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Some of the blame has got to be the consumers as well because for a lot of people it is just easier to shop under one roof. Therefore a lot of people don't even hit the town centre. What can be done? Who knows?

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I have, several times, but I could see what was coming !:rolleyes::)

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Accrington was always n Industrial Town, Mills,Engineering,etc 5000 worked at bulloughs alone, double decker buses used to bring workers from the fylde coast.fer me our town started dying with the death of industry, true the abysmal alterations to our centre oer the years contributed also.:(

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I actually think that the fact people are turning more and more to shopping on line as also had a huge impact, I buy everything on line these days, because is so easy and you don't have to leave the comfort of your own home to do it

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Seems Woolies is to reopen.e re-born online
A Woolworths store
The closure of Woolworths prompted huge job losses

The Woolworths brand is to be re-launched as an online retailer after being bought by Daily Telegraph owners, Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay.

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these are the guys who make folks like Michael Jackson look normal :confused: :confused:

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Perhaps this is Accrington's opportunity to become something different, to not rely on the big names. Perhaps this is the time for independent shops to make a come back to our town centre and rebuild a unique town that doesn't have all the same shops as every where else.

And as for the beautiful buildings - if you're worried that you might trip over something whilst you're walking and looking up, then stop and stand still for a while to take a look.

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But where would the Chavs & Track suited Tracys go if the centre was "made posh"???

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yeh right its just the weather fer standing admiring architechture.
:rolleyes: lets get real here, most people go to a town centre to shop.

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Hear hear to that. We don't need big business to be a good, interesting, town.

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don't think anyone would or could disagree with that, but HOW do they compete against these big outlets?:confused:

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I really cant see what would work in Accrington. Lets face it, most of us will still use Supermarkets and also the Larger Stores in other towns. The only way to totally regenerate the Town Centre would be for it to offer something completely different and thereby bring in outsiders/tourists. Maybe with time, vision and enterprise something along the lines of a "Booktown" such as Hay-On-Wye, but i really cant see that happening at all, we aint even got one bookshop at the moment...WHS apart that is!


Best Regards - Taggy

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A good idea in theory, but as Lindasay pointed out, we may not have the demograhpics to support such businesses, an example being the sadly short life of the new art gallery that someone tried to open, and the recent closure of the small independent gift/fancy goods shop on Church Street.

It would be great to be like Hebden Bridge etc., but we really don't have enought arty lesbians to make it viable.

See post 31 of the thread below, for further details....

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...n-31637-3.html

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Perhaps we could invite a German market to attend a couple of days per week, for those that don't wish to go to Manchester.

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invite the krauts? they couldn't even win 2 world wars.:rolleyes: