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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
Then maybe my view of the world is just different to yours. Personally speaking, I like shopping in Accrington and can see all of its positives. I can also see that shopping habits have changed and there is no miracle cure which will see the streets paved with gold as they apparently were in the 1970s, despite what certain would-be MPs are saying.
So here's the question: how are commercial decisions the fault of the Council?
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Traffic problems on the M62 today and Mrs Garmin routed me through Heywood and down to Junction 2 on the M66.
Heywood what did I know about the place other than it's home to the excellent Phoenix Brewery?
The main road through, A58 what a revelation. Plenty of shops and not too many empty derelict eyesores.
Blackburn Road Accy or Union Road Ossy not.
I don't know if there's a link to Rochdale council and they are benefiting from reduced rates as mentioned by lancsdave #84 but it was bright and bustling.
Our council burghers need to get up there to see for themselves and find the USP by talking to their Heywood counterparts.
Don't think they are served by the railway and pretty sure there's no bus station but people were very much in evidence.
Just a thought finally, why do we need a bus station smack bang in the centre surely a dropping off point somewhere strategic would suffice?