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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
And this, young t-shirt person, is what I mean... everything in town is so half-hearted and apathetic. People cannot even be rude properly. You wouldn't mind so much if the service was Spectacularly awful. Or if the shop assistants were routinely, viciously sarcastic. At least it would be something to remember. But for the most part, shopping in Accrington is just so much time that passes in a grey, uniform, depressing blurr. Everything is just the same as everywhere else, there is nothing original or unique. Take the Market Hall, The only reason that is still standing when most of the others are long gone is because Accrington couldn't make it's mind up what it wanted to do with it and neither did HBC and both of them prevaricated and prognosticated until, hey presto! it is a Victorian Architectural Gem. So what do the council do with it? Of course, they try to turn it into a pale imitation of Blackburn shopping centre, on the merest fraction of the budget and with absolutely and utterly none of the imagination. And then stand back and wonder why it is a failure.
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Oh dear, Acrylic - I actually quite like the rennovation of the Market Hall and find it quite sympathetic. It is swamped by what surrounds it and cannot be appreciated for the fantastic building it is. They should never have knocked down the 1960's outside market which was functional and pleasing for that period's attempts at architecture... to replace it with yet more awful modern shoddy buildings to house yet more cheap shops...
Will admit to not visiting B'burn town center for aeons so cannot comment on the imitation remark. Sometimes it's not money that counts but people with inspiring ideas -you are an artist so get pro-active, too easy to snipe from the side-lines.. I can see great potential but it needs ideas and a change in direction to something more up-market (not a pun) there is good space to be used upstairs in the market hall -get in young artists/artisans - time for a new direction? Gourmet foods, delicatessens, proper grocers etc. Think Oxford indoor market, Penrith farmer's market and others -maybe the various "Dads" of HBC should go on a day-trip to see how it works!