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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Guinness, desirable and quality are never free...maybe that is why people go out of town to buy what they need....and a new bus station will soon be available to take them away from town...it sure as hell won't bring people in.
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See this is what is intrinsically wrong with HBC and thinking. Blackburn does not want Whitebirk because it will impact on them...this is true, the Mall and those widely strewn retail parks around the Bolton Road area will become wastelands as the shops there will move to Whitebirk...Hyndburn on the other hand has absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain if they negotiate.
Blackburn has already realised that anyone with half a brain will get off their local bus at the new Accrington bus station, grab a coffee from the machine and wait for the Blackburn bus to take them to the shops..they don't want the distraction of Whitebirk to draw people away.
The big shops also know this, only our councillors are blind to this with their forlorn hope of recreating a town centre that goes against the tide of modern shopping habits.
Negotiate with Peel, get the free buses, get a market area for traders..it's a win/win for Accrington