00:00I still go into town, but things are expensive now. People can't afford it, can they? So
00:06I think you've got to look at a lot of things in this country. Taxation and little business
00:13are suffering. So people haven't got the money to go into town anymore.
00:17It's very sad about the city centre. The city centre was fantastic. You look at the Commonwealth
00:22Games, how much money was spent in Birmingham city centre. It was fabulous. It was shining.
00:27It was clean. It had been spruced up with flowers and planters and the bull was a big hit.
00:34Why can't it be like that all the time? There's no money in Birmingham, local councils, city council.
00:39There's no money. Well, I've only been three or four times because I don't drive anymore and it's not
00:47easy to get to on the bus. I think, yeah, lack of parking and just getting in and out is
00:51difficult.
00:52I mean, luckily we've got the trains that go straight in and out, which is what I would prefer, to
00:56be honest.
00:56Well, I wouldn't go much beyond Grand Central, so I wouldn't know.
01:00But it's quite depressing if you go in the city centre Corporation Street area. House of Fraser is
01:07so sad that what happened there. That's the heart of the city centre, as far as I'm concerned. And
01:14it's actually dangerous to go there sometimes at the day and night. I think some of the areas are Union
01:21Street, Corporation Street, actually dangerous and uncomfortable to go. So I don't go as often
01:28as I used to, no.
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