Will it be missed?

It’s bloody ugly. It was in Get Carter. And it’s finally closed, pending demolition.

The Trinity Square car park in Gateshead is finally going to be demolished to make way for a new supermarket and hotel. I remember my parents parking there when I was a kid before we went to Tesco and Shopping City.

This huge, concrete monstrosity has stood as an eyesore for thirty years and finally it’s going. 96% of residents in the area said they wanted rid of it. I was amongst them (though not surveyed).

Until now. Now it’s at the point where it’s actually going to go I’m thinking, “hang on”. It’s ugly, but it’s been there almost as long as I’ve been alive. I remember it from before I was 10 years old. One of the most iconic films in modern cinema history had a superb sequence shot there. So what if it’s an eyesore?

Thankfully, common sense then takes hold again and I realise the skyline will be better off without it. Memories are good. And there are photos. I only hope the hotel they build looks nice. In comparison, anyway.