Blandtown

Too many of the the towns and villages in the UK are loosing their local identity. When town centres are 'modernised', they end up looking like toytown. Local building materials are ignored and many wonderfully quirky, original features are obliterated in the name of progress. Walk down your local high street - in most cases it is exactly the same as anywhere else - full of large multiples, who decide what we are going to buy, and can undercut the small local, family business that has been there for generations, and when they finally shut up shop, the premises are snatched up by another large chain, estate agency or bank.

It is time to say no. If there are plans to 'improve' the locality, lobby the organisation to use local materials - lets stand up for being different.