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Originally Posted by JCB
Accrington Observer front page 17/9/10 : No mention of the market .
Accrington Observer front page 24/9 10 : An article on a possible traders' boycott .No mention of Opposition activity until page 4 , when Pam Barton speaks out , and we are told that the Labour group has called for a rethink .
Accrington Observer front page 1/10/10 : No mention of the market .
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My mistake, it was the 10th September and 24th September editions. Since Peter Britcliffe somehow manages to get his own quotes in almost every story in that august weekly publication I'd say that the chances for a balanced report are very slim.
However, anyone with half an eye on the Market Hall ball would be aware that the Labour and Independent councillors are unanimously against six-day trading. It is not going to work. You may have chosen to be unaware of our stance but all the stallholders know that we are on their side and are fighting their cause from within HBC. At the end of the day those are the people who really count in this pitiful situation.
I'll be investigating how much the advertising leaflet cost and it also seems a huge coincidence that his son's coffee stall gets a glowing review in the same edition that is trying to quash stories of the Market Hall failing. I don't wish ill fortune of Coffeebeanz, but there has been a maximum of two customers sitting there every time I have been in the Market Hall compared with packed seats in the two cafes immediately below.
Six days will not solve that, I'm afraid.