Accrington on Newsnight now

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by susie123

Newsnight is more current affairs than a breaking news programme. They will have filmed in Accy days ago.

Appeal following cash in transit robbery at Accrington bank - Lancashire Constabulary

Could have stolen some footage from Homes Under the Hammer, they always point at Accrington being a backwater whenever they feature properties from around here on the program

[cashman]

Originally Posted by susie123

Newsnight is more current affairs than a breaking news programme. They will have filmed in Accy days ago.

Appeal following cash in transit robbery at Accrington bank - Lancashire Constabulary

Well aware, it was called humour.

[Bernard Dawson]

Originally Posted by susie123

Newsnight is more current affairs than a breaking news programme. They will have filmed in Accy days ago.

Appeal following cash in transit robbery at Accrington bank - Lancashire Constabulary

It was filmed on Wednesday this week.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

It was filmed on Wednesday this week.

Were you holding the clapper board Bernard Its a wrap

[Bernard Dawson]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Were you holding the clapper board Bernard Its a wrap

No thankfully I wasn't involved. The town never comes out of these sorts of things smelling of roses.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

No thankfully I wasn't involved. The town never comes out of these sorts of things smelling of roses.

That's because its usually southerners that make the programs Bernard

[Less]

Originally Posted by jaysay

That's because its usually southerners that make the programs Bernard

I think you will find that there are plenty of people from the North that have made very good programmes, admittedly, to display their talent they have to migrate South, but it doesn't warrant jumping to conclusions about it being Southerners showing the town in a bad light.

Lets be honest, the town looks bad because it is unfortunately suffering from lack of investment, lack of employment and now lack of the feeling of personal worth brought on too many years without the first two.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Less

I think you will find that there are plenty of people from the North that have made very good programmes, admittedly, to display their talent they have to migrate South, but it doesn't warrant jumping to conclusions about it being Southerners showing the town in a bad light.

Lets be honest, the town looks bad because it is unfortunately suffering from lack of investment, lack of employment and now lack of the feeling of personal worth brought on too many years without the first two.

I see Bernard likes this post Less, maybe back in those dark days you talk about when HBC were selling all the silverware, he'd have voted, in council, to use the money on refurbishing the town centre instead of spend it on the then Leaders pet project, the Globe Centre, which was undertaken by Barnfield Construction. Oh yes, by the way, Councillor Slynn just happened to be a director of Barnfield Construction at the time, along with a few more companies associated with that parent group

[Less]

Originally Posted by jaysay

I see Bernard likes this post Less, maybe back in those dark days you talk about when HBC were selling all the silverware, he'd have voted, in council, to use the money on refurbishing the town centre instead of spend it on the then Leaders pet project, the Globe Centre, which was undertaken by Barnfield Construction. Oh yes, by the way, Councillor Slynn just happened to be a director of Barnfield Construction at the time, along with a few more companies associated with that parent group

lancsdave, BERNADETTE and susie123 like this.

No sign of a Bernard, has he disliked me since you posted?

Or are you now making spelling mistakes when you read as well?



P.S. When did I talk about selling silverware?????

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Less

No sign of a Bernard, has he disliked me since you posted?

Or are you now making spelling mistakes when you read as well?



P.S. When did I talk about selling silverware?????

Ha ha Less, very well put, far better than I would have done... I had noticed the faux pas.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Less

No sign of a Bernard, has he disliked me since you posted?

Or are you now making spelling mistakes when you read as well?



P.S. When did I talk about selling silverware?????

OOOOPS Sorry Bernie, you didn't mention the silverware Less, but its a contributory factor to the state of the town centre, if the money they made out of flogging the buses, bus depot, lease on the Arndale ect had been used on the centre at the time, it may not have been as run down now, as it is.

[GEaston]

So what was the Newsnight slot about? I live in Singapore so am banned from watching it (coz I don't pay the TV licence so dont get to watch such fine programming).

I take it was a pre-budget review of how people are dealing with hard times and the impact of the expected further cuts that'll be coming as UK Plc attempts to avoid its inevitable bankruptcy ?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by GEaston

So what was the Newsnight slot about? I live in Singapore so am banned from watching it (coz I don't pay the TV licence so dont get to watch such fine programming).

I take it was a pre-budget review of how people are dealing with hard times and the impact of the expected further cuts that'll be coming as UK Plc attempts to avoid its inevitable bankruptcy ?

Check post 8. theres a link.

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by cashman

Check post 8. theres a link.

BBC Iplayer wont work outside UK so that link is useless to him.

I watched it - mainly views of backstreets and some propaganda about how wonderful Maundy relief are

[susie123]

Try this...
BBC News - Hardening public attitudes to those on welfare benefits