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Has anyone heared about Moss side residents being relocated to certain areas of Accrington? It could explain some of the different accents I hear around the town.

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Not only from Moss-Side mate. I have noticed a surprising increase in Estuarine accents too.

I did hear that Burnley Borough Council were involved in some sort of deal to house council tennants from the overcrowded borough of Greater London and the South East. Perhaps our Graham can shed some more light on this subject?

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also would explain the jump in crime

muggings and burgularies

although dont be too quick to critisise it as all the extra drug dealers will make it a buyers market so prices will fall fall fall


that was sarcasm by the way

from my experience of living on a coucil estate the only people who get moved on by the council are trouble familys and people who get shifted from one estate to another so the odds are were going to get the worst of moss side and the other areas

not only is our town a collection point for everywhere elses waste rubbish ( via winii hill) our streets are now going to be plagued with everyone elses scum


good old accy the sh1t pit of england just throw your crap in the locals wont mind :mad:

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Time to ask Greg Poep methinks

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what makes it more of an insult is that there are already people born in this town seeking accomodation yet the council aeasily find some for outsiders

mind you thats standard british procedure

not enough to go around well bring more in

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don't worry be happy, the smackheads won't have to travel for supplies if thats the case,

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Are these the creatures from Liverpool by any chance?

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I know nothing [yes, l hear some of you shout] about an influx of people from Moss Side into our area. It's interesting though to read through old local censuses, apart from a few old families who lived on farmsteads, most of our families came here from other parts of the county/ country as well.

The Mills were a great magnet for a vast influx of migrant workers to this part of the country. Reading the birth places of most of the people listed on the old censuses, people came from Wales, Ireland, Cumberland, all over in fact.

l hope we're not going to turn into Little Hynburners?

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:confused: Yes,as Garinda says this area has in the past been a magnet for migrants,but most came to earn a living.I don't know if that's the case at present!
Apparently the area in question is the Barnfield district of Accrington,no doubt Accy Webbers will report of any sightings.

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Don't get me wrong, l'm not in favour of a load of social missfits moving into our area, in fact l think l'd like to ship a load of our home grown anti-social missfits to Moss Side. :)

But from someone whose accent isn't exactly broad anymore, l don't want hassle as an outsider' the next time l'm in the pound shop. :)

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These creatures?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/4379929.stm

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I think 1 of these familys has just moved into our street
they were sat outside yesterday music set on full kids playing in the street shouting and running into the road without looking and nobody stoped them
i car had to pull up quick to miss 1 of them they just sat there looking at the car and drinking

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I haven't heard anything about people from Moss Side being moved to Accrington, haven't seen anything in the Manchester Evening News. I can't see what point there would be in such a move. The area isn't being redeveloped on a massive scale and there isn't a shortage of jobs in Manchester. The place looks very run-down and seedy but they don't move people for that reason.

Where did the story originate?

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tyo ber honest if they are moving people like this into accrington the arnt goingto want it publisising are they

just move them in as quietly as possible as by then it will be too late to complain

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The original information came from people living in the afore mentioned area apparently it has been happening for some while! But as you say I can't see the point unless its to do with different areas having surplus accomodation quotas for this special relocation.

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You may be right, lampman. They did something like it with Liverpool 40 years ago when they moved people out of the city to Runcorn, though that's a lot nearer than Accy is to Manchester. They purpose-built loads of estates in Runcorn and they must have looked very attractive when they were first built (with one or two very noteable exceptions). The trouble is a lot of them didn't stay nice for very long. In Liverpool, however, they were knocking down whole streets of what they called slums and making Runcorn into a dormitory town. I used to go to Runcorn very regularly, in my job, and there were certain estates I would never have gone near in the dark (still wouldn't). Some areas are OK, though, and some have gone through the "rough" and come out very decent.

You'll know if you meet anyone from Moss Side. They'll tell you they've come from Manchistah.