[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by katex

Willow, sitting areas in town are usually not planned for long-stay periods, human traffic in a centre is moving all the time, and think you will find most people will stay on an average of around 15 minutes before moving off..Ok just made that stastitic up .. but most stastitics quoted are made up on the spur of the moment, (so stastitics prove ) but you must know what I mean. Can't think there was ever large numbers of peoples sat on the forms next to the sunken gardens when I used to visit town.

I wasn't thnking as far back as the sunken gardens, I was referring to the raised flower beds which were there before the market was temporily relocated. It's not that long ago and even if everyone only sat there for a maximum of 15 minutes there were still plenty of people on those walls in addition to any official seating provided. People tend not to sit for as long on Blackbun Rd (breathing in lovely traffic fumes from the buses) or Union Street.

I think Atarah had some photos of the old sunken gardens. I'd be interested to see just how many people there are on those. I'll have to see if i can find them.