[Wynonie Harris]

Agree with Cashy that it's the folk who make Accy. They're warm and friendly, yet at the same time, they possess a certain steely resolve. It's that resolve which has enabled Accrington to consistently punch above its weight. It's really too small to have a football league club...but it did have one and now it has one again. It's really too small to support a Pals Batallion...but it did do with great distinction. As Cashy says, it has more than it's fair share of famous people in many different fields.

I also think that the central area in question makes Accy unique, too. When I was queueing up to go into the Food Fair in the town hall a few months ago, there were two women obviously from another town stood in front of me chatting. They looked up at the town hall and the market hall in admiration, as one said to the other, "don't they look great? We don't have that in our town anymore, because they knocked it all down to build concrete blocks." There's so much potential going to waste in that area at the moment. I'd like to see it developed with gardens, maybe some sort of band/concert stand, with perhaps murals reflecting the town's claims to fame and its distinguished sons and daughters. Just an initial thought, really...