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Old 27-06-2011, 11:31   #116
Wynonie Harris
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Re: New Accrington Bus Station

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss View Post
Perhaps I've just been very lucky but I've never been tapped up for money or come across anyone I would class as undesirable. All town centres have their fair share of people who simply have little better to do than hang around on benches but I'd say that Accrington's populace is generally representative of the demographic. We're in a depressed area and we could throw all the money in the world into Accrington but it still wouldn't help the people who actually live here if they can't afford to shop there.
In that case your experience has been different than mine and quite a few people I know including a number of members on here. You say "all town centres have their fair share of people who have little better to do than hang around on benches" but it seems to me that downtown Accrington has more than its fair share who are doing far more than just hanging around. Like Graham you seem to confuse the problems that any small Northern post-industrial town will be suffering at the moment and a problem particular to Accrington.

I remember you once saying that Accy has a good town centre infrastructure for a place its size and I think you're right - it just needs using to its full potential. However, you can't even make a start on realising that potential until that problem is sorted. But as you think that problem doesn't even exist, you're obviously not going to do anything about it.
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