What's the point of saving our heritage?

English Heritage, and similar organisations in the rest of the developed world, say that some old buildings are architecturally and culturally important and have to be saved.  When you watch some archeology programs, such as Channel 4's Time Team, when they are digging a site they often have artist's impressions of what the site looked like.  With preserved heritage, you do not need an artist's impression, as it is there, right in front of you.  Preserved heritage is also aesthetically pleasing, it 'looks nice' and certainly adds as air of authenticity to many a historical drama on the BBC or I.T.V. that a carefully designed set just does not have.  There is also the fact that some people have an interest in the history of their own area of a town or city and will search for things that satisfy this interest and make the history 'come alive'.  Preserved heritage is useful here too.  My own personal feeling is that it gives people a sense of where they 'come from', what sorts of things made their life and surroundings the way it is.
Now let me get to the point:  I am an adopted citizen of the city of Kingston-upon-Hull.  The bit of heritage that I would like to keep is Pickering Park, in it's entirety.  The Park was given to the people of Hull, in perpetuity, by Mr. Christopher Pickering, free-man of the City of Hull, and partially personally responsible for the growth of the fishing industry in the City of Hull.  The care of the park now falling to Trustees (elected officials of the City Council).  We have already 'lost' some of that heritage.  Some years ago an area was sold of to develop housing - the 'new bit of West Grove' so that the drainage of the park could be improved. This is not a model that is sustainable, as more and more of the park would be sold to preserve less and less.  The Friends of Pickering Park (I am a member of this group) have been trying, with some success, to get things happening in the park.  Proving that the park is worth preserving.  The Gates to the park, on the other hand, are in a poor state of repair indeed.  We have been trying for several years now to raise the funds necessary to have the gates restored.  But we feel that as time progresses, the gates are getting more and more fragile.  An analogy might be two heavy weight boxers leaning on each other for support, and they, in turn are supported by the ropes.  Each leaf of the gate weighs two tons, and is only being supported by the other leaf and the cast-iron pillars at either side, with bases set in concrete, and gradually rusting away over the 103 years that they have been erected.  You can support our campaign by going to our web site: http://www.friendsofpickeringpark.org.uk/park/gates or follow the Friends on Twitter or 'like' the Friends of Pickering Park on Facebook.

Government Reshuffle

I really do not know what to say about this.  Many commentators have said that the reshuffle represents a lurch to the right, which I am sure it does.  So what could this all mean? 
Well the person that has become Transport Secretary (his or her name escapes for the present) does not live in the flightpath of Heathrow Airport, so we all know what is going to happen there.  Property prices to plummet in certain areas of London?  More congestion on the M25?
Jezza has been moved to Health!  Well you know that that is going to end in tears.  He should have been sacked after the Murdoch scandal, but was found not guilty by Cameron on the basis of a 25 minute interview.  You can expect him to cosy up to large private Health Providers and witness the dismantling of the N.H.S. as we all know it!
Gideon has not been shifted, if anyone should have, he should have.  He has successfully steered the economy into the first double-dip recession that this country has not seen since the 1930's, in the days of the Great Depression, which had the effect of the rise of Fascism in most of Western Europe.  We can all look forward to that happening again.  The cuts are likely to continue which will probably mean that the economy will not improve any time soon.  Taking away people's jobs does not help the economy to grow, as we have already witnessed.  What is required is a spell of public spending on infra-structure projects in order to kick-start the economy into growth again.  I bet if the Government goes down this path that a lot of Private Companies will cream a goody proportion 'off the top', and there will be an influx of cheap labour from the Eastern Europe.