[Barrie Yates]

Once major changes have been made to an area it is virtually impossible to change them back when the changes prove to have a negative effect.
I always looked forward to visiting Accrington when we had a trip home, even when we settled in Blackpool - what was the attraction? Accrington Market was, when it was still the old market before the building of the Wilko/JJB complex, fish stalls behind the Town Hall that didn't stink like the current ones do, stalls laid out with pride and such a wide variety of goods on offer - new goods that is, not like the current flea market that we now have on most days.
The new bus station appears to be finalised, the effect on the town will not be felt immediately but I am sure it will have a detrimental effect as has been pointed out by others - when the impact is finally recognised the people who instigated it will probably no longer be involved - another case of "deja vu"?