OT : The Peoples £50 Million Lottery Giveaway

[Woody]

This series of programs finish's tonight at 11.05 pm ITV1. I belive of the four Projects in the running for the £50 million will be awarded to the project which recieves the most votes from the public.

Project one is for the Eden project, they want the money to extend and improve the venture.

Project two is to update and improve Sherwood Forest in Nottingham , make it more intresting as a tourist attraction.

Project three is a UK wide scheme to create cycle routes and walk routes in over 79 communites.

Project 4 is for a few projects in the Black Country (Wolverhampton , Walsall , Sandwell & Dudley) they want to improve & conserve the areas heritage by turning the cuts (canals) into more inviting areas for walks, cycling ect... Creating a 12 mile green route between Walsall & West Brom (in Sandwell) & also Opening up some areas of the old mines in The Area to create a Major attraction in the area, I think this may be part of the Black Country Museum ( its at the back of JB's). The Black Country is home to 880,000 people (thats just shy of a million!) please REMEMBER the black country has absolultey nothing to do with Birmingham & Brummies are not in that people count. The Black Country has a lot of rich history and heritage, as the black country was very important during the industrial revolution.

I'd obviously like to encourage people to watch tonights show about the Black Country's bid, obviously vote for who you think deserves it the most but i just want to point out this will directly affect a hell of a lot of people who live in a very concrete & Industrial area. Making it a nicer place to live and visit and hopefully bringing more opportunites to the area aswell as DESTROYING the myth the black country is a terrible place to live & its inhabitants are rough (I've limited my muggings to the weekends!), to visit or invest in!

www.thepeoples50million.org.uk/projects/black-country

If we don't get it it better be the eden project or i'm kicking off!!

Woody

[Richard & Amanda In Cornwall]

Believe it or not the Eden project is not that popular with many Cornish people,We have never been.Surely a small fraction of this should go to internet radio stations instead.

[Woody]

I think Mr Price would go AWOL if we gave him £50 million hahaha! ;D

I was thinking the enviromental stuff that goes on @ the eden project, i thought that was more deserving than some of the other projects.

I'd just like to point out that last nights program was an appeal and as anyone who has ever been to Wolverhampton or Dudley ect... It don't all look like Heath Town, it is a very industrial and heavily built up place its home to just shy of a million. Oh and we ain't all depressed with low self esteem, i think that was egging it a bit......

Woody

[pickle]

I work part-time at the Leeds branch of Groundwork and we have been getting internal e-mails to vote for the Black Country, which involves their branch.

So I've voted by phone.

[Alison]

Well I was rather torn!

Within hours of Woody's appeal came an email from my Sister-In Law (who works at the Eden project) asking me to vote for them!!

I sort of feel that The Eden project is really like a business and with so many visitors, really ought to be funding itself. Also, Cornwall has had millions of pounds of European money over the last few years and with the tin mines re-opening the area seems to be up and coming again, so on that basis I think the Black country will get my vote! ;D

[Woody]

woohoo! ;D I just voted online not cause i'm tight like

Woody

[Richard & Amanda In Cornwall]

You are right Alison about Eden and Cornwall.You must have seen how the Eden road signs get defaced by the Cornish Nationalists,when you have been down.

[shaggy]

Where was the "Buy Shaggy A Big Mansion And Huge Fleet of Flash Cars And Let Him Have The Rest Of The Money So He Can Live A Life Of Luxury Cos We All Love Him" Fund? Surely a more deserving cause cannot be found anywhere in the world.........

allegedly.

Hell I'd vote for it.

[Woody]

i'd vote for you to dude , but bung me a couple of mill

Woody

[Woody]

sustrans or whatever its caled has won , so 79 bicycle routes are to be built up an down the country........hmmmm who voted for this don't we already have thing's for bikes called ROADS!!!!

I have been told it was on the radio that the Black Country Urban park schemes are to still go ahead as this Lotto bid has created a lot of intrest from companies / investors ect... obviously it will take longer than if the £50 million had come this way, but hey atleast it hasn't been scrapped!

Woody