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# Is the Dimbles really like Beirut?
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/is-the-dimbles-really-like-beirut/
- Published: 2009-02-06T08:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-01-05T19:00:49.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Comment & Opinion, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 21:52, News

For anyone who has seen the front page of the [Lichfield Mercury](http://www.thisislichfield.co.uk/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) this week, you’ll know that a councillor’s likening of the Dimbles to Beirut hasn’t gone down well.

Apparently, it’s the last thing the area needs. I tend to disagree.

The last thing the Dimbles needs is a sugar-coated vision of itself. Don’t let the wave of community spirit in the wake of the death of Michael Eccles fool you into thinking the area was rolling meadows with a fabled London blitz community spirit – it wasn’t.

The Dimbles was a place where you never felt safe. You only have to look at the amount of times you’d see a police car in the area to get a vibe for what it was really like.

To get through its problems, the Dimbles community needs to take a stand in much the way it has in the aftermath of the recent tragedy. But like anyone with a problem, the first step towards recovery is to admit you have a problem.

And no matter what the community say right now, they 

do 

have a problem.