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Let's hops for a few U-turns
AGREE with Christopher Murfin (Letters, May 3), Southampton has over 2,000 years of historical heritage, yet little is publicised.
Perhaps with a change of council, the disastrous proposals to sell off the area between Bugle Street and lower High Street, or to build a glass addition to the Civic Centre will be revoked.
Perhaps at last, the wisdom of promoting tourism by preserving and adding to our heritage, instead of destroying it, will be perceived.
Cruise ships bring hundreds of thousands of pounds into the city; not just from visitors; but from ancillary services.
Meanwhile, on behalf of Southampton tourist guides, I apologise to Mr Murfin for his disappointment at not finding a guide for his walk.
Every effort is made to avoid such an occurrence, by arranging to not only have one guide on duty present; but also a second guide as back-up, should the leading guide be taken ill, or suddenly be unavailable. If there is the slightest doubt, it is obligatory for both guides to attend.
Those interested in discovering more of Southampton's historical heritage these are the walks:
Every Sunday morning thoughout the year there is a free west walk, starting at 10.30am from Bargate. The meeting point is on the south side (the East Street side; not where the two lions are). Throughout June the frequency of this walk increases to every Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday. In July, August, and September the frequency is daily.
In August only, there are three additional walks starting at 2.30pm:
a) An easterly walk Monday to Friday inclusive (the counterpart to the eest walk).
b) August Saturday afternoons the Titanic Trail.
c) August Sunday afternoons, Jane Austen's Southampton.
ERIC PAYNE-DANSON, Southampton.
10:00am Saturday 10th May 2008
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