Second protest to save Beverley's cobbles

“"Most of the whingers attached to this nonsense come from the recently built estate on the bypass that dares to call itself Molescroft and which most of the original Beverley residents consider to be the actual ruination of Beverley. Didn't see too many of them objecting to that monstrosity.NIMBY is the word that best describes these people, a cause for a cause's sake.Get a life, it's called progress and guess what? It is inevitable."”

“@dave_best AGREED”

“dontwo, by, "something unique to Beverley", I'm presuming that you are referring to the cobbles, or sets? If you are please explain how they are unique to Beverley? Are you suggesting that no where else in the country or the world has, or has ever had cobbles? I am not a Councillor, nor do I have an interest, or anything to do with any contract, just happen to have a different view point to you and to want to see Saturday Market modernised tastefully. Debate has two sides to it with arguments either side, not just one sided view point! Preservation has it's place and should rightly happen in the right locations, but needs to be mixed with modernisation, again in the right places. Anyway, I'm looking forward to hearing how cobbles are unique to Beverley!”

“Apparent dinosaurs against progress?. Nah. These people are only trying to save something unique to Beverley,yet because more people are starting to wake up, realising what they will lose and showing that yes they are against that type of "progress", then what do you do?. Accuse them that they have managed to find themselves a Windows 95 PC with dial up internet to keep any anti their viewpoint. Why not just accept that opposition is growing, that they have a valid point, because people will suspect,with that arrogant statement and labelling people dinosaurs just because they dont share YOUR views of progress, if you are perhaps one of the Councillors, or maybe have an "interest" in who the contract goes to.”

“Good to see that there is a good mix of ages in the protesting group, you're not skewed to one end of the age spectrum at all are you! Younger people do exist and do have a voice and opinion you know! At the end of the day these sets are not original and one could use the same argument for any part of the highway that is old enough, but amazingly time has moved on. I am in favour of the sets being replaced by York stone, it's not like in twenty years when it is renovated again sets can be put down again. The comparison with ripping up parts of the Minster is not a valid one, for this to be valid the sets would need to be original, which they are not. People who appear to be anti change whatsover are leading this charge to stop progress and the development of Beverley to make it more modern and more appealing. I suspect that the same minority are the ones up blocked the development of Saturday Market a few years ago, I would also wager that the are the same individuals that are against the expansion of the village of Molescroft. If the sets were being taken up and being replaced with concrete I could see a problem, but York stone is hardly unappealing. So my message to all you apparent dinosaurs who seem to be against progress, not everyone thinks the same as you. I want to see tasteful development to modernise the area to keep it fresh and appealing. I also expect this viewpoint to be down arrowed many times as looking at these comments the anti change/progress brigade have managed to find themselves a Windows 95 OS powered PC with dial up internet to keep any anti their viewpoint comment down arrowed and any pro their viewpoint comment up arrowed!”

“Maybe we will now see if the people of Beverley have any b@lls or not in their attempt to stop their arrogant Council and its leader from desecrating these cobbles, part of their history and character.
Hundreds of people turned up, and good on them, but where was the rest of Beverley?. Too busy or something was you?. What if they wanted to rip up parts of the Minster, would you curl up and let them do that too?.
Councils depend on apathetic attitudes like this. You lot of wimps in Beverley ought to show these Councillors that enough is enough, so fight back you idiots and give these protesters more support. Your cobbled square deserves saving surely, otherwise you will end up with a similar block paving effect {once only found in retail parks car parks}, like we have in Hulls Victoria square area.
They say you dont know what you had until its gone. Dont let it happen.”

“Ripping them up would spoil the whole character of Beverley, leave them alone, I drive around Beverley a lot and they're no bother to road users whatsoever.”

“rip the lot up there an eyesore,beverley needs to move on not stay in the dark ages.”

“Spot on AstynomiaKats.

Indeed Democracy_now I may don suffragette wear and chain myself to that patisserie nearby... :D

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“History shows us that direct action of this type works!”