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How would a trader who wants it to be optional answer the question "Do you want 6 day trading yes or no?"
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I was hoping we could have got the motion passed, had a vote and then a final decision could have been made rather than all the arguing that is going on. It's a vote I would have been quite happy to lose, all I wanted was a democratic chance for the traders to decide their own fate.
Gynn, the idea is not to force closure or opening of the Market Hall on Wednesdays, just to stop forcing the traders. Some want Wednesday opening, some want to be selective about it when it suits them as is the adaptive nature of all those who are self-employed. Wednesdays in Hyndburn are traditionally the day of the week where shops are closed or only open for half of the day and trying to change that by saying that it is the 21st century and 'Tesco doesn't do it' are rather flimsy arguments. I will once more point to Bury for an example of a market which certainly has no need for 6-day trading. Opening longer hours doesn't mean more trade and I fail to see that people will be more inclined to shop on Wednesday at the Market Hall than Saturday. The upstairs units are open 6 days, several stalls want to be open 6 days, many of the others would like the option of being able to open a sixth day without being forced to. The Market Hall is already open 6 days, just don't try and force traders into something which isn't going to work just to save face. Clearly I have been harbouring under the misapprehension that democracy is a good thing. |
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I have said in the past that 35 councillors representing over 80,000 residents in Hyndburn isn't too unreasonable but there are times when 35 councillors dictating to over 80,000 residents in the face of adversity is somewhat embarrassing. The current controlling group is a bit more 'transmit' than 'receive' for my liking. |
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Blackburn have managed to alienate most market traders, they are due to move into The Mall in March and i was talking to one of the stallholders last week and he told me that NO ONE has actually signed anything yet to say they want a stall in the new market, they have a plan up on one of the walls that tells you where all the stalls are moving to but i can't see how this is possible, unless that is just where they have been allocated....we'll see hey, i know a number of stalls aren't being 'allowed' to go into The Mall and are having to cease trading, it's a total shambles
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One of the companies's contracted on the new market have gone bust so the work is delayed anyway |
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it's all going to be a disaster Dave
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Pity really, I would have preferred a solution which gave the traders the final say. |
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And there I was....thinking that sanity had prevailed at last.
I must have misread(or misunderstood) your post Ken.........I thought that the traders had given it the thumbs down(well, the majority of them anyway). It was dead in there today. I can see the day when the market hall is just a vast empty space where the ghosts of traders past congregate. Still the council will be able to use it for storage I guess.......or maybe they will turn it into flats. |
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Ken's copy of the list of signatures from the Market Hall traders was almost snatched out of his hand by Cllr Marlene Haworth, who rushed across the council chamber to try and grab hold of it. Luckily Ken managed to fight her off and did not give up his copy of the list, also all the Labour Group kept hold of their copies as well.
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Upstairs looked even quieter. Just a big banner, flapping off the balcony, loudly advertising all day breakfasts at discounted prices. Never a good sign, when evaluating the health of a business. |
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This could have hindered her speed, when attempting the twenty yard dash. :rolleyes: |
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