BUBBLES was never quite a tourist attraction. More accurate would be to call it a tourist disappointment.

It had its chance and its less than exciting wave tunnel and freezing cold, litter-infested outdoor pool will be missed by no-one.

But what is the future for it? Currently Morecambe's least attractive feature is its beach and the filthy water that meets it. Accenting this with a marina would be like putting eyeshadow around a particularly loathsome, greasy boil.

A simple question: what possible use would a marina be to anyone? If I didn't live here, I wouldn't visit to see it.

The Eric Morecambe statue was a surprise success despite being ugly, unflattering and showing desperation to prove to the world that Morecambe has some worth. Whole armies of creatures, loitering around the rubble of Bubbles is a bad idea of Blobbyland proportions.

It would be of no long-term interest to anyone. Who would want to see it more than once, if at all?

And besides, pop stars are easily disposed of, statues are not. It would be interesting to know if candidates for inclusion have been considered. And, what is the significance of putting them in cages?

A town famed for shrimps, aged stair-lift saleswomen, depression and dirty water will never be a popular summer holiday resort.

The sooner this is realised the sooner we can stop striving for this hopeless ambition. An attraction that does not rely on the weather or the water may be the only way around this. We need something that can be a regular attraction to locals and tourists alike. How about a nightclub complex, so vast, well equipped and acoustically engineered that it would attract major name DJs and bands, regular attendance from locals and a new kind of tourism.

If utilised properly it could attract thousands of people a week... regardless of the season.

The town need not grind to a halt as soon as our poor excuse for summer slides into perpetual autumn and winter.

People would come despite the weather (as with any other SuperClub), needing to buy food and a place to sleep.

Failing that we should leave Bubbles standing, decaying as a tribute to the stupidity of the local council.

Kevin Bradshaw (via e-mail)