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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
And that perfectly illustrates the point that we are talking about two entirely different issues.
The proposed name change need not go ahead in order for the individual towns to have their own councils. For the people who want individual town councils I cannot understand why such independent spirit would settle for being known nationally as an "and district" of Accrington. At present Accrington has its own identity within Hyndburn just as all the other towns do but if the name change goes ahead then all the other towns will be regarded nationally as merely parts of Accrington in much the way that Springhill and Fern Gore are now. Do you really want that? Do you want to lose your identity?
I can't help feeling that by lumping the two issues together it is made to look like this is giving the other towns more of an individual identity when in fact it is doing precisely the opposite.
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You have explained the issues perfectly. And also highlighted how the people of the other towns feel, that they don't want to be regarded as parts of Accrington. They are proud of where they live and don't want to live in Accrington & the Districts.
Following on from Neil's post - the Act of Parliament allowing the formation of new Parish, Town or community Councils has not yet become law. At the moment a certain percentage of residents of an area need to sign a petition that they would like to form a Parish Council. So Councillor Britcliffe can not promise a referendum in May (he is very good at making promises - but then reneging on them). At last night's Council Metting he proposed setting up a group of councillors to undertake a review of the possibity of setting up a 'Town Council'.