[chav1]

you could park for free before it was built and a lot more parking spaces were available come to mention it

to be honest accrington didnt need the arndale center all that happened was that buisnesses moved into it leaving empty shops on broad way and in the old arcade leaving plenty of room for cheap shops and charity shops

all the arndale has acheived is less parking , killed off broadway and the destruction of one of accringtons established pubs

just think back to before the arndale was around we had a thriving town

we had a currys
dixons
granada rentals
a gas shop
i think we had a norweb shop as well
tescos
shifters - although a sh1t hole it was a good pub
cinema - I mean a good cinema not the crap we have now

just seems to me that since the arndale came along accrington has slowly died