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Old 03-06-2007, 12:47   #111
WillowTheWhisp
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Re: Hyndburn to be axed.

A quick 'google' just brought up:

Hyndburn Athletic Club
Hyndburn Ramblers
Hyndburn Stray Dogs In Need
Hyndburn Enterprise Trust
Hyndburn Community Network
Hyndburn BSAC (British Sub Aqua Club)
Hyndburn Sure Start
Hyndburn Prospects
Hyndburn Circular (bus route)
Hyndburn Engineering Services Limited
Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Friends of the Earth
Hyndburn Used Furniture Store
Hyndburn Homes
Hyndburn Sports Centre
Hyndburn & District Boys Football League
Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust
Hyndburn Crossroads Counselling Service
Hyndburn Citizen
Rossendale & Hyndburn Equestrian Centre
Hyndburn Press Ltd
Hyndburn Rotaract
Hyndburn Commercials
Hyndburn Lone Parent Network
Hyndburn Speakers Club
The Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care National Health Service Trust
Hyndburn & Ribble Valley Carers Centre
Hyndburn Homewise
Hyndburn First
Hyndburn and Rossendale Registry Office
Hyndburn & Blackburn Angling Assciation
Hyndburn Cultural Association
Hyndburn Comets
Hyndburn Christian Stable

There are probably more - but my question is, will all of these have to change their name? They'll look pretty silly being named after Hyndburn when the council has scrapped Hyndburn. Who is going to pay for the expensive rebranding if they do all change their names?

And isn't 'Accrington and District & District Boys Football League' going to sound awfully silly?

Mind you it will distance the council from that infamous website and waste of time and money known as 'Hyndburn Life' - maybe that's why they want to do it?
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