[Gayle]

Those are fantastic ideas Madhatter. For a while I've been asking on this forum, what should we do - let's forget the negative for a moment and think of really positive ideas that promote the town/area and get attention for the right reasons. I've had quite a few ideas myself and if ever I'm in such a position to work on them I promise that I will do (bit tricky at the moment with the political situation but should things straighten out in May it will get a whole lot easier).

There are all sorts of festivals, events, activities, markets etc that could be brought to a town like Oswaldtwistle to really get the place buzzing.

Thank you for your constructive comments and I'd love to hear more from anyone else.