Cas

When I did some work in Castleford a few years ago there was talk of a programme by Kevin McCloud [of

Grand Designsfame]
doing a programme on re-designing Castleford. I never heard any more of
it, even though it was very obvious that the town needed any bit of
help it could get.Then out of the blue the programmes emerged. The first one was shown last week

Big Town Plan. It was very inspiring and focused on a new bridge across the River Aire. So Rowan and I took the train to have a look at it. Two things stood out - it was fantastic and it was being used by lots of local people to walk on, look at the river etc - it seemed very successful.After that we walked into the town centre and got some food for a picnic from Marks & Sparks. Rowan is partial to their Sushi, so now came the acid test for Cas: would they have sushi? With some trepidation I asked the fearsome looking assistant. "Oh yes love its over there". Times are changing.