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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
The fabric of the infrastructure of the town needs to be worked on.......foundations need to be laid before you can really start to add decorations.
I am not saying don't have public art.......what I am saying is make sure the priorities are dealt with beforespending great sums of money on stuff that isn't essential. (haven't we been here before? A couple of times?)
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Yes, been here many times, Margaret, and we always agree to disagree.
The point is when will the base ever be perfect and ready for adding accessories ... there will always be flags to be improve, lamps to be mended, pot holes to be filled, buildings to sandblast, a decent bus station to be built (
) ... so would be the 12th of Never before we accessorise.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I don't imagine that people travel around the country just to look at these sculptures.....I am pretty sure that the town would have to have some 'substance' about it to bring folk in....and then if there just happened to be an interesting piece of public art....it might get a glance.
But if we try to say that public art would bring people into the town, then we are deluding ourselves.
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No, it won't specifically bring visitors to town (a few, I suppose), however, of the visitors that do happen to give our town a try, then a plain, uninteresting, featureless surrounding will not entice them back. They are not going to say "Well, the flags are very straight, think I will go back there again".
It's not just a matter of outside visitors either, it's baiting our own residents of Hyndburn to shop in the centre and linger on a sunny afternoon or a crisp Winter's day with pretty Christmas lights, with the hope they will open their purses whilst there.