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Originally Posted by steeljack
To original poster , Seems to me as an 'interested outsider' an ex Arroder (Gt Harwood) who has links to Ossy (my parents got wed at Ossy Emmanual Church) my Mom being a 'West End girl' ... at one time Ossy had one of the most deprived areas in Hyndburn (Greater Accrington) any mention that you came from the "Back o Johns area " and you were immediatly labeled as lower than dirt , not sure but maybe through Councillor Britcliffes efforts I dont think the area carries the same social stigma anymore, as someone who represents the Spring st. area of Rishton , maybe , just maybe after a few years hard work and effort you can bring the same rejuvination to the areas you represent.
Methinks as a newcomer to the area , not born and bred (think you once mentioned you were from Preston or Chorley area) you should learn a bit more of the history of the Borough
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Do you honestly think I haven't been doing research into the borough I represent? How little you must think of me.
Oswaldtwistle is an impressive sight to me once you get to Alleytroyds and there is much to look at and heap praise on but we have now had a decade where almost nothing has been spent on major projects in outer wards. Even Mercer Hall baths has now had the money pulled from it and is in danger of closing by the end of the year.
The problem as I see it is that there is no joined up thinking regarding projects which is why regeneration seems to be taking such a long time across the borough. Bits of ideas are have had money thrown at them but with no thought as to how they will be completed.
Pendle Street in Central ward is a prime example of waste. Why on Earth did the council buy those and leave them stood empty and structurally unsound when insurance payments to the original owners would have circumvented the whole problem? As I understand it, it was a quick fix election promise which has now lumbered us with a very expensive and practically useless asset that will inevitably cost us even more in future.
Project Phoenix in Springhill/Central is symptomatic of the obsession with pulling down terraced houses in favour of modern housing but if you look at what is being built they are essentially terraced houses and are even closer to the main road than before! There isn't the money around at the moment for the developers to complete the project so the area will be left with a gaping wound of open space.
You mention Spring Street, something I have now drawn up a practicable solution for, but it does rather rely on the money being allocated and I don't pull the purse strings.