tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post8231511935888636942..comments2023-03-31T10:03:38.525+01:00Comments on Shelley's House: A Winter WalkShelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-84245959818110881652012-01-02T21:40:37.182+00:002012-01-02T21:40:37.182+00:00Terri - I agree, it is a better system, but it doe...Terri - I agree, it is a better system, but it doesn't stop there being really dire areas. It's not the housing that determines a 'sink estate', it's the people.<br /><br />Keith - Thank you for that. Bill did tell me about The Jungle, but I didn't include that in my narrative. I'm pleased you found your way to this blog and that you took the trouble to comment. Hope you'll visit again sometime.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-48580400264333396762012-01-02T19:53:07.049+00:002012-01-02T19:53:07.049+00:00Between being a sailors home and being a swish hom...Between being a sailors home and being a swish home for 'yuppies', the older, darker, right hand section of Collingwood mansions had an older, darker past, and also somewhat of a sailors 'home' too. It's incarnation when I visited it was as the Jungle, also known as the Northumberland Arms. I innocently know this as I was a visiting sailor, wandering out of the gates of Smith's dock. I now live in South Shields and an immigrant also (from Yorkshire), and a retired seafarer.Keith Perrimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-4484274266312502692011-12-29T23:44:04.472+00:002011-12-29T23:44:04.472+00:00Actually, I would think that this continual redeve...Actually, I would think that this continual redevelopment in Britain is an advantage. I know that in the past several years in the US, once an area is blighted, it is seemingly abandoned...with a negative impression overall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com