[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by cmonstanley

back in the early 1990s i remember something about the plan to build in between blackburn and ossy to join them up and to make hyndburn a suburb of the city of blackburn .

There was an even earlier event back in the 1970s when blegburn thowt they were going to take over what is now Hyndburn, Mottershead of blegburn rubbed his hands in glee, half penny on the rates would bring in 30,000 to blegburn, the people of Oswaldtwistle rose up and threatened to build a wall across the road on the boundry with Blegburn. Mottershead had blegburns new town hall bult on the strength of such a take over, 1/2 of that stood unused for years after, only Darwen was made top suffer from their ineptitude.
The last thing we need is that lot from blegburn running this part of Lancashire, all our services would be run from yon dump, the area would become even more blighted, your local councillors would have little voice in the affairs. Why do you think they want the new bus station, being pushed by county and blegburn, NOT to serve Accrington, but to transport Accrington shoppers to blegburn.