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stanaccrington · 15-03-2005, 16:23

Yes, of course a shopping centre with a nice Next would be lovely. But what would it really achieve? A few extra hundred people heading into the area per week? Possibly not even that, from what I've heard.
The Panopticons however seem to offer the potential for something else. A way for the area to be put on a tourist map. Anyone heard of the Great Days Out? Gets people on coaches into Accy, stopping at Ossy Mills etc. My gran has been on several of these trips and loved em. Said she wouldn't have bothered with Accy otherwise. Imagine now if Accy were on a route for a Panopticon tour? Same thing.
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Yep Ossy mills another 1/2 price market type store that attracts numorous people to the area, why cos its cheap,age group over 60s why cos its cheap,who else goes on coach trips during the week? So how the hell you going to get a load of oaps up the coppice?

What the town needs is investment in industry, in jobs, in revitalisation of the town center which will bring in better shops, better shopping enviroment you need a whole new road structure because some some ill imformed planners decided to route traffic away from town,to bring people to Accrington you have to start with the people who live there make it a place people want to live in not a chav center of excellence where they know the system will surpport them. So you have to knock a few buildings down that have been there a while, you have to clean up springhill and make the people respect where thay live. When you achive that then start looking at stupid lumps on the coppice, too many people who make decsions for Hyndburn don't live there so it doesnt impact them, it like the "they just got 100,000 from the goverment so we want some" attitude who cares how much it costs or where the money comes from just say no thanks we want our town back. When a counciller actually stands up and says look this town has gone down so far we dont need any more hairbrained schemes or pound shops we need a radical overhaul and we need to go out and find investment to make this once proud town prosperous again.

15-03-2005, 16:23	#41
stanaccrington Junior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 28 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Panopticons Yes, of course a shopping centre with a nice Next would be lovely. But what would it really achieve? A few extra hundred people heading into the area per week? Possibly not even that, from what I've heard. The Panopticons however seem to offer the potential for something else. A way for the area to be put on a tourist map. Anyone heard of the Great Days Out? Gets people on coaches into Accy, stopping at Ossy Mills etc. My gran has been on several of these trips and loved em. Said she wouldn't have bothered with Accy otherwise. Imagine now if Accy were on a route for a Panopticon tour? Same thing. .................................................. .................................................. .... Yep Ossy mills another 1/2 price market type store that attracts numorous people to the area, why cos its cheap,age group over 60s why cos its cheap,who else goes on coach trips during the week? So how the hell you going to get a load of oaps up the coppice? What the town needs is investment in industry, in jobs, in revitalisation of the town center which will bring in better shops, better shopping enviroment you need a whole new road structure because some some ill imformed planners decided to route traffic away from town,to bring people to Accrington you have to start with the people who live there make it a place people want to live in not a chav center of excellence where they know the system will surpport them. So you have to knock a few buildings down that have been there a while, you have to clean up springhill and make the people respect where thay live. When you achive that then start looking at stupid lumps on the coppice, too many people who make decsions for Hyndburn don't live there so it doesnt impact them, it like the "they just got 100,000 from the goverment so we want some" attitude who cares how much it costs or where the money comes from just say no thanks we want our town back. When a counciller actually stands up and says look this town has gone down so far we dont need any more hairbrained schemes or pound shops we need a radical overhaul and we need to go out and find investment to make this once proud town prosperous again. Last edited by stanaccrington; 15-03-2005 at 16:27.