[Margaret Pilkington]

Kate, I was never much good at deciphering plans.......so I gave up looking at them.

I know several older people(we shop for one of them) who go into town on the bus and just go in the Market hall, or visit the market....and yes, they do have further to walk to the bus stop at their home, but when they have done this, it has used some of their energy...and they have to do this again on returning home......to you, who are young and fit for your age, this is no hardship....but with your shopping it might just prove to be a step too far...what is a step and a stride for you, is not so for some older people.

It is going to take far more than a new bus station and a town square to make Accrington aesthetically pleasing...as I said this bus station might just take peole away to places that fit this description.