I do feel the hand of bureaucrats. Who else would have orchestrated that grim bus loop or the made the ex-shipyards so pointless? As long as we still have the remaining bits of charm along lower Lonsdale, I will keep coming – there are some interesting restaurants and great memories, like eating frog legs at the Seven Seas.

The vibrancy of the place really comes through in your histories. Let’s hope we get some of that magic back one day.