History repeats itself, but not for the better

May I add on to Mr Chapman’s wonderful story of the last 50 years in Bingley (Yorkshire Post, February 2)?

He, like me, has probably noted that town planning, having been invented in 1947, all the really horrible buildings that we hate and which are falling apart seem to have been built since then, and all the wonderful buildings that make the heart sing seem to have been survivals from before that era.