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Why would Wetherspoons have an exemption from the council to place an obstacle on the pavement? As far as I am aware, they are a Watford based retail establishment and not an essential utility having to dig up the pavement and hence restrict the right of way. So why has HBC allowed them to do this?

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other retail outlets have A boards on the pavement(in fact there was one outside the Market Hall this morning advertising something or other)....and what does it matter where the chain is based? No-one bothers to enforce the law with regards to cars and vans parking on pavements...aren't they a hazard too?
I don't know the answer to your question, but I suppose you have the same e-mail facilities as the rest of us...if it bothers you so much e-mail HBC and find out.

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How will they go on now the college has moved ?

"The Talbot" (Pub) 65 Church Street, Burnley, BB11 2RS | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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From what I here wadey they are very busy Friday Saturday nights Sunday afternoon and nights, and quite busy during the week with both pool and darts teams probably won't have that much effect

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Very good,hope it does well

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I'm hoping to pop over one Sunday in the near future will give you a report wadey

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Thanks, if you are in Todmorden go and have a look at The White Hart, a stunning renovation

J D Wetherspoon's "The White Hart" Station Approach, Todmorden, West Yorkshire OL14 7BD | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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To be quite honest wadey I would think going to Tod would be just a little higher on the list than Bacup on places not to go, I spent enough time in and around both "Towns" in the seventies to last a lifetime mate, in fact I go as far as to say if the good lord were to give the world an enema he'd stick the tube in Bacup;)

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I hated Todmorden......it always felt really oppressive..even on a sunny day.
Bad earth magic.
Bacup is the same.

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Right you two need not apply for the job at the Todmorden Tourist office !

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Went in today.

I think they've done a fantastic refurbishment.

Loved the paintings and prints by local artists relating to Accrington, and the locally connected ephemera on display.

Brilliant outdoor garden space too.

Staff were friendly, and efficent.

Was also very busy.

Not a sight you see in many local pubs in the daytimes.

:)

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Todmorden's alright Margaret. The cricket ground at Tod, Centre Vale next to the park, is one of the most attractive grounds I've been on. The only downside with Tod, is that it's dangerously near Yorkshire.

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I'd sooner walk 20 miles over broken glass, it would be more painless:D

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Ya Bernard, its just a shame about the town:rolleyes:

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Yeah I were in Fri night, Sat Aft and it were packed when I were there.
I think it is a very nice and welcome addition to town.
Cheap ale. Half a pint of "Wobbly Bob", pint of Lime and Soda and a Root Beer and it came to £2.67!

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I'm heart broken. I really wanted that job too :D:D:D

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Oh Bernard you disappoint me....there I was thinking you were a discerning chap. Todmordens cricket ground would be much more attractive if it wasn't anywhere near Todmorden.
The place (Tod) makes me shudder.
I can think of nothing good about it...well, other than the road out of it.
No wonder they put a boys Borstal there.

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Todmorden is in Yorkshire and has been since they moved the Yorkshire border to take in all of Todmorden in 1898 or 89.
The Walsden Water runs under the Town hall to join the Calder and they were the original border between the two Counties, the Town hall has statues above which depict the wool and cotton trades of both Counties.

I lived in a house in Walsden which straddled the Walden water but by then it was all Yorkshire.
Daft bit is the Todmorden post code which is OL for Oldham district.

I agree about the Cricket ground and Walsden also has a nice one, Todmorden is in the Lancashire league and Walsden in the Central Lancashire League. i was the scorer (in the box, not on the field) when they won the Wood cup with Everton Weekes as pro, they had him on loan from Bacup.

What all this has to do with Weatherspoons I don't know but I just fancied mentioning my home County after my few pints of Stella, not in the above establishment by the way, that pleasure still awaits, so I am told.

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There's always a bit of banter about the Yorkshire connection when we play a Tod. Yorkshire seconds play at Tod, and yet as you say Tod are in the Lancashire League. The league I would think pre dates the redrawing of the boundaries. An interesting connection with Wetherspoons is that the first meeting to form the Lancashire League was held in the Commercial in Accrington, which is now off course Wetherspoons.

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The link which you may have overlooked, is the fact that the White Hart in Todmorden has just been renovated by JD Wetherspoons.
My auntie lived on Square road in Walsden...I went every Friday after school and stayed until Sunday teatime...not my choice, I went to help her out...do shopping, cleaning etc.......didn't like Tod, and wasn't overfond of Walsden either.

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Well no ruddy wonder yeh been ill this week heth.:D:D:D:D

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Hope you are feeling better Heth....I have to say the root beer concoction does sound like it might be an acquired taste....I think I will give it a miss.

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Walsden Cricket Club yesterday
Walsden Cricket & Bowling Club. Ground, Scott Street, off Rochdale Road, Walsden OL14 7SX

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It all reads just too familiar. A lick of paint on the outside and another one in the inside, followed by a few local piccy's on the walls (just to keep the natives happy), some new cheap chunky furniture, a couple of bandit's for the ner' do wells, a deep pile shag carpet (for them who've got lino) and some dodgy astoturf out the back for the snouts brigade. In other words, a typical cheapo drinking hole for gullible northerners put togeather by a tatty southern based retail outfit.

There is one thing, though and I would appreciate if someone could clarify this: did I read on here or did I just dream it, that this drinking establishment has installed a nappy changing facility? Can you confirm that this is in fact, a nightmare and is not true? For if it is true, then what next? A nursery up one corner of the bar?

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can your fiddle only play one tune?

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as a certain Mr John McEnroe once said :D :D

‪John McEnroe - You Can Not Be Serious‬‏ - YouTube

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All we want is confirmation that this is not so.

There is a massive alcohol abuse problem amongst kids here in the UK....if it is true that this place does have such a facility, then it is beyond parody.

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Dunno if they got one or not T, but brats should not be in pubs simple as.

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I forgot to mention.

The best thing about going there.

You're guaranteed not to bored to death by some soft southern Jessie, up for the weekend.

Yes, no old Teabags.

:)

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Teabag's not one for your old fashioned Accy boozer.

He's been this way ever since his roof top protest.

When Lar De Dars closed down.

;)

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I think the nappy changing room is just next to the creche, leave your little darlings there while you get hammered at the bar. :D:D:D:D

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I did not over look the link Margaret, in fact I mentioned Weatherspoons opening the White Hart in Todmorden a few post back.

What I was meaning is what has me scoring the cricket match got to do with Weathespoons.
I remember Square road well enough Margaret, I delivered papers there to the ones who could afford one.
Even in the late 50's people on Square road had to cross the road to use their lavatory or use a bucket and tip the waste, along with the ash from the fire, into the river which ran under the back window.

This was long before Weathespoon was a twinkle in some ones eye, back on topic.

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Ya bloody root beer:eek::eek::eek::eek::D

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Noooo I only had the one half of "Wobbly Bob"!!!
Me Ma had Lime & Soda and my Bro had the Root Beer!!

Full of a cold, but feeling better today!

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Thanks Marg, had a bad cold this week.
My Bro had the Root Beer, it is disgusting but it brings back memories for him as he used to have it as a kid when we went McDonalds when they did it!!