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and second photo shows where Costa will be moving into, this is at the top end of Broadway, on the original site of The Odeon cinema

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I can't see why some people think Wetherspoons won't do well. In both Burnley and Blackburn they are probably their busiest pubs. There are TWO in Burnley and I bet they are the number 1 and 2 busiest pubs in the town centre. One is even busy on a Thursday night, can you say that about any pub in Accy these days?

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Try it Cashy, I found the one in Bristol to be very good and there was no shortage of good pubs in Bristol - just the beer was crap but Kronenbourg is Kronenbourg:D

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used to pop in one in manchester centre about 10 yrs ago, wi daughter, disliked intensely.

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The real ale in Spoons is good. Abbot ale is the house beer which is very nice, along with Ruddles which tastes like dishwater.

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I notice that this shower wetherspoons are not only demolishing some building out the back of the Commercial, they have also applied for a 9am opening license and a 3am closing license (thursday-sunday). No doubt that will mean more cops on town centre duty and more crime elsewhere.

Lets hope it's refused.

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Don't see what the problem is with 0900 hrs opening, some people enjoy a cooked breakfast and a coffee. The alkys can obtain their drinks from many places at that time of the morning.
Quite possibly they are demolishing some part of the building that is not required and creating a smoking area in it's place.

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They are demolishing it because it is unsafe... see #702 on Planning Applications thread, and go into Report. :rolleyes: that emoticon for Tealeaf, not you Barrie.

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Heard the rumour and fingers crossed, that place needs reopening!

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Thanks Kate.;):D
How one can criticise when the place hasn't even opened yet is beyond me.:confused::rolleyes:

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Quite agree, could turn out to be the only decent pub in the centre of Accrington - Sorry, it will be the only pub in the centre of Accrington.:D

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Its called the world according to Tealeaf Barrie

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Very easily, having visited other of there establishments, i won't be venturing in, cos i think there crap.:D

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'One's man's meat is another man's poison' as they say.
Lots of people do enjoy the buzz of Wetherspoons and it is these people they are pandering too.
I'm hopeful it will bring more people into town, and that is what it is all about really. Good to see that one pub chain has confidence in Accrington... :p

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I will give it a try before I criticise it. At least it is close to the market - another option for a "natural break":D

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A blokes Crèche ! Spent many pleasant times in some of the Free-ports up & across the UK in these sort of Bloke drop off centres. :D Live Sport on the box, Beers, Brews & Scoff & the Ladies did their utty to spend what they had in the abounding Emporia. Mind you, you can hardly get anything with a fiver nowadays ! ;)

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Looks like it's official. I saw the acquisition notice on the window of the Regency.

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Scaffolding now up, so work is def going ahead.

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yep read it other day.

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Pubs come and go these days but I've yet to see a Witherspoons close down.. once they get in they are in to stay..having said that I reckon it's long overdue for Accy... I don't think it will cause any of the near town center pubs much hardship simply because most people out for a night out in Accy move around from pub to pub.

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Good point Mancie, reckon a weatherspoons as more chance of survival than any single boozer.

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Yep.. and apols for my spelling.. :D..

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The Wetherspoon pub in Nelson closed a few years ago( god I'm beginning to sound like Bee).

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Well there goes my theory.. mind you I never knew Nelson had even opened let alone for owt to close down.:)

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I just hope it will be the start of bringing many more people going out down town again.

I miss me nights out in Accy of a weekend when it were buzzing!! ;)

Mind you I were a young pup then, alot older now and prob cant keep up with the pace like I used to!! :D

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Phil can you provide times dates and pictures please:D

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Went to the Boot Inn at Burnley today and saw a poster saying the Accrington Wetherspoon pub will be open in July and will be called The Commercial.

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I knew they weren't going to carry on calling it the Regency because they took the windows out with the name on. Back to the good old days :)

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d'you think the beer will be the same price as it was back then? :)........no, Neither do I.

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Don't be going back to your bad old ways :D:D

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What 10d a pint Margaret:D

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I remember going in "The Commercial" once so must have been ~ 1988 ish when it shut? it was still all seperate rooms and full of old folk... :D

I think we had a half and went somewhere else...

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bring on july then :)

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Was a good boozer in the 60s, then seemed to go downhill,like many others.

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Remember going in yon day before I got wed back in the sixties, both the pub and my marriage went down hill after that.:D

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And before that Cashy, in the 50s there were 2 bars, one entrance on Blackburn Rd and the other on Church St. Used to get a real good crowd of the younger lot in the small bar;):)

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there was 3 entrances Barrie a door corner of Blackburn Rd, the Swivel Doors on Church Street, then just farther up, a door entrance to the cocktail bar.;)

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Supposed you were thrown out through all three cashy:D:D

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None actually, though me n mate did get asked to leave n not return.:D

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Suppose it were't revolving door and he came back in again;):rolleyes::D

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Forgot about the cocktai bar Cashy, thanks - perhaps because I never used it:D

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Obviously yer weren't as cultured as me Barrie.:hehetable

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Cocktails led on your back cashy:D

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Was this the period when the landlord was called Keegan?
I remember my brother used to go to the Commercial to play games(and to watch TV - theirs was better than ours) with the landlords son.......his name was Bradley Keegan(the son, that is)...can't for the life of me remember the name of the dad.

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Wasn't by any chance Mr Keegan was it Margaret:D:hidewall::hidewall:

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One of my work mates when I first started at Gilbraith Tankers was a part time barman there, his name was Fred Greer

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was a great mate of mine fred, went on to be T.G.W.U. District Officer, worked wi him a few years, then he moved oer Bury way, were he still lives.;)

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Someone damaged them shivel doors Cashy,not me and cant tell you who ,but he's a fellow member of accy web.He's a London based bad boy of accy web :eek:
:D

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Well I'm shocked and Stunned and not a little amazed Spigs:D:D:D

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Wetherspoons have confirmed the opening date of the Commercial as Thursday 21st July.

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A week off opening, and lots of activity today when I walked past. Lots of white vans, window frames still being taken out, lots of large plants in pots being taken inside.

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Will Councillor Britcliffe be performing the opening ceremony?

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probably only if its in the local rag. plus a fee to make up his money.:D

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I think he should. He should open the pub, then get himself chucked out, like he got slung out the last council meeting. You could probably give him some advice on getting kicked out of pubs.

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i would be more than happy to do so, having been thrown out of much better places than that.:D

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They've done a good job on the building so far.

The stonework looks beautiful.

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Went passed myself today looks well they were just cutting some stone slabs and putting signs in at the time certainly makes the building look better

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Now we need to get someone to do something about the blue and white monstrosity on Broadway.

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They were refixing the Blackburn Rd sign this morning. I thought they were taking it down and renaming the road Britcliffe Way or something similar :D

If anybody gets chance to look down the back way they have done a lot on the' back garden', quite a few rainforests have probably dissapeared to get the wood and they had the artificial lawn company there last week.

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Aren't they restoring it to it's original condition, when it was a residential hotel?

They Might have The Old Queen's Suite.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/histori...oria_queen.jpg

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it actuallly looks quite good:)

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Were you allowed across our border on a tourist visa?

Hope the Accrington dog stabbers weren't too much bother for you.

:rolleyes::D

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Or the ear slicer either:D

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I have been pass it and it looks good.
Might partake in a few drinks next Thursday just for a nosey!! :D

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You've picked up nothing but bad habits since you started frequenting the Railway heth:D:D

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I'd lay good odds that he'll pop up somewhere and give a quote about how it was his administration that secured the business, it was him wot won it, and all that.

Myself, I'll be popping along next Saturday in a 'research' capacity.

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Its for informative reasons John, who else would take them-selves to the pub just to give you a feedback of the place??!! :D:D

Not my fault its thirsty work!! :p

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Glad your prepared to give credit where its due Ken:D:D

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Not to worry heth only today I've been discussing the viability of me checking out the Railway for myself in the very!!!!!!!!!near future:rolleyes:

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Building looks great.

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Here is a full size view of the new Weatherspoons. Nice to see one of our old buildings "brought back to life".

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Seeing that photo and the ones Atarah showed of the bottom of Burnley Road, don't you think a major sandblasting excersise would be a good(and cost effective) way of improving Accringtons image? If only in the town centre and on the main roads?
The sandstone and millstone grit have lovely colours when 200 years of dirt are removed, if you go to Darwen a lot of the side roads terraces have been sandblasted en masse and they seem to be owned with pride. You can see how well the old houses and buildings were built.

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The place looks bland and appalling, as is to be expected from a Wetherspoons pub. The long sign contains a mish-mash of fonts and above it the hanging sign is totally meaningless. Both are simply an advert for the pub chain, rather than state the uniqueness of the hostelry. It might as well be a happy Mac's.

Still, I suppose that's a fair reflection of what will lie inside.

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It is certainly better looking than when it was boarded up with sheets of perforated metal.

Tealeaf, you are exhibiting a kind of snobbery.

We cannot all sup at quality establishments. And while it may not be to your taste, no-one will force you in there with your arm shoved up your back.
It will cater to a certain market.......and I would hazard a guess that there will be plenty trying it out to begin with.

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You miserable sod! Everyone knows what they're getting from a Wetherspoons and they've made a better job of that building than what was there before. I personally love them as a chain, no frills pubs which specialise in real ale. I've never seen one shut down and everyone is talking about it, it's got to be good for Accrington.

I look forward to giving them my custom.

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sorry for thread wander , what was the name of the Army Navy stores (next door ) was it Millets ?

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It's a hundred year old Accrington pub, not a Greek temple, what do you expect it to look like?

Look at the quality of the stone work, not the fonts, we're talking about a building, not a sign writer. There are a lot of quality buildings in Accrington which are hidden, un-noticed under dirt.
It could be standing proud long after the modern breezeblock/concrete rubbish has gone.

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What snobbery? Please specify.

I doubt very much that there will be a proper tap room in this establishment That is a place where good men and true can exchange opinions sbout the wrongs of this world, where strong language is no barrier to frank discourse, where the bar is liberally decorated from post cards from the Costa del Sol, where betting slips are enthusiastically completed, where someone farts and no one objects and where everyone knows who's been in and who's not.

I remember drinking in Tim Martin's (aka Mr Wetherspoon) first pub up in Muswell Hill, in London, over thirty years ago. He was behind the bar and certainly a character, a big guy - about 6ft 6" with a typical antipodean sense of humour. A few year's later I was drinking in one of his first pubs in his chain, in the West End. It was called 'The Moon over Water' or something similar, a name he'd nicked from George Orwell's essay on the perfect English pub. Except this was not quite and you could see the rot was starting to creep in; it's been downhill ever since. I really can't be bothered visiting any of his establishments.

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I do believe the stonework was laid by Accy's finest stonemason's, over a hundred years ago. All that was needed was proper cleaning and restoration, which numerous companies are now capable of doing.

As for the external signs, my budgie could have done a better job.

What is inside the building is another matter. I don't have to visit it to know, but I can tell you now it will be no different than the crap to be found in any other pub in this chain and as for the food - yuk! Give me a tin of Pedigree Chum anyday.

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Tealeaf, the tap room doesn't seem to be required these days...since bad language and swearing in public appear to be the norm.

As for snobbery...read post 173 again and tell me there isn't an undercurrent of snobbery in it.......you compare it to Mc Donalds in a way that can't be considered complimentary.....and to confirm what I am saying you only need to read post 179.

You make unjustified comments, because none of the general public have yet been inside the place......and while you might prefer a tin of dog food, there are others who will go in and spend a few quid having, what to them, might be a pleasant time.........and it does help the local economy.

You may be able to choose better establishments(you may be better off than most Accringtonians....I don't know)......there may be more salubrious drinking holes where you live....down in the city.

And I must say your budgie must be very talented...have you thought of entering the bird on Britain's Got Talent?

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There are about 800 pubs in the Wetherspoons empire; that works out at about 1.25 for every parliamentary constituency in the UK. Hyndburn must probabaly be one of the last places in the UK to have one (maybe Inner Mucky in the Outer Hebrides is one place that does not).

Over the years, I have probably been in about 40 or 50 of these places, and they are all the same - bland and boring. If Real Ale is your thing, then you may of heard of it's reputation, but quite honestly, any pint of real ale you get there would probably be best served by splashing it over your dodgy Wetherspoons Vietnamese Cobbler fish and chips than attempting to drink it.

I've seen similar levels of excitement on here when the latest kebab bar has opened. No doubt you'll enjoy this rubbish as much as you'll enjoy that.

So - Bon appetite - and try not to choke on it, because I would like to see you back on here.

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It will be on a par with the Calder and lots of other establishments of that ilk.......as I said in a previous post, you may be lucky enough to live where there is more choice.......but to be honest, Accrington can only support so many of these places and the places that you would likely visit would perhaps not find the kind of custom to keep them afloat.
I don't suppose you do cheap and cheerful do you?

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I agree with Margaret, it is much better than a nice building being left empty.
We dont have that many pubs in the town centre any more and a new one is welcomed.

I for one will be popping in later in the week and if I like it and its comfy I will be stopping for more than one drink! ;)

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Just a thread wonder, I was talking to the Landlord and Landlady of the Talbot In Church St Burnley yesterday, if you like real ale that's the place to go, they won the northwest pub of the year last week from Camera, well worth the trip

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there isnt one in rossendale .... :D:D:D

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No there isn't one in Rossendale.

Ken: Nelson's Wetherspoons shutdown not sure when.

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Have I not read elsewhere that Tesco Nelson also shut down some time ago?

So I wonder which will be first to go in Accy - Tesco's or Wetherspoons? Maybe it's worth starting a new thread on which will shut first. Pubs are normally shut when the only punters left are the riff-raff and from what I have read on here, the Accy branch of Wetherspoons is already full of 'em.

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For heavens sake Tealeaf don't put ideas in Bee's mind for another thread;)

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Two threads on Weatherspoons, very confusing. This was the original so I will reply to this, been in, loved it! And, the garden outside is very very nice.

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oh Atarah, don't tell Tealeaf....it is his opinion that the place is only frequented by chavs, ne'er do wells, and of course people who are not worthy of anything that comes close to respect.

In fact, to hear him talk, it is the bottom step of the slippery slope.

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Just got back from Weatherspoons and it is a very nice pub indeed. :D
Loved looking at all the pic's and price's were very good.
Will deff be going back as I think many people will as it was very busy.

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Called in earlier, will be visiting again in the not to distant future:)

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Wetherspoons Nelson
The Station Hotel
closed a few years ago.
Station Hotel, Nelson, Lancashire:: OS grid SD8537 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!
It opened in 2000 and then closed down. It is now owned by the Dukedom Group.

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"The White Hart Hotel" White Hart Fold, Todmorden, Yorkshire, OL14 7BD

Was boarded up but has now re-opened on the 220711 as a JD Wetherspoons, they have spent a fortune on it

"The White Hart Hotel" White Hart Fold, Todmorden, Yorkshire, OL14 7BD | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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One of the first places I ever saw a pool table in a pub back in the 70s

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I went past the Commercial this morning. That 'A' board is still on the pavement, by the crossing. Someone needs to pick that thing up and sling it through Wetherspoons window.

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well, why didn't you then? I am surprised that your sensitivities allowed you to be on the same street as the hated(by you) Wetherspoons.

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Weatherspoons has just opened up the White Hart again in Todmorden so that is one more for you to avoid Tealeaf.

I used to frequent the White Hart years ago, the last time was Nov 2009. It has been boarded up for about a year and looks much better (from the outside) than it did.

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Because I was on the bus to Manchester, to get the train to London.

It is the council's job to remove dangerous obstacles from the pavement, so why aren't they doing it?

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Maybe Wetherspoons have permission from the council.