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| Linwood wins 'dismal' town award | Linwood wins 'dismal' town award |
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| Linwood has been named as Scotland's most dismal town in the annual Carbuncle awards. | Linwood has been named as Scotland's most dismal town in the annual Carbuncle awards. |
| The Renfrewshire town has become the latest recipient of the "Plook on a Plinth", awarded by Urban Realm magazine. | The Renfrewshire town has become the latest recipient of the "Plook on a Plinth", awarded by Urban Realm magazine. |
| The award was set up in 2000 with the aim of provoking debate about the quality of development in many of Scotland's towns and cities. | The award was set up in 2000 with the aim of provoking debate about the quality of development in many of Scotland's towns and cities. |
| Linwood beat Fort William and Nairn for the title "worst town". | Linwood beat Fort William and Nairn for the title "worst town". |
| The town, once famed as the manufacturing base for the Hillman Imp, is said to have shocked the judges with the "decrepit state of its decaying town centre". | The town, once famed as the manufacturing base for the Hillman Imp, is said to have shocked the judges with the "decrepit state of its decaying town centre". |
| They said it was stuck in a state of limbo as Tesco deliberated whether or not to proceed with a major redevelopment. | They said it was stuck in a state of limbo as Tesco deliberated whether or not to proceed with a major redevelopment. |
| But judges said it was not a lost cause and could easily be turned around. | But judges said it was not a lost cause and could easily be turned around. |
| Previous winners of the Carbuncle award include John O'Groats, Glenrothes, Coatbridge and Cumbernauld. | Previous winners of the Carbuncle award include John O'Groats, Glenrothes, Coatbridge and Cumbernauld. |
| This year's award will be handed over to the 'Linwood Sucks' community group. | This year's award will be handed over to the 'Linwood Sucks' community group. |
| Tom Burke, editor of LinwoodSucks.com, said of his hometown: "The best progress in Linwood in 20 years is seeing the local chemist and opticians being housed in temporary portacabins as the shopping centre was becoming too dangerous for them to continue doing business there. | Tom Burke, editor of LinwoodSucks.com, said of his hometown: "The best progress in Linwood in 20 years is seeing the local chemist and opticians being housed in temporary portacabins as the shopping centre was becoming too dangerous for them to continue doing business there. |
| He added: "I've spent the best part of four years in Iraq and thinking of some of the positive reconstruction work that's taken place there it's actually better than this." | He added: "I've spent the best part of four years in Iraq and thinking of some of the positive reconstruction work that's taken place there it's actually better than this." |
| Urban Realm editor John Glenday said: "It's been three months of trudging around some of the country's darkest corners but in the end judging for the 2011 Carbuncle Awards didn't prove too challenging, Linwood's plight was simply too great to ignore. | |
| "Scotland's first shopping centre is also its worst, leaving Linwood as a town without a heart - but it isn't a lost cause. | "Scotland's first shopping centre is also its worst, leaving Linwood as a town without a heart - but it isn't a lost cause. |
| "It could be turned around and turned around quite quickly. To do so however requires action, it is in this spirit as a catalyst for change that Linwood has been awarded the Carbuncle award." | "It could be turned around and turned around quite quickly. To do so however requires action, it is in this spirit as a catalyst for change that Linwood has been awarded the Carbuncle award." |