Railroaded! Threat to Leicester's Bowstring Bridge and Pump & Tap pub

[coltsuperocean10]

...This site is now demolished and being prepared for the new University swimming pool!! Thanks to those drug dealing (allegedly) Hussain brothers this has what has happened!!

[zenoist2]

If it gets busy they will definitely need a pedestrian bridge because that road is a nightmare to cross.

[zenoist2]

I havent seen any sign of this mid air swimming pool built over a road.

Yes the bridge was demolished to make way for a swimminmg pool.

It will be architecturally interesting how they go about it.

[duderday]

I'm still waiting to take my first dip in this new swimming pool we were promised..

[piperdafunkymonkey]

I'm a student at the DMU and I strongly disagree with the demolition of the bridge and in particular the cycle/walk way. However the mocking arguments in this film are a joke. Referring to the change of name "to the rather more grandiose De Montfort University" sounds silly and petty. The maker of this film needs to grow up and show what could be done with the area rather than resulting to petty mockery - that way you might have more than 3000 members in a city of about 280, 000 people . . .

[spennyman85]

DMU also wanted to demolish scraptoft hall aswell, they are the second largest land owner in the city, how can these organisation allow these historic buildings to fall into disrepute, the common can claim such properties under old laws, how come nobody has tried it?

[Studentification4U]

Good video.

[ntrifle]

Oh, "street furniture" how dreadful!

Some rubbish being talked her (as usual). The Magazine area is much better than it was thanks to DMU and the City Council. Everyone hated the subways - they were dirty, dark and smelly. The history of this area will not disappear because the bridge has gone, just as it hasn't because the bridges that spanned the river here have gone.

And no mention of the fact that the Pump and Tap was sold to DMU by the owners just as soon as the cheque was big enough!

[hobojohn]

"Shabby treatment of Leicester" damn right. Every time I come back Im distressed by the gaudy banners, street furniture all over the place.

[hobojohn]

Nice job! Good luck.

[richardsnow]

Good video.

I drove under the bridge last night, still looking fantastic.

[Els1e]

Great video as at last, someone has shown the heritage behind the bridge. Keep up the great work!

[mofromUK]

If I was rich enough I'd buy it and develop the buildings underneath the arches of the bridge and provide moorings for canal boats. It could look so beautiful and enrich the city.

DMU doesn't need to use this space! The old Corah's knitwear factory near St Margarets Bus Station could easily hold their swimming pool.

[HippyJohnWales]

Leicester's City Council have, for many years, been known for not listening to the People of Leicester. Look at the Magazine area. Instead of Subways to get from Town to the Campus Area, we are now forced to cross Five lanes of traffic. The Bridge is just another example of the Council's Arrogant disregard for us. DMU is Rich, therefore they get listened to.

[sharpness3]

Pity the civic Society's film maker can't spell Braunstone. Our arguments have to accurate as does our spelling to counter the barrage of inaccuracies put out by DMU.

[KingLearie]

They need planning pernission to demolish the structure. Do you think we need to object by writing letters to the council? Wait until they apply. Also we will lose the cycle track that was built to replace the one over the bridge when the new huge 'proposed' sports development by DMU is built!!!!!!!!!

[BarkingFree]

Well done Leicestercivicsoc.