First came the floods. Now comes the axe. As many as 10 museums face closure around Lancaster. Our writer returns to his domestic town to find shops boarded up and locals exasperated at having their city cut from under their feet
During the floods of final December,when the River Lune rose higher than at any point in living memory, Lancaster had no power for three days. There was no internet and no newspapers. The only source of information was the local radio station The Bay, or which managed to keep transmitting after its staff carried equipment upstairs from a flooded studio.
The damage is still visible. Dozens of shops,restaurants, pubs and clubs remain closed. Citizens are despondent approximately how long the clean-up will take, or what such a mess does to a town still struggling after the final recession. There is also muttering approximately how things would have turned out whether a Tory shire had experienced similar flooding. But that’s not the only thing fuelling resentment.
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Source: theguardian.com