Is the City of Leicester a dump?

[Buce]

1 hour ago, RoboFox said:

Where even is that? 

 

It looks like Humberstone Gate.

[Parafox]

20 hours ago, Buce said:

 

It looks like Humberstone Gate.

Yes, from Charles Street looking towards Humberstone Road. It's that old hotel that was used for refugees some years ago.

[davieG]

Flip Out Leicester: City's first trampoline park to open in Troon Industrial Estate

By Hayley_Watson  |  Posted: March 20, 2017

   

 

image: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276308/Article/images/30216309/15916044-large.jpg

Leicester's first trampoline park is set to open on 1st April

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Good news for parents and kids alike – a brand new trampoline park is set to open soon at Leicester's Troon Industrial Estate.

 

Flip Out Leicester will be the city's first official trampoline park when it opens next month.

And with the opening date set for 1st April, it will be up and running just in time for the Easter holidays.

Read more: UK's biggest aqua park is returning - and there are lots of exciting changes

Costing £1.2m to construct, Flip Out's huge 39,000 sq ft arena will feature a trampoline zone, foam pits, a free running area and even a ninja warrior course.

It will also have three party rooms and a café, perfect for kid's parties and occasions.

 

Flip Out will open on Lewisher Road, Troon Industrial Estate

Aftaab Patel, Director at Flip Out Leicester, said: "We are hugely excited about bringing the Flip Out concept to Leicester, and we are thrilled to be the city's first trampoline park.

"We have a perfect location at Troon Industrial Estate. I am confident that Flip Out Leicester will be a big hit, whether visitors are looking to exercise and keep fit or simply socialise and have some fun."

Read more: Great British Bake Off contestant to open dessert parlour in Leicester

image: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276308/binaries/17352429_1424073700998201_4959236283950087033_n.jpg

 

Flip Out is Europe's fastest growing trampoline park operator, with over than 60 arenas in eight countries.

Their Leicester branch will offer free parking and will be open daily from 10am - 9pm.

Read more at http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/1-2m-trampoline-park-to-open-in-leicester-8211-just-in-time-for-the-easter-holidays/story-30216309-detail/story.html#U37M0vQTrOpxti2B.99

[MrsJohnMurphy]

On 20/03/2017 at 20:00, davieG said:

Flip Out Leicester: City's first trampoline park to open in Troon Industrial Estate

By Hayley_Watson  |  Posted: March 20, 2017

   

 

image: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276308/Article/images/30216309/15916044-large.jpg

Leicester's first trampoline park is set to open on 1st April

 Comments (0)

Good news for parents and kids alike – a brand new trampoline park is set to open soon at Leicester's Troon Industrial Estate.

 

Flip Out Leicester will be the city's first official trampoline park when it opens next month.

And with the opening date set for 1st April, it will be up and running just in time for the Easter holidays.

Read more: UK's biggest aqua park is returning - and there are lots of exciting changes

Costing £1.2m to construct, Flip Out's huge 39,000 sq ft arena will feature a trampoline zone, foam pits, a free running area and even a ninja warrior course.

It will also have three party rooms and a café, perfect for kid's parties and occasions.

 

Flip Out will open on Lewisher Road, Troon Industrial Estate

Aftaab Patel, Director at Flip Out Leicester, said: "We are hugely excited about bringing the Flip Out concept to Leicester, and we are thrilled to be the city's first trampoline park.

"We have a perfect location at Troon Industrial Estate. I am confident that Flip Out Leicester will be a big hit, whether visitors are looking to exercise and keep fit or simply socialise and have some fun."

Read more: Great British Bake Off contestant to open dessert parlour in Leicester

image: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276308/binaries/17352429_1424073700998201_4959236283950087033_n.jpg

 

Flip Out is Europe's fastest growing trampoline park operator, with over than 60 arenas in eight countries.

Their Leicester branch will offer free parking and will be open daily from 10am - 9pm.

Read more at http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/1-2m-trampoline-park-to-open-in-leicester-8211-just-in-time-for-the-easter-holidays/story-30216309-detail/story.html#U37M0vQTrOpxti2B.99

And bad news for LRI's A&E

[GaelicFox]

1 minute ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

And bad news for LRI's A&E

I know A+E in Kettering have raised formal complaints with the council , trading standards and the Health and Safety exec since one of these opened in Corby 

 

dozens of fractured limbs 

brain injury 

split liver  

rupture spleens x 2 

fractured back 

Numerous spinal injuries 

Lacerations requiring plastic surgery

 

and that's in 18 months of opening !!!!   

[Thracian]

11 hours ago, GaelicFox said:

I know A+E in Kettering have raised formal complaints with the council , trading standards and the Health and Safety exec since one of these opened in Corby 

 

dozens of fractured limbs 

brain injury 

split liver  

rupture spleens x 2 

fractured back 

Numerous spinal injuries 

Lacerations requiring plastic surgery

 

and that's in 18 months of opening !!!!   

Sounds like paradise for plaintiffs. Such a pity people can't simply sign a risk disclaimer so facilities like these can stay open for the fit and adventurous instead of being blighted by those who refuse to take responsibilitiy for their own actions and decisions.

It's like boxing really. Brilliant sport and with such positive benefits when promoted properly. But it's never without risk, any more than driving a car or playing golf. The compensation culture pisses me off but it'll likely be at full throttle with this.   

[GaelicFox]

26 minutes ago, Thracian said:

Sounds like paradise for plaintiffs. Such a pity people can't simply sign a risk disclaimer so facilities like these can stay open for the fit and adventurous instead of being blighted by those who refuse to take responsibilitiy for their own actions and decisions.

It's like boxing really. Brilliant sport and with such positive benefits when promoted properly. But it's never without risk, any more than driving a car or playing golf. The compensation culture pisses me off but it'll likely be at full throttle with this.   

Risk disclaimers don't negate bad/poor management 

 

 

[Thracian]

30 minutes ago, GaelicFox said:

Risk disclaimers don't negate bad/poor management 

 

 

 

I'd be the last to defend irresponsible management but so often the compensation culture ignores the responsibility of parents/guardians and adult customers themselves to weigh up the risks, to decide whether they're suitable for the activity concerned and to limit their or their charges actions to the levels of their ability.

 

I visited a trampoline facility in Ashby and the safety measures seemed entirely adequate and reasonable, though they'll doubtless be improved over time .

When my son took up boxing it was just the same. 

Training was properly supervised, with properly approved safeguards.

But there were still risks and, as a parent, I accepted my responsibility for weighing up those risks.

One of the risks concerned levels of refereeing when my son graduated to proper fights.

The real risk to was is in the balancing of fight opponents.

Get it wrong and an inexperienced boxer might be damaged very early on.

But very quickly in a bout, it became quite obvious to the referee whether one fighter is of a much higher quality than another and a potential danger to the weaker lad.

And it became the referees greater responsibility to act sensibly and to negate that risk if the need arose.

 

In trampolining it's surely down to monitoring levels of progression but, just like with the gymnastics and rugby we played at school, there are always risks and if some people/parents aren't prepared to accept responsibility for taking them they shouldn't make cissies out of everyone else and get the opportunities banned as a result. The compensation culture does so much damage and sometimes out of all proportion to the potential benefits of risk activities.

Taken to the nth degree, how we'd ever have armies or airmen I'd never know.

Health and safety should be of constant evolutionary benefit not a vehicle for restraint or abolition due to the compensation culture.

I'd still advocate risk disclaimers. the issue of bad/poor management would have to be proven and entirely separate.

This would encourage councils and governing bodies to set standards and to see them maintained. 

Edited 22 March 2017 by Thracian

[The Blur]

On 22/03/2017 at 09:08, Thracian said:

Sounds like paradise for plaintiffs. Such a pity people can't simply sign a risk disclaimer so facilities like these can stay open for the fit and adventurous instead of being blighted by those who refuse to take responsibilitiy for their own actions and decisions.

It's like boxing really. Brilliant sport and with such positive benefits when promoted properly. But it's never without risk, any more than driving a car or playing golf. The compensation culture pisses me off but it'll likely be at full throttle with this.   

 

I went to a similar facility last year and everyone in my party signed a risk disclosure before we all could went ahead so I assume all trampolining centres should have something similar. 

[Voll Blau]

Statue of Leicester suffragette set to be built after donation by man who owns the former factory where she used to work. Nice story.

 

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/businessman-makes-62-400-donation-to-pay-for-statue-of-leicester-suffragette-alice-hawkins/story-30233245-detail/story.html

[davieG]

Plans for a major new link road for buses on the site of a former Leicester cinema are set to be approved.

 

 

Councillors will meet next week to discuss whether to permit the construction of the road to connect Mansfield Street and Belgrave Gate.

The stretch of land in question is where the ABC Cinema stood between 1937 and 1997 and is currently used as a car park.

The council is proposing the link road because it would allow the pedestrianisation of part of Belgrave Gate and Church Gate by The Clock Tower.

image: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276308/binaries/Clocky1.png

How the Clock Tower will look after pedestrianisation

The route is currently used by buses dropping and picking up off near the Haymarket.

 

The strip of land required is currently in private ownership and the council is in negotiations to buy it.

City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said it was hoped a deal could be struck but said that if it was not possible to agree terms a compulsory purchase order (CPO) would be sought.

He said: "As ever the aim is to reach a deal through discussions but if that is not possible the view is that this project is so important to the city that we would look for a CPO.

"We cannot launch that process until the planning application is approved."

The council says the propose route would be for buses and taxis only but would have links for pedestrians and cyclists travelling between St Margaret's bus station and the new £13.5 million Haymarket bus terminal.

To accommodate the changes Mansfield Street would be reconfigured to make it two way. It would also be widened.

Read more: Watch explosion in South Wigston that led to power cut at 200 homes

If the land can be acquired, work on it could begin in April next year.

The road would take eight months to build – causing considerable disruption to traffic.

The project is set to be funded with cash from the Government's Local Growth Fund.

Once the area is pedestrianised, there will still be delivery access for businesses and the taxi ranks in Belgrave Gate would still be in use.

Read more at http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/major-city-centre-bus-link-road-to-be-approved-on-former-abc-cinema-site/story-30236506-detail/story.html#xd4V7LLwTaKRjUwp.99

[Parafox]

Ahhh, the old ABC cinema.

 

It's about time something was done to improve Belgrave Gate.

The shopfronts won't get any better though.

[Parafox]

In case anyone, like me, didn't know what this is about.

 

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/leicester-world-tree-unveiled-john-bercow/story-28861945-detail/story.html

[boots60]

On 30/03/2017 at 10:35, Parafox said:

In case anyone, like me, didn't know what this is about.

 

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/leicester-world-tree-unveiled-john-bercow/story-28861945-detail/story.html

So where there used to be a great business, a manufacturer of a whole range of leccy lights for supply worldwide, employing over 3,000 staff at it's peak in the early 80's there is now a feckin light tree?Another of Keefs tacky links to Leicester's past.?

Modern art is rubbish ?

 

[Webbo]

4 minutes ago, boots60 said:

So where there used to be a great business, a manufacturer of a whole range of leccy lights for supply worldwide, employing over 3,000 staff at it's peak in the early 80's there is now a feckin light tree?Another of Keefs tacky links to Leicester's past.?

Modern art is rubbish ?

 

I drive by it regularly, it's across the road from the old factory. I used to live around there that's always been grass.

[davieG]

51 minutes ago, boots60 said:

So where there used to be a great business, a manufacturer of a whole range of leccy lights for supply worldwide, employing over 3,000 staff at it's peak in the early 80's there is now a feckin light tree?Another of Keefs tacky links to Leicester's past.?

Modern art is rubbish ?

 

It was originally going to be a giant light bulb but that was deemed too expensive.

 

http://m.leicestermercury.co.uk/850-000-cost-scuppered-popular-leicester/story-29318690-detail/story.html

[Footballwipe]

I don't know if anyone has seen this or posted this video before, but I somehow managed to stumble across it a couple of years ago and re-found. It's a video shot from 1997-1997 of the Freeman's Park, Eastern/Western Boulevard area and Raw Dykes (along with lots of other shots etc.) A great watch of what that area looked like just 20 years ago

 

 

[The People's Hero]

Possibly irrelevant but I often listen to the radio over the weekend. Possibly radio 2, Elaine page or something like that does a round up of show tunes, west end news etc. Of late I've been noticing lots of snippets about the curve in Leicester or Reasonably High profile productions starting their run there. 

[Rob1742]

Wandered around Leicester a bit last week. 

 

A few points from me.

 

1. You never feel comfortable, it's a poor City and doesn't really have any decent old areas. Outside of the Highcross you wouldn't wander around with your phone in your hand as an example. However I see a little change happening. 

 

2. The demise of Gallowtree Gate is shocking. Pound shops, cheap shops, pop up shops she once this was the hub of the City. One of the most dreadful areas I have had to walk down in a City.

 

3. Improvements a taking place, which is pleasing. Wandered behind the old indoor market that looks like it is going to be a square. You notice some fabulous buildings which show how poor our development was in the 70's. it really is an amazing transformation that makes you appreciate the older buildings around it, like the old saracens head and the old fish market. It looks a really good area apart from some 70's developments that take your eye off it.

 

4. Taking point 3 into account, from there to the Richard 3rd area etc it really is now very nice. For the first time ever we have started to create a nice place in the City, rather than functional. Credit to the council for trying for the first time to create a decent area in the City. 

 

5. If we carry on creating nice areas, money will come into the City. I don't use it as it's generally a shit hole. But new areas will bring better quality retailers etc and I am sure the City has the wealth to maintain it. It's just those with the wealth go elsewhere. We can stop this overtime if we create nice areas. 

Edited 19 May 2017 by Rob1742

[Voll Blau]

2 hours ago, Rob1742 said:

Wandered around Leicester a bit last week. 

 

A few points from me.

 

1. You never feel comfortable, it's a poor City and doesn't really have any decent old areas. Outside of the Highcross you wouldn't wander around with your phone in your hand as an example. However I see a little change happening. 

 

2. The demise of Gallowtree Gate is shocking. Pound shops, cheap shops, pop up shops she once this was the hub of the City. One of the most dreadful areas I have had to walk down in a City.

 

3. Improvements a taking place, which is pleasing. Wandered behind the old indoor market that looks like it is going to be a square. You notice some fabulous buildings which show how poor our development was in the 70's. it really is an amazing transformation that makes you appreciate the older buildings around it, like the old saracens head and the old fish market. It looks a really good area apart from some 70's developments that take your eye off it.

 

4. Taking point 3 into account, from there to the Richard 3rd area etc it really is now very nice. For the first time ever we have started to create a nice place in the City, rather than functional. Credit to the council for trying for the first time to create a decent area in the City. 

 

5. If we carry on creating nice areas, money will come into the City. I don't use it as it's generally a shit hole. But new areas will bring better quality retailers etc and I am sure the City has the wealth to maintain it. It's just those with the wealth go elsewhere. We can stop this overtime if we create nice areas. 

You really are the most sheltered person going if that's genuinely the case for yourself.

[Rob1742]

1 hour ago, Voll Blau said:

You really are the most sheltered person going if that's genuinely the case for yourself.

Sheltered? Wise more like. In recent years I have seen an attempted phone snatch and a successful phone snatch. The latter being on Christmas Eve. Not the nicest thing to happen to the poor girl before Christmas.

 

I have seen someone walk across Welford Place and put a brick trough sheltered accommodation on Welford Road and have also seen a beggar get very stroppy to the point of almost being violent when a "no thanks" was offered at his response for wanting money.

 

I had to go Leicester the other week for a watch repair and saw a couple of seperate incidents of  people having arguments with themselves along Gallowtree Gate and up towards London Road. I later became aware there is a shelter up near the station and they are let out in the mornings. These were people with clear issues as people were avoiding them.

 

So sheltered, I don't think so, just quite wise to my surroundings and aware of what's around me. If you are not aware that's your problem. 

[Finnaldo]

4 minutes ago, Rob1742 said:

Sheltered? Wise more like. In recent years I have seen an attempted phone snatch and a successful phone snatch. The latter being on Christmas Eve. Not the nicest thing to happen to the poor girl before Christmas.

 

I have seen someone walk across Welford Place and put a brick trough sheltered accommodation on Welford Road and have also seen a beggar get very stroppy to the point of almost being violent when a "no thanks" was offered at his response for wanting money.

 

I had to go Leicester the other week for a watch repair and saw a couple of seperate incidents of  people having arguments with themselves along Gallowtree Gate and up towards London Road. I later became aware there is a shelter up near the station and they are let out in the mornings. These were people with clear issues as people were avoiding them.

 

So sheltered, I don't think so, just quite wise to my surroundings and aware of what's around me. If you are not aware that's your problem. 

 

I'm pretty sure there's petty crime and people 'with issues' in every major urban area in the world. That's a desperate stick to beat Leicester with. 

[Samilktray]

I happily walk around the city centre with my phone out, playing Pokemon Go & talking on loudspeaker. Absolutely no worries of it being snatched. Biggest weirdo on this forum that Rob, consistently reassuring us of his oddness.

[Voll Blau]

1 hour ago, Rob1742 said:

Sheltered? Wise more like. In recent years I have seen an attempted phone snatch and a successful phone snatch. The latter being on Christmas Eve. Not the nicest thing to happen to the poor girl before Christmas.

 

I have seen someone walk across Welford Place and put a brick trough sheltered accommodation on Welford Road and have also seen a beggar get very stroppy to the point of almost being violent when a "no thanks" was offered at his response for wanting money.

 

I had to go Leicester the other week for a watch repair and saw a couple of seperate incidents of  people having arguments with themselves along Gallowtree Gate and up towards London Road. I later became aware there is a shelter up near the station and they are let out in the mornings. These were people with clear issues as people were avoiding them.

 

So sheltered, I don't think so, just quite wise to my surroundings and aware of what's around me. If you are not aware that's your problem. 

If those examples create your mindset for choosing whether to take your phone out of your pocket in a particular place, I wouldn't even bother taking it to somewhere like London or Manchester.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Says there are no decent old areas, goes on to highlight the St.Martin's / Cathedral area as really nice? They've not popped up overnight.