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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
You can't kill something that is already dead...and I think Accrington is just that.
The market is almost ghostly with more empty stalls than occupied ones....and this is on a Saturday.
As for the new bus station being a positive....this is going to take those who use public transport further away from the market so traders are going to be upping sticks and leaving........those planters on Broadway are going to need the lettering altering......because we might have flowers come summer, but the market may be gone.
It really can't be a sensible plan to let market stalls remain empty(bringing in no revenue) surely it would be better to let them out at a nominal charge so that at least there would be a bit of variety....tempt people away from the bus stops to spend money.
I know that other towns are suffering similar problems....but surely that should be a signal for towns to get their heads together and work out some kind of strategies to remedy the problems.
The new bus station isn't the answer it is going to take people away...not bring them in.
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Spot on as usual Marg but will they listen? I think not, our town is in a mess but nobody seems to be addressing the cause of the problem. Moving the bus station is definetly not going to cure the problem, in fact I've heard it said that if the proposed move goes ahead, the clothes stall that takes up quite a chunk of the outside market is quitting after many years on Accrington market
