[Acrylic-bob]

I don't like this idea that we should be grateful for whatever meagre crumbs fall our way. There has been too much of that in the past, that is why Accrington looks the way that it does.

I don't expect the Guggenheim Centre or the Lloyds Building, but I do expect something a tad more adventurous than a pair of basic, bog standard, office blocks of the sort that has blighted the country for the past forty years.

Surely the whole point of regeneration is to raise the standard of an area, not drag it further down. I thought that the council were mad keen on encouraging tourist to the area? From what I have seen, thus far, that is an expectation that is destined to be thwarted.

And if they cannot get something a simple as a health centre right, what hope is there for the rest of the town?

These are landmark sites, they demand landmark buildings.