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Speaking of attracting tourists. One of the things that would bring tourists in to Accrington is a lively, ambitious and diverse program of events designed to cater to all tastes and all ages. The sort of events that are not available anywhere else, which will get people out of their homes and queing up to spend their dosh in Hyndburn. We already have the venues. We have a civic theatre, A conference centre, of sorts. A delightful Victorian Town Hall and a gem of an Art Gallery. So it should be a breeze to get the tourist ackers rolling in.

HBC are so convinced that this tourist boom is on it's way that they have decided to start putting advertising inserts in the Observer. Entitled: "Your Guide to Events" They are really pushing the boat out over March and April.

At the Town Hall in Accrington, there will be one 50/50 dance night ,
Line Dancing every Wednesday and Sequence Dancing every Thursday,
The 8th Lancashire Food Festival and gala Dinner
And Tom McConville, Pauline Cato and Christine Hanson. The leaflet doesn't say what they do, presumably they are so well known as to need no further explanation.

At The Town Hall Ossy there is;
Laughing Bullfrog Comedy Club - 1 night
Humpty Dumpty - 1 afternoon
B'Eagles (Who?) - 1 night
and.... I can hardly wait..... Chas 'n' Dave!

Together with two exceedingly lacklustre exhibitions at the Haworth, that is your lot! I wouldn't bother rushing out to order your tickets right away, there is certain to be plenty available on the door.

The aching banality of these offerings from Hyndburn Leisure Services leaves me wondering, as I so often seem to do these day's, what planet do the people in Scaitcliffe House live on? It beggars belief that anyone in their right mind could consider that this paltry, amateurish, programme could generate anything other than sneers of derision.