The names of the silver winning rowers are Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter.
Had an idea: putting blue plaques on building that “used to be” something else. For Example, the Hilton Hotel in Blackpool stands on the site of Derby Baths – an Olympic size swimming pools with boards that was “replaced” by the Sandcastle amusment, wave pool. Retirement homes in Lytham used to be a public swimming baths. Etc, etc, etc, you get the idea.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/Typesofcrime/DG_181578
defines vandalism as “a crime that damages people’s quality of life and costs communities millions to repair. It’s easy to dismiss it as a minor offence, but it has a big impact on neighbourhoods.”
The old, Post Office building in Preston has been empty since 2002. Preston City Council and the North West Development Agency bought it in 2005.
