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Forum: Questions and Answers 10-08-2011, 21:28

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? can your fiddle only play one tune?

Forum: Questions and Answers 10-08-2011, 20:43

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Hope you are feeling better Heth....I have to say the root beer concoction does sound like it might be an acquired taste....I think I will give it a miss.

Forum: Questions and Answers 10-08-2011, 20:14

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? The link which you may have overlooked, is the fact that the White Hart in Todmorden has just been renovated by JD Wetherspoons. My auntie lived on Square road in Walsden...I went every Friday after...

Forum: Questions and Answers 10-08-2011, 19:38

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Oh Bernard you disappoint me....there I was thinking you were a discerning chap. Todmordens cricket ground would be much more attractive if it wasn't anywhere near Todmorden. The place (Tod) makes...

Forum: Questions and Answers 10-08-2011, 19:35

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? I'm heart broken. I really wanted that job too :D:D:D

Forum: Questions and Answers 10-08-2011, 10:23

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? I hated Todmorden......it always felt really oppressive..even on a sunny day. Bad earth magic. Bacup is the same.

Forum: Questions and Answers 08-08-2011, 20:25

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? other retail outlets have A boards on the pavement(in fact there was one outside the Market Hall this morning advertising something or other)....and what does it matter where the chain is based? ...

Forum: Questions and Answers 08-08-2011, 19:59

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Maybe Wetherspoons have permission from the council.

Forum: Questions and Answers 08-08-2011, 18:42

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? well, why didn't you then? I am surprised that your sensitivities allowed you to be on the same street as the hated(by you) Wetherspoons.

Forum: Questions and Answers 06-08-2011, 14:30

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? oh Atarah, don't tell Tealeaf....it is his opinion that the place is only frequented by chavs, ne'er do wells, and of course people who are not worthy of anything that comes close to respect. In...

Forum: Questions and Answers 18-07-2011, 06:01

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? It will be on a par with the Calder and lots of other establishments of that ilk.......as I said in a previous post, you may be lucky enough to live where there is more choice.......but to be honest,...

Forum: Questions and Answers 17-07-2011, 20:45

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Tealeaf, the tap room doesn't seem to be required these days...since bad language and swearing in public appear to be the norm. As for snobbery...read post 173 again and tell me there isn't an...

Forum: Questions and Answers 17-07-2011, 17:59

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? It is certainly better looking than when it was boarded up with sheets of perforated metal. Tealeaf, you are exhibiting a kind of snobbery. We cannot all sup at quality establishments. And...

Forum: Questions and Answers 13-07-2011, 19:22

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Now we need to get someone to do something about the blue and white monstrosity on Broadway.

Forum: Questions and Answers 20-05-2011, 16:29

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Was this the period when the landlord was called Keegan? I remember my brother used to go to the Commercial to play games(and to watch TV - theirs was better than ours) with the landlords...

Forum: Questions and Answers 17-05-2011, 20:17

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? d'you think the beer will be the same price as it was back then? :)........no, Neither do I.

Forum: Questions and Answers 01-04-2011, 19:18

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? I think like most franchises, it will only be as good as the people who run it. Saying all Wetherspoons are crap is like saying all Thwaites pubs are rubbish. The acid test will be whether the folk...

Forum: Questions and Answers 01-04-2011, 11:46

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? I wasn't going to mention that John:D

Forum: Questions and Answers 01-04-2011, 06:18

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Cashy....I like your style! We both know you are a recycled teenager:D.

Forum: Questions and Answers 31-03-2011, 18:35

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Yes, but I fear there is only so much custom to go around........and people usually stay loyal to the places they know - especially when they have had good service........and that service is provided...

Forum: Questions and Answers 31-03-2011, 14:58

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? I didn't say I would drink the Greggs coffee, but lots of people seem to(I suppose it comes down to what you are used to drinking).......and your decaf vanilla latte comes at what price? My point...

Forum: Questions and Answers 31-03-2011, 12:04

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? This is going to come as a bit of a shock.........I agree with you. My point was that Costa Coffee is (relatively) expensive(when you can get your coffee and a bacon buttie for £1.99 at Greggs),...

Forum: Questions and Answers 31-03-2011, 11:06

Replies: 234 Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? Views: 16,723 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Weatherspoons Pub coming to Accy??? As usual, the Telegraph has made a dogs breakfast of this bit of news. I'm not sure that the economic climate in Accrington will support a Costa Coffee outlet........will wait and see. ...

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