on their trade.
My husband, Sam Scorer, loved this town. He started school in Stamford at the age of eight.
After the war he worked hard to pass examinations as an expert in antiques, forestry, agriculture and with his qualifications as a chartered surveyor, he had offers from all over the country – but he loved Stamford and with a very young family we moved to Stamford over 50 years ago.
Stamford then was a lovely old town.
Now here I must admit, we as a family have always been Francophiles.
They have built the new extensions to their towns and cities but saved every old bit.
Stamford – fight these modernising people before the last remaining character is lost.
MAUREEN SCORER
Main Street,
Yarwell
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