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I kid you not folks . What used to be " Poundshrinker" on Broadway next to the fruit and veg shop is gonna be a huge charity shop . " Sense" have acquired the lease and shopfitting work is underway now. Great eh??

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This is what HBC promised us!

The regeneration of Broadway has now attracted the big players.

Talk about specialisation!:(

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you'll be sorted you can get your white goods there instead..


nice john travolta suit anyway :D

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If Whitebirk goes ahead all the retail spaces in Accy will be charity shops.

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Oh we do specialise G; pound shops, charity shops and pie shops ! I am baffled that they had no other takers for that unit; the rent must be really low as it's been empty so long and it's not a bad size. It's privately owned btw, but all the same,surely we deserve better than this ???

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I'll probably get shot down for this cos yes I know we have an abundance of charity shops already, but I work for Sense in one of their residential homes and we really are , for want of a better word a 'specialist' charity. For instance the home we have in Accrington is the first of it's kind this side of the Pennines, we provide a service specifically designed for providing deafblind people with a safe and secure environment to live in, and we really do need every penny we can get to keep this service going.

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I think you'll find that the people that have commented so far have nothing against 'Sense' or any of the other many charities that have taken advantage of our town centre. It is the fact that what once used to be a thriving little town centre that supported a diverse amount of shops popular both with locals and visitors from surrounding towns has had it's heart ripped out and is only a shadow of the bustling local community that it used to be.

This isn't the charities fault, they are taking advantage of empty shops and the rebates that being a charity offer because of the mismanagement that has occurred in Accrington over the years.
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Oh good, I wish every shop in accy was a charity shop, I would have a great time :D

Whys everyone else so glum about it? Cheap goodies are the best, and one mans junk is another mans treasure so they say!

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Perhaps if people where taught to give to charity more like in Islam for example and it was made important in families then there wouldn't be need for shops as well filling up all the lots in the towns. Most people will prefer to teach their children to save their money than to 'waste' it, so its no surprise that charity shops are so wide scale and depended upon. People seem to only give if they recieve something in return.

I remember that when I was younger we had fairs to sell junk in school, so that we could give it to a charity. Now school funding is also low in some cases that the schools need to raise money for their own equipment and it defeats the whole lesson of giving to charity in a way.

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You mean like foreign aid ? :rolleyes:

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Many people on limited budgets rely on charity shops for things, and if it benefits the charity then that is good too.
I give many things to charity shops........I don't have a lot of money to give to charity but I try to do my bit by recycling goods which are no longer necessary, but are too good to throw in the rubbish.

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I think Blazey means the 'tithe' system where they give one tenth of their earnings to the poor.

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how much money gets to the charity?

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I dont actually know what foreign aid is but in islam one of the pillars if that they should give to charity regularly.

I feel bad about it for them really as alot of them sign up for those direct debit charities that stop you in blackburn town centre and if I was to be completely honest, there is no way I would ever give to them, especially not with my bank details in the middle of the street.

Most of the muslim girls at college whom I know openly give to charity and always help out with the charity events at college. Its mainly the asians that do the charity work in comparison to the white students.

Didn't a local MP say around the time of Caneze Riaz' death that it is a time for communities to come together and learn rom eachother? Charity was one of the points brought up.

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Slightly off topic, so appologies, but whilst trying to lull myself to sleep last night, I was counting how many stalls we've lost from the outside market, since the powers that be decided it would be a good idea to move it, in the name of regeneration.

Toy stall, three fabric stalls, six fruit and veg stalls, three shoe stalls, two greeting card stalls, plus a corset seller, a roast chicken stall, and a cheese stall, from the lock up units on the way into the market from Peel Street.

Anyone think of anymore?

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Yes thats what I meant and yes, I also try to give alot of old books to charity once I've had use for them, as books are quite expensive and its good that you can let others have yours for cheap and rummage throug theirs! Being on a students income (very little as unable to work right now) I make alot of use of charity shops! Unfortunatly for me not one charity shop in accy had any pans the other day, but now I am getting some for free thanks to a very charitable person on the forum :)

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slightly off topic?

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I think the people who do work for charity and don't mention it to anyone are the ones who should be acclaimed.
Blazey just because some of the Caucasian students do not appear to be doing any charity work doesn't mean they aren't......they may just be a bit more reticent about it.

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I have nothing against any of the charity shops or the charities behind them; I always fill the sacks that come thru the door for British Heart foundation or whoever and I give regularly to charities of my choice; my point was that a once thriving shopping street is now occupied by 4 charity shops already and another one opening; yet there is nowhere in Accy to buy sensibly priced work clothes or shoes !

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Its not just moving it thats caused the problem. Its being to by very cheap new goods in chain stores like asda, particular when it comes to fresh foods like fish, fruit and veg, and meat, plus it appears much better as its in cleaner surroundings.

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New road sign.:D



WHERE CHARITY BEGINS....

WELCOME TO ACCRINGTON AND DISTRICTS.

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I'd rather have a Charity shop than a pound shop any day of the week.
Saying that, I don't even bother looking around Accy anymore, even though it's only 10 minutes walk from my house.
Now Music Zone is gone, Accy is left with a pointless chain of pointless shops.
Even established stores like WH Smiths have very poor stock in Accrington.
It's a crap state of affairs.

Give me Oldham Street in Manchester any day.

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I mean on charity days at college. I was on the student commitee, i'd notice if any of them were helping behind the curtain, but again, its the coloured girls who step forward to offer ideas and think of charities to raise money for in the first place.

I must say I never think to do charity events either, I would be one who suggests to do it for our own better education funding and equipment. However I would say I give quite alot to charity as I buy nearly everything from charity shops. Most students in general at college dont tend to be so happy to discuss charity shops as me :p im always quite pleased with my bargains!

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I miss music box as well and all I ever did was sit around and natter all day. Cant wait for them to sort the shop back out again.

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Pensioners too, go to the charity shops. Last year I took 3 winter coats...nothing wrong with them I had just got fed up of them.....and one elderly lady (I have to be careful here, because I now fall into that category...but she was older than me)bought two of them and said what a God send it was, to find something warm that she could afford.

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Oooh I got a lovely wool coat that was practically new, a debenhams one, and I paid £3.95 for it. Its a really good coat but I dont wear it too often now as I think it makes my bum look big! It will certainly be a god send in the winter though!

Pensioners are the nice ones who tend to give their books back to the charity shops :D got to love them for that.

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i just took around 3 black bin liners of clothes to that salvation bin in asda car park - full of either mine or the daughters ex clothing

or would it have served a better purpose in a charity shop?

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i like looking in the pound charity shop:D, cuz im a tight git!!
but accy doesnt need another one, all we need now is a tower and we will be like blackpool:)

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much better at a charity shop .super markets recycling are sometimes private business and the clothes dont get reused as clothes

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Could all be part of the masterplan.
Accrington Observer - Town's masterplan will be vision of the future

Note the comments of Councillor Jean Battle at the end of the article

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Yea I realise that Lindsey and I know you weren't having a go at the charities who have these shops, just thought I'd give a bit of background to this one as I hadn't heard of them until I got the job I now have

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I've nothing against charity shops but dont want a town centre full of them, there's nothing in Accrington to attract the shoppers who want to spend their money, sad really to see the town centre in the state its in.

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When I saw the headlines outside the paper shop I was silly enough to think that some plans had actually been drawn up and that something was going to happen at last. :D I should have known better shouldn't I?

When I read the article it turns out to be another non story about meetings about plans to have a meeting to make some plans. :rolleyes:

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Yes I know they do, my grandma was very much an active member of the Blind Society when she was alive but deafblindness is totally different.Our five residents are all registered as deafblind, they also all have severe learning difficulties & display varying challenging behaviours.

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Suppose a charity shop is better than an empty shop.

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more charity shops and pound shops there are will not encourage big shops and names to the town center the council by allowing it to happen are in my opinion driving the big guns away.

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Yes, but if you planned to open a shop of your own would you want to be surrounded by charity shops or be part of a bustling business community made up of like minded people? I think most people with money to invest would head for a different and busier centre.

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Totally agree with you on that one. but surrounded by empty shop may give a worse impression.

Bit like Warner Street, the bottom end near the arcade looks bad as it empty all the trade has gone. even the stationers (tattersalls) that I can remember being there, well as far as I can remember.

Catch 22.

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Yes.

Looks sad down the bottom now.

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There is a damn good little cafe there though that does cracking hot dinners for lunch time! Jacket spuds and lots of yummy fillings, fresh sandwiches hot and cold. Mmmm my boyfriend showed me that shop. yum yum.

I can't say i'd mind if accy was taken over by charity shops but then, as a student, theyre brilliant for me, and they're good for the older people. The ones in the middle have all the basic shops, and you got to remember that the larger chain stores just aren't coming to accy as they make more money investing more into online stores than little stores that could be a liability.

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Yes that is a good cafe, the guy that ownes it is also sound.:)

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Divine its called, used to be Soup.

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I'm not thinking of that one, that ones further up. Therea right litlte one further ndown near the barbers (if thats still there) and its got a breakfast bar type thing inside and a little table. Right nice little place.

Theres a new mother and baby orientated cafe down from argos as well, though everyones welcome, its a bit more expensive but nice place to go for a coffee.

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I haven't tried that new mother and baby one yet, though its good that there's one geared up for breast feeding, some of the cafes dont like you going in with a pram so at least I know I'd be welcome there.

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Its very spacious and clean, the only reason I went in is because I saw I had a friend from high school working there and I fancied a natter :p the lady who runs it is very nice aswell and I believe she has some stuff for sale in the back rooms but obviously I never ventured in that far. Its only been open a few months.

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I'll have to give it a try next time I'm down town.

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Cafe/sandwich place you are on about is Bishop's ;next to the Warners. Extremely good value and great variety of sarnies !

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Yeh thats the one! Its really good prices and its all filling. There's nothing worse than buying your dinner and it not filling you up.

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When you said that it made me think of the cafe inside the arcade, because thats all I go there for, i never sit in. That cafe do the BEST butties but u have to sit down with it or you slop all the salad down yourself!