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View Poll Results: Should there be a beach in Accrington?
Yes! 2 16.67%
No! 10 83.33%
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Old 15-07-2012, 14:41   #16
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Re: Accrington Beach!

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I couldn't quite remember about Oakhill Park as Milnshaw was my local one. But if you think so too...
Wasn't there one in Woodlands in C.L.M?
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Old 15-07-2012, 14:43   #17
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Wasn't there one in Woodlands in C.L.M?
No idea, not my neck of the woods.
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Old 15-07-2012, 14:45   #18
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No idea, not my neck of the woods.
Did you not stray far from Milnshaw?
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Old 15-07-2012, 14:50   #19
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Did you not stray far from Milnshaw?
Not at an age when I appreciated paddling pools! Never got further down Clayton than just past the Greyhound, where my great great uncle lived, used to go and visit him after school every week on the bus. A trip to Oakhill Park was a special treat.

Clayton is still a bit of a closed book to me today, as is Ossy, Woodnook, Fern Gore and most of that side of town. But don't forget I haven't lived in Accy since the sixties so haven't really had the opportunity to get acquainted.
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Old 15-07-2012, 14:52   #20
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There was a temporary city beach in Manchester Castlefield area a couple of years ago. It was very popular but Manchester Castlefield is a popular area for a day out.. Plenty of decent bars, restaurants, MOSI and decent shops within a 10 minute walk....

Accrington has none of this stuff. The town centre is dying on its arse, the market is less than half the size it once was. The Market Hall has been completely ruined in my opinion, and there's hardly an abundance of decent boozers and restaurants.

Accrington would have been better off with a few small green spaces in the town centre but to be honest. I don't think that anything would attract people to shop here now. When I ask people at work if they come to Accrington shopping, the answer is always...
"I used to come years ago for the market, but not anymore."

It would be a waste of money to make a beach here.
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Old 15-07-2012, 15:34   #21
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Just knock the whole town centre down and site it there. It's dying on its feet anyway, thanks to successive councils. If it was a beach, you'd probably get more people there than now.
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Accrington has none of this stuff. The town centre is dying on its arse, the market is less than half the size it once was. The Market Hall has been completely ruined in my opinion, and there's hardly an abundance of decent boozers and restaurants.
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Old 15-07-2012, 17:25   #22
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Been some stupid ideas on here, but this takes the biscuit.
Well I saw the thread title cashy, then saw who posted it, which kind of explained everything really
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Old 15-07-2012, 19:28   #23
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I would have voted, but there was no 'why on earth would anyone suggest this' option.
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Old 15-07-2012, 19:51   #24
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'why on earth would anyone suggest this'
...because he hasn't been the centre of attention for awhile?
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Old 15-07-2012, 21:01   #25
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Do some towns actually have artificial beaches? are they going to make an artificial beach too?

What is a beach without sunsets over sea horizons.
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Old 15-07-2012, 21:34   #26
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Do some towns actually have artificial beaches? are they going to make an artificial beach too?

What is a beach without sunsets over sea horizons.
Doesn't have to be the sea ... Lakes are good too. I remember sailing accross Lake Athabasca one summer hauling diesel fuel to Uranium City. Just like the sea, except you could drink the water. Also drove over the same route on the ice road in a SIN truck ... no, we weren't hauling whores; that's Saskatchewan Indian Nations ... Ok, so my buddy Roland Desjarlais, who was Chief of the Muskowekwan Ojibway First Nation at the time, did most of the driving, but I did do the simple bits So, if it's a cold winter over there, what about an ice road from Clayton to Ossy? It would be a winter complement to the beach.
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Old 15-07-2012, 21:36   #27
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If you put it by the canal in Clayton Davemac can take seaside pictures as well as ducks and wicky things. No topless sunbathing though!
You have my support on that one, what about topless photographers?
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Old 15-07-2012, 21:43   #28
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Wasn't there one in Woodlands in C.L.M?
As the memory is the second thing to go, this may not be accurate. But I seem to remember an abandonned wading pool in the Woodlands. I believe I used to sail a toy boad in it. One of those which worked on candle power ... don't know exactly how to describe it; but someone else's memory may be working better than mine.
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Old 15-07-2012, 21:53   #29
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You have my support on that one,
Oh sorry thought you were wearing it.

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what about topless photographers?
Are you volunteering?
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Old 15-07-2012, 23:57   #30
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years ago there was a rumour that there was going to be a leisure resort /theme park built up huncoat which resulted in jokes about the place been known as Huncoat Sands.

If it an artificial beach your after just dump the kids at jewsons or greengates with tehir bucket and spade and leave them in the sand bunker while you go shopping
I remember that wasn't it in the 80's and the site was passed Huncoat on the right side on they way to Burnley just passed the quarries. The guy behind it was a local business man, maybe Asian.
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