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Originally Posted by walkinman221
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. |
It is interesting, when others see things we sometimes take for granted.
My Italian friend thought Accy was like Wimbledon village.
Whilst Scottish friends thought the town was as quaint as Brighton's Lanes.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...age-23398.html
We really need to know the context, regarding Stuart Maconie's observations.
It might be a glowing description, in relation to other places, for all we know.
Royal Tonbridge Wells might well have had a right slaggin'.
