New Year...same old story!
 

Well, here we are, the New Year is fifteen days old already! And already HBC is making sure that the borough is going to get its fair share of bad luck, if nothing else. I was always told that leaving Christmas decorations up beyond twelfth night invited ill fortune. The superstition has certainly rung true in Accrington for the past few years and seems set to continue. I was in town this morning and snapped these choice memento's to municipal idleness and stupidity. I don't know whether they are still lit up at night, perhaps someone could enlighten us on that score.
http://static.flickr.com/9/86834289_1d5d60cf10.jpg?v=0

For a council that proclaims itself too strapped for cash to be able to afford to remove the Christmas decorations, year after depressing year, they don't seem to have the same problems when it comes to erecting pointless and utterly useless signage. Moreover, they appear to have few qualms about defacing the only half-way decent example of public architecture in the entire borough.
http://static.flickr.com/39/86834530_41157005f9.jpg?v=0

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Well, at least we have a sign which tells visitors that this building is actually 'The Town Hall' so many towns do not have this indication. Remember spending at least 40 minutes trying to get to my hotel in Belfast in a one way system 'cause some Irish guy told me to turn right at 'The Town Hall' he may have known which of the stately buildings was such, but to a stranger could have been the local supermarket !! (oh no, they would have been well marked, wouldn't they ??)
Think my luck will be out this year .. Christmas Tree still up, will remove today. :eek:

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how can people get vexed about such a stupid thing??

PMT or something, A-B? THEY ARE ONLY FAIRY LIGHTS. calm down man.

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lol just wait until they start adding all the other languages to keep up with europe

sorry quality of artwork i had a heavy night on the firewater last night :D

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The ones here and several other places I have been through are still up and illuminating the streets. If they foster bad luck the everywere in a 20 miles radius of me is doomed to bad luck.

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bad luck my arse.

just a few fairy lights that no one ever notices anyway; how are they gonna bring bad luck?!
im sure theres more important things for you old grumpy buggers to moan about than chrimbo lights.

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Will be bad luck when people are out with air rifles having a bit of target practice. :D

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most of my decorations are down its just the celing ones i havnt took down yet mainly because i cant be bothered getting the ladders out

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namely.....you??!
lol

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Save the hassle next crimbo. :D

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No not me I prefer a catty as it requires mor finness. :p

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lol.
thought you were staging a peaceful protest shooting down lights.....there could be a message there somewhere, you never know!

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Wish I knew what the message was. Thing is shooting down lights is an art especially the little LED ones makes for great eye hand cordination. :D

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noted..............
lol

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I just hope they aren't expecting us to pay the electric bill with our council tax.