Personally I don’t dislike the Bell Green towers. In fact I think they’re quite distinctive and interesting.
But if they became a Waitrose I’d be more than happy. 
Our poll showed that people are ready for change at Bell Green
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I like them. I see them from the hills around FH and I find them reassuring,distinctive and impressive - I think they are “pleasant looking”. Certainly prefer them to yet more retail which I find unattractive and dull beyond compare. I’d rather they stayed but I wouldn’t be distraught if they went but I’d rather see something interesting done with the site than yet more retail development. I may be biased as I really don’t buy much stuff.
Why the turf war about which ward it’s in? The site may be ‘in’ Bellingham Ward but the boundaries of Perry Vale and Sydenham wards are within 500m. Ward boundaries are irrelevant in terms of who the local residents are.
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Quite. I live just inside Sydenham ward, only a few metres from the boundary with Bellingham. I am much closer than many Bellingham ward residents, and have every right to comment without being heckled. These administrative ward names blur the historical reality; Bell Green has always been part of Sydenham. Bellingham wasnt a place name at all before the LCC built the Bellingham Estate, on the the site of Bellingham Farm; the name was a convenient choice for the ward.
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