Accrington Market Hall or Lancashire furniture?

spacecadet · 14-09-2012, 19:48

This furniture stall is making the market look like a junk shop . this is the last straw he's now taken over the seating area, and making up flat packs there. I have already sent a letter to the market , no wonder people think the towns markets and shops are going to pot.

garinda · 14-09-2012, 19:54

Yes, terrible.

Market halls weren't built so some cheeky upstart could sell stuff in them.

Our forefathers built them so future generations could sit there, watching some nice community art event.

mobertol · 14-09-2012, 20:07

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Originally Posted by garinda

Yes, terrible.

Market halls weren't built so some cheeky upstart could sell stuff in them.

Our forefathers built them so future generations could sit there, watching some nice community art event.

Cheeky upstart!

You know what Spacecadet meant - a touch of class and quality! Good God -there isnt even a second-hand book-stall (that which I miss the most)or a cheese stall, among others, there's only one tripe stall left

- I can't sleep for my Grand-mother turning in her grave...

The Market Hall has always been a place which has represented the heart and the citizens of the town -their needs and taste...has Accy become a load of cheap flat-packs and undesireable charity shops?

Wanted to avoid mentioning the outside market but i can't resist - it is a disgrace -selling cheap tacky stuff and famous store seconds just about to go outside sellby date -has the town no pride left...?!

garinda · 14-09-2012, 20:27

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Originally Posted by mobertol

Cheeky upstart!

You know what Spacecadet meant - a touch of class and quality! Good God -there isnt even a second-hand book-stall (that which I miss the most)or a cheese stall, among others, there's only one tripe stall left

- I can't sleep for my Grand-mother turning in her grave...

The Market Hall has always been a place which has represented the heart and the citizens of the town -their needs and taste...has Accy become a load of cheap flat-packs and undesireable charity shops?

Wanted to avoid mentioning the outside market but i can't resist - it is a disgrace -selling cheap tacky stuff and famous store seconds just about to go outside sellby date -has the town no pride left...?!

It's a market hall.

People go there hoping to buy stuff they want.

Not to browse expensive antiques, or check out the latest trends in cutting edge design.

He seems to have a good turn-over when I go past twice a week.

At least he's making a friggin' livin', and it's not yet one more empty space in there, where stall holders once plied their trade for generations.

Wynonie Harris · 14-09-2012, 20:37

Personally, I'd get rid of the seating area altogether and put stalls back in there. Put the benches out the front of the market hall to replace the ones that were "experimentally" taken away.

spacecadet · 14-09-2012, 20:40

I did not really mean cheap stuff.... I meant that he is taking over the market, a lady with a pram could not even get past: there is furniture all over the place , outside the front we have a double bed... then next to the cafe we have another bed and other stuff. all over the outside lines of his stall and then next to mathews he's got another stall in there. it just looks so bad.

Restless · 14-09-2012, 20:40

Seems to me like most of it would be empty space if that dude didn't artfully misplace furniture everywhere. Least they could do is put comfortable furniture there so we could sit on them whilst the sold them

spacecadet · 14-09-2012, 20:42

At least he's making a friggin' livin', and it's not yet one more empty space in there, where stall holders once plied their trade for generations.[/quote]

yes fair enough, however there is a limit:

garinda · 14-09-2012, 20:48

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Originally Posted by spacecadet

I did not really mean cheap stuff.... I meant that he is taking over the market, a lady with a pram could not even get past: there is furniture all over the place , outside the front we have a double bed... then next to the cafe we have another bed and other stuff. all over the outside lines of his stall and then next to mathews he's got another stall in there. it just looks so bad.

I buy bacon from the butcher's facing it.

I have mobility issues, because I have Parkinson's.

I go past the stall twice a week, ever since he's been there, and have never, ever faced any obstruction.

mobertol · 14-09-2012, 20:49

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Originally Posted by garinda

It's a market hall.

People go there hoping to buy stuff they want.

Not to browse expensive antiques, or check out the latest trends in cutting edge design.

He seems to have a good turn-over when I go past twice a week.

At least he's making a friggin' livin', and it's not yet one more empty space in there, where stall holders once plied their trade for generations.

Fair enough -I can't really comment -the last time I was in the market hall was when I was over in April -I bought some sweets to bring home and generally found it to be a pleasant place to be. Enjoyed Atarah and company's museum and the tea -shop. There was also a good exhibition of local art from amateurs upstairs. The rennovation is great and i have some really good photos of it all -but the heart seems to have gone out of the place as peoples shopping habits have changed.

My Gt-grandmother shopped on a daily basis as her household journals attest -most people now shop once week at a supermarket. The market hall was once one of the hubs of the town where all gossip was exchanged and it was at the center of the townsfolks dealings -probably more gossip is now exchanged on Accyweb...sad but a sign of the times.

garinda · 14-09-2012, 20:50

As for 'looking bad'.

Speaking aesthetically, no it doesn't.

In context, as a market stall, in a market hall, it looks perfectly fine.

Restless · 14-09-2012, 20:52

di. I sure do miss the potato pie in the cafe

garinda · 14-09-2012, 20:52

I actually think their lighting display, visually scores better than fine.

garinda · 14-09-2012, 20:55

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Originally Posted by spacecadet

however there is a limit:

What's the limit?

Care to expand, on what should, and shouldn't be allowed in a market hall?

mobertol · 14-09-2012, 21:05

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Originally Posted by Restless

di. I sure do miss the potato pie in the cafe

The cafe's are fine -didn't ask for potato pie though -could be a line to explore for a new stall-holder though, with peas of course.

It's hard to keep in line with the tastes of the local folk - a good home-made Italian gastronomy stall could do well -will begin to research it...