I
wrote St Austell's burning nearly 3yrs ago because of the anger i was
feeling when they just wasn't getting on wiv rebuilding it. I
recorded a rough version of it then forgot about it. Like everyone
else i presumed they would get their shit together.
Here
we are though 4yrs on and its the same old shit coming from the same
old mouths. A short while ago i read in the local newspapers that St
Austell had just been given £12m to continue the regeneration.
I was shocked! The original completion date for the project was march
last yr. They turned my town into a bomb site and killed off loads of
local shops without even having plans completed or money in place.
They
blamed Tescos but that mess was sorted out months and months ago, and
still no real work as been carried out.
Back
in the 60s and 70s when all the majors wanted to put there shops in
our town it was local councillors who stopped it,saying it would kill
the town,so they went to the likes of Truro instead. To my eyes Truro
is thriving and as been for many a year. All we've got to look
forward to is years more of no shops,blocked roads,no cinema,and yet
more bullshit from those in power.
These
COUNCILLORS are suppose to be doing what's best for the people in
this town, so why don't they heed our warnings. e.g. when they had
plans submitted for a nightclub close to houses over 500 people
signed a petition against it but still they granted it a licence.
Every week there's trouble there. A lot of people i know are even
afraid to walk past it near kicking out time.
This
is why I've re-recorded my song to show that my anger is still there
at my town turning to CRAP.I know I'm not alone in how i feel. I just
hope they stop telling us how good our towns gonna look when its
finished,and get off there arses and complete it before its to late
and the St Austell i grew up in is dead forever.”PLEASE GIVE US
OUR TOWN BACK”!
SELWYN July 07.