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Originally Posted by Terry

Hopefully I don't step on anyones toes with this thread, but as an old Accringtonian, I have been very impressed with the way that Accy has changed. In my day, Accy was a dirty smelly filthy town with not much going for it at all. It was all black and sooty with terrible winter killer smogs. Since the 60's when smokeless fuels policy was introduced, Accy has gradually been transformed into something that I thought was nigh impossible. When I visited in 88, it was already on its way to becoming clean. At that time Accy was a veritable patchwork quilt of colour and blackness. Accy has always had some absolutely wonderful architecture. In the old days these buildings were not even worth lookin at considering the filth that adorned them. But what a different picture today(going off some of the pictures posted on this site). Despite all the nuances, all you Accringtonians at last have a town that is worth preserving and looking after and a town of which you can be very very proud.

dont know where you ve been looking but its got worse in the last 20 years . They ve ruined most junctions in the area like church traffic lights the shops are dismal its more like pound shop city the nightlife had picked up then the best place burnt down . The amount of dossers and smackheads increases by the day you only need to walk round the centre during the day to see that i went in the job centre last week and didnt stay there long i pity the assistants behind the desks but then again there is something that keeps me in this area guess its a love to hate thing lol