08/10/2025
BHS — The Community Centre on Rock Road, Peterborough that my family helped to build 50 years ago has been earmarked to be sold by Peterborough City Council to the highest bidder! This is where my mum used to go to meet her friends, help cook for users of the centre and where they talked for hours putting the world to rights. Most of her generation is now gone, but she is still here and she is utterly devastated that the centre is being sold off to whoever has the biggest pockets!
This is a place where I went as youngster with my friends to practice cricket, play football, took part in festivals and learnt about community & culture first hand. Its where I formed life long friendships that remain to this day and learned about serving the community for the greater good.
Now Peterborough City Council wants to close it down — not because of us, or anything we've done but because they overspent their budget all while our community gave thousands back to help others less fortunate than ourselves. We as a community in Peterborough have always paid our way and more.....
How is that right???
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Do the right thing..!!
Peterborough Telegraph
