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I've sang at the theatre but I haven't been for a long time, a lot of the shows dont seem to be that interesting otherwise i'd go more often. I think they need better advertising to the locals and such.

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Can I email you a form so that your views can be documented?

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of course you can, you should be able to email me through the forum but if I dont get the form i'll send you a pm and let you know.

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You can send me one and I`ll try to remember to check my e-mails more than once a fortnight! Oh I also owe you Karma cos you reminded me to update my e-mail address but apparently I`ve already given you to much:rolleyes:

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You can send me one Gayle, new email addy on my profile. ta.

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One way to do as you suggest is to give the people something to do instead of hanging about on the street. Making better use of the Theatre could do that.


I mentioned car parking on my questionnaire Gayle, I think it is a big issue if you want to encourage people from further afield to use the Theatre, especially with the recently proposed resident parking around the Theatre.

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thats a good idea neil,wasn't aware of the residential parking scheme.;)

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Good for who, residents or Theatre visitors?

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visitors cos if ya want to attract outsiders, then discussion about how to make it attractive to come,is a must.;) it aint in the best place in the world for parking,

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Hold on there!!!!! -----In 1972 I had the misfortune to live for one year in the gable end house right next to the miniscule Ossy Town Hall car park.
The proposed parking scheme is for RESIDENTS and is 35 years overdue!!!!!!

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nobodys knocking that,its certainly needed,this is a seperate issue n i presume the funds from a differant source.:)

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If the land next to the Town Hall (where the old folks home was) hadn't been sold off, it would have been an ideal site for a car park, and would have been an encouragement to attend any shows, functions and make use of arts facilities.
As it is now, lack of car parking facilities just causes irritation and inconvenience to residents. When I lived there it was not unknown to have park several streets away from home when there was something on at the Town Hall.

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if they did change it into a carpark, you would get all the parents from the school kids parking on it during the day to pick em up too, which wouldnt be a bad thing either;)

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Whilst I agree that the lack of parking for visitor's to the Theatre is probably one of the biggest turn-offs, don't agree with Residents' Parking .. why should anyone be allowed to 'purchase' a parking space outside their property on a public road. If everyone did it .. we would never be able to visit anywhere !

It will only mean that visitor's will have to move further along to other streets .. just shifting it, that's all it will do, not overcoming the problem. Was a shame though Margaret that the Council did not acquire the land next to it.

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Whilst I realise parking is a big issue in some respects I do wonder whether it isn't a red herring of sorts.

I mean, if you go to Manchester to the theatre are you ever able to park right next to the theatre itself, or Blackburn for that matter? There is tons of parking available at Ossy Mills which theatre goers can use and walk up (probably about the same distance as from the Arndale car park in Manchester to the Royal Exchange) or the car park behind the shops on Union Rd, very close by - or for a while the car park at Rhyddings School was open for use but no one used it (choosing instead to park in front of residential homes).