With all this talk about the US Debt Crisis, it's time to consider what Hyndburn will be like when the Council budget passes the trillion pound barrier.
Assuming an annual inctrease in spending of 2.5%, this will be in 2461, just a short 350 years from now.
What will life be like in Hyndburn then? I have some predictions.
- J D Werherspoon celebrates the 350th anniversary of the opening of its first pub in Accrington, just 5 years before it took over the whole site of the former Globe Centre, its biggest acquisition to date.
- The Peoples Republic of Belthorn celebrates the 200th anniverary of its acceptance as an independent member of the EEC
- The 200ft statue of legendary leader of Hyndburn Council Lord Miles of Parkinson on the top of the Coppice celebrates its millionth visitor
- Economy Store MillionPoundStretcher announces the opening of yet another store on Broadway to appeal to the thrifty shopper, promising nithing will cost more than a million pounds.
- A budget of a 1,000 million pounds is agreed to pay for the erection of fences to prevent the illegal influx of immigrants from the failed former republic of Ribble Valley.
- The owners of the Arndale Centre promise to look once again into reinstating the clock....
- A new Rocket Propelled Bus Station is opened in the Centre of Accrington.... a hundred foot above Broadway....
- But Councillors cause controversy when they announce that Peel Street Toilets will be closed on a Monday afternoon.....
Any other predictions?
