MILLIONS are being spent to return Blackburn Corporation Park back to the splendour of its Victorian heyday. With one exception.
The panopticon' that sits at the top of the park reminds me of a jester's hat, sat on the head of a majestic old lady. If hordes of vandals had set about the cannons,' they could not have done a better job.
The cannon battery is an original Victorian feature. It stood there through all the major events of this town, and is as much a treasure as the conservatory. Though damaged in the name of art, all is not lost.
With hindsight, we know that the panopticon' should never have been put there, and that sooner or later this eyesore will be removed. Give us back our cannons!
KEVIN BUTLER, Revidge Road, Blackburn.
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