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English Electric was a large employer, look at that site now, a collection of "units" storage etc.Lets face the facts Accrington is no longer a manufacturing base and has not been for many a year.
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So we should just give up on it! Money can be spent to keep what little industry and commerce is still left in Accrington, in Accrington, and to promote the place for new investment. Retail units are an easy way out right now, but in the future the local economy will not be able to support them all. Do you really think we should rely on supermarkets for our income?
I would much prefer our councils to try to find real genuine businesses, with real genuine prospects than another supermarket that we totally don't need.
Good luck to the children of Accrington, I'm pretty sure the clever ones will be out of here as soon as they are 18, and I'm almost certain they wont ever look back!