[walkinman221]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

No I know you weren't, and to be honest, I think we are doing this author a disservice by relying on what the LT tell us he is saying...they really aren't interested in what the book says,(or Accrington's reputation for that matter) they may have taken what he said out of context just to make it a bit contentious...and of course to sell newspapers.........the publicity won't do the book any harm either.

The town is like many northern industrial towns, it has had a shiny past, but in general these towns have all suffered from the loss of industry(because it was that that made the town rich...in every way)and a lack of investment.

Surely you cant think the LT or the press in general would take things out of context I think we are both saying the same thing but just in different ways , what gets my goat though is people in the public eye taking a pop at towns like accy when to be honest we all know of its bad and good points we live here, but books such as this can be read by a wider audience who by reading them have a preformed picture of our town/ area,through the eyes of a person writing these things just to sell books and not by forming their own opinions.