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why has the petrol station in accy i dont know the name of it closed down and now been knocked down?

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i was wondering about that, maybe their going to rebuild it from scratch, hope so i need plenty of room between the pumps to get my little micra in! burnley road and dill hall are a bit of a tight squeeze. And before anyone says, yes i'm a lady driver.

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Give us a clue, which one in Accy are we talking about?

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The one near the swan in accy

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the one on manchester road across from the police station.

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it was the shell garage ........not sure what its going to be .

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Cheers, never use it anyway, I only use Shell at Rising Bridge

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speak to diesel he used to work there :)

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It was an Esso Mez :D

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oops can tell i didn't use it that much .......i stand corrected entwisi ......thank you.

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Yes, I heard it was going to be a Tesco Express too!

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I was also told by staff that worked there that it was going to become a tesco express but the petrol side will still stay as Esso and that came from the manager there is i take it, it is solid information.

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I was well shocked one day i was there filling up...the next it had gone!!!

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I was well shocked one day i was there filling up...the next it had gone!!!

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I was well shocked one day i was there filling up...the next it had gone!!!

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ok ok calm down u cant b that shocked to tell us 3 times!!!

the last one had major structural probs too as it kept gettin leaky pipes

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I wonder if they'll have any additional security, people used to just walk in to the old one, take things and walk out.

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Just a thought, will all the old staff get theirs jobs back?

I wonder how they would feel about working for such a large company.

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Ok, it was and Esso Petrol Station with a franchised shop owned by a bloke from Haslingden. Tesco Express have an Alliance with Esso, in which they take over the franchise of the Shop, Esso don't touch Tescos money, and vice versa. The shops in Esso filling stations have never made much money for Esso anyway, as the franchisers take most of money. Anyway, it will take around 10 weeks to knock down and rebuild, it will be open from 6am-12pm, all the current Staff have been given new contracts by Tesco and are currently training at a Tesco Express/Esso site in Burnley, Tesco Clubcards will NOT give points on Fuel, as it belongs to Esso. There will be an in-store Bakery and plenty of reasonably priced shop goods (thats reasonable, don't expect Superstore prices, you're paying for the conveniance :)) There will also be quite a few more members of Staff taken on, asTesco like to have enough Staff to stock up Shelves and take the tills if it gets busy, so expect very little waiting. Anyway, I have to say, despite the new early starts I've been given, and the commute up to Burnley, I am enjoying it, and am looking forward to the new Store opening in Accrington and getting back to serving all my regulars. Can't believe I actually miss chatting with the Customers!

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*L*

excellant

so did the actual store come up for sale or was it just a routine thing they're doing with all esso stations?

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Not particularly sure to be honest mate. They were apparently looking for a property in Accrington, the bloke who owns the small car sales place across the Road from the Esso site told me they had a brief look at his site, but deemed it too small. I also heard a rumour they had been looking at the Total on Burnley Road before Spar came in. They have numerous Tesco Expresses which sell other companies fuel, but they are not all Esso sites.