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When were the sunken gardens shown in the picture Chav posted made, and what year was the site used to build the stores that are there now?

They look fantastic, I certainly can't remember tem.

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I stand to be corrected but I think that development of Broadway began in the mid 1930s the new road was opened in 1936 by Mayor Alderman Ellis the Sunken Gardens were post war I think. They fell out of favour in the early 60s. The shopping area pre the diabolical “Can I say that” arndale centre was completed around 1966/67. Anyone remember the funny bogs on the car park?

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Two photo's of the Funny bogs for the member who asked about them by pm.....



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lol i remember those toilets its a pitty they couldnt keep them it was kind of a novilty having that weird setup

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Laffffffffffffffffffffff ok, thank you for your discretion.;)

I do remember them.

In a way it's a shame that all traces of modernist architecture are being replaced. In a hundred years time all that is going to be left is faux toy town buildings. Personally I blame Prince Charles, and his vision of new houses looking like something 'traditional', whatever that might be.

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They were horrible although we also saw them as a novelty. I can’t quite remember didn’t they have kacky Tan & Brown Glazed Tiles on the outside walls?

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You Mean They've Gone!!!!????!!!!

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If I recall , were not the car park bogs referred to as the 'Panopticon Bogs'?

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If HBC likes "dumping" then lets dump some of them in Panopticon Bog if they like it so much and use the "payrise" they are alledgedly getting to find some that have a bit of gumptoin.

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Heh, I too remember those toilets on Union Street. Yes they wer a horrible brown coloured tile.

My Dad and I used to meet my mum there after she had done the shopping. That was before everyone had mobiles to say exactlly where they were.

I also remember they STUNK!!!

Ian

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Just had a thought Accy will never have an arcitectural problem to math the "Concrete Town" of Cumbernauld 80% of its buildings look like Buchans built em.

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The only sort of good thing about the bogs on Union Street was that paying them a visit on a Saturday morning after a booze filled Friday either killed you or cured you.

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I recall they were built around 1970/71, so we can't blame HBC for them; that honour goes to the old Accrington Borough Council. When first opened, the building featured in several newspapers under the title of the Accy Superloo. A normal ladies & gents could have been built for around £5,000 at the time, but that cost £20,000pds and lasted for aprox.15years.

However, upon the demise of ABC, HBC soon took up the race to be the local authority with the greatest number of wacky and money wasting schemes....the fountains, the cog, the Broadway redevelopment,blah, blah,blah...you name 'em, because there's too many to remember for me..

However, beware HBC...there's someone else coming up close behind you....yep, you've guessed it....the MPA:rolleyes: