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Oh dear we really have got under your skin if you go to the lengths you have just done in your last post to analyse this.

OK, Cashman, Less et al may be abusive to some but it's their opinion, and they express it in that way, which may result in folks leaving the forum, that's why the white over 60s predominate, in your view, though there are plenty of others around who you may not have noticed. Also, the white over 60s have the time on their hands to comment and have lived in the town long enough to have a good idea of what's going on there. I think that may be called a positive contribution.

I don't understand what you mean about attacking Sugarmouse - she rarely posts now because her circumstances have changed since she first joined but I don't recall her being subject to attack - anyway she is still around, witness her blog the other day.

Anyway we're still here and you're still there, think what you like about us. It makes for interesting reading.

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Add liar to his list of attributes, I as far as i am aware have never attacked sugermouse, in fact she thanked me fer advice the other day,:rolleyes: Yeh may call me abusive Easton, but its my opinion of you simple as, I have said before though we have never met, i hold an intense dislike fer yeh, Which is summat i rarely do, but a prick is a prick.

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and Mr Easton, you still haven't mentioned why you still call me 'Marge'....MargaretR and I are different people...but then you like to generalise about what you think we are.
Some of us have no political affiliations....and Sue is right......we the white over 60's have given our lives to the town, have known it in it's heyday......have time to respond on the forum...families grown up left home.

Sue is also right when she observes, that somehow, we must have got under your skin for you to post that long justification(at least that is what it seems like to me) in post 798.
And I do not think it is Margaret who is 'sad'...I think that honour must go to you, for your need to constantly tell us of the good you are doing for our poor little town...should I tug my forelock now sir?

People come and go on this forum. For some, they come, because like you they have an agenda which needs to be fulfilled...once that is done we hear no more from them...we the forum members do not drive people away....these are adults who have a choice in life. They can go or they can stay.
This is a good forum, by far the best of any of the local ones anyway.

You have a choice too.......you can stay, or you can find somewhere that you find more diverse in membership, more palatable to your obviously cosmopolitan tastes.(not the all white, over 60's that you seem to abhor so much)Personally I couldn't give a fig what you do...the forum certainly isn't enriched by your opinion of us, or your posts either for that matter.

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I think the reference is to a conversation in the Bedroom Tax thread

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I think it started in the Boston bombing thread.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ing-64052.html
but something and nothing really, she seemed more bothered about Less`s (is that right?) incorrect use of an apostrophe than anything else. Just coincidence she hasn`t been on here much since.

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Suger actually said the other day she hadn't been on fer ages, gave reasons, an said she had missed it, The liar from Singapore ignored that n made his own version up, which seems to happen a lot,:rolleyes: Trolls do that.

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I don't care, he's only using it as another example to moan, wherever it is.
:)

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I didn`t think for a minute it was anything to do with a minor spat she had weeks ago. I have just read her blog after it was mentioned on here, and she obviously has more important things going on in her life at the moment. Perhaps Mr E (some of his posts are a bit puzzling) should do a little deeper digging before posting.

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Her circumstances have changed, life, real life(not this virtual stuff) has a habit of sometimes getting in the way.
I haven't been on here much of late...for similar reasons. I am spending a lot of time looking after my daughter and her family. It is called 'getting your priorities right'.
It pleases Mr Easton's ends, to make out that members are leaving in droves....because of how people are treated....and it is nothing of the sort.

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Do yeh not regret the fact,that fer such a high flyer yeh have demonstrated once again sheer stupidity?:confused: Many people on here know jaysay, in fact Tory or not he happens to be a good friend of mine, And everyone who knows him,knows damn well, he is a man of his own mind n no way will be influenced by anyone, This i think proves beyond any doubt what a total prick yeh are. Also he in his time has worked harder n contributed more to this town than a knob like you will ever do.:rolleyes: n he don't brag about it either.

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I refer my learned friends to #766 ;)

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There are many that come on site they wish to be a new broom, tell us our failings hope to change us to their way of thinking.
Some stay, some go, the ones that stay aren't actually conforming to the site, they finally appreciate it has it's values, these folk still have their own way of talking, but learn (perhaps learn is too harsh), understand? How the site is?
They do actually change the site, but not by pointing out our shortcomings but introducing a different level of abuse, DtheP, why do you spring to mind?
:)

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No I haven't been suckered into anything, I have always been my own man and CAN AND DO think for myself, you lost my respect when you carried on shortening Margaret's name when she asked you not to. One thing I have picked up on here over the years is to suss out pig ignorant people, something which unfortunately you have made very easy:mad:

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Is this the post to which you are referring?

You never did explain yourself very well over this post.

You are assuming things that may/may not be true.
I suppose much of it hinges on what you call a bad day.......Singapore sling not chilled enough, only two ice cubes in your glass..air conditioning on the fritz........strawberries too high in price...or maybe a family member diagnosed with a life limiting illness....or maybe your partner in life has run off with someone younger and better looking...all relative I guess.

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I wish you were in the Horsehead Nebula....I'm sure the internet signal would be too weak for you to log onto Accyweb.

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I was with you all the way until, BETTER LOOKING? Show me a photo of this guy, (I'll bet it's Rindy).

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well, substitute better looking for richer, well educated with impeccable manners.

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If you put that onto a dating agency, I'd give you a call!

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Dates give me the runs Less! :)

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Can't remember if I reported this TOWN CENTRE CHANGE. The shop that was previously Gibson Sports on Broadway will be opening as a cafe/deli.

Anybody who gets their cheese from Hoskins on a Thursday will have to change habits, they are no longer open Thursday after today. The clientelle on a Thursday aren't used to paying more than 10p for something on the market

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Kinky as well! Don't worry I'll supply the San Izal!

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Less...I didn't mean that kind of date...and I didn't mean that kind of run :D

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You're problem is you are too negative, haven't you learnt anything over the past few days?

Ooooh! You turn me on, (am I allowed to say that on site)?
:o

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No Margaret it's me that ran off to the Horsehead Nebula with somebody younger and better looking. ;)
Have I made a mistake in drinking at the Grass is Always Greener Tavern?
Only time will tell and I haven't got much of that left as flashy so tactfully pointed out in an earlier post. :)

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my response is in blue....such a pretty colour.

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I was nowhere near the switch, so it can't have been me :D

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I am not a racist nor a faux moral supremacist, both of which you have accused members of this board of being. Neither am I over 60. You really do like labels don't you.

I got a label...no idea who it might fit though

Barrack Room lawyer.....thinks he knows it all, but actually knows very little. Can usually be found on internet message boards and forums using words and phrases from Google in a vain attempt at proving his superior intelligence to the rest of the plebs. Can often be found referring to imaginary friends like Strollin' Steve or Meanderin' Mick. Has the humour and wit of a Nori brick. Someone guaranteed to empty a pub faster than a policeman after time.

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Oh dear, Less....we are going to be such a disappointment to Mr Easton...we aren't whining or griping(though I am over 60 so I guess that will disappoint him a bit - can't all be bad can it?).

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And thank's to the weather I'm no longer white!

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Haven't a clue Less... but I wouldn't change a thing, I like us all just the way we are. ;)
Now pass the popcorn and pork scratchings. ;)

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Had a day off work today. But. I also had a job interview at work. Had to buy a new shirt, tie, pants and shoes...... Walking around town at around 9am, waiting for shops to open-I spotted a guy sitting there with a can of lynx lager. His teeshirt had a message for me as I looked from his beer can to his teeshirt. It said. "Pi%% off I am having a bad day." Wow. Bad day already? Oh the Accrington Life.

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So GEaston is back in the country? Must have found dry rot in one of his posts!

That will take a bit of cash to clear up.
:p

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Surprised he hasn't gone after his favourite building yet. You know. The one on Canon Street. ;)

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No I don't know, how dare you assume I would even contemplate wandering around the lower end of town?

I'm quite happy with my pitch and begging bowl outside the indoor market, though it used to be easier on my feet when the benches were there.


:mad:

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:eek: you can almost see it from the railway

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Almost makes a big difference, the houses on spring hill that are almost in Ossy, somehow, are thousands of pounds cheaper.
;)

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The mystery is in the ale. Once you have one too many down ya, a strange ability to see around corners comes upon you ;)

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wrong all less see's is the floor and the gutter:D:thepint::thepint:
anyone fancy finding out we will be in the Railway today (Sat)

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Anyone notice in this weeks Observer (page 6-no link available)
Plans submitted for change of use 28 Warner St to 2 one bedroom flats?
Applicant Mr(J) Easton.

Come on Accywebbers you know the landlord,that`s got to to be a plus,
get your names down,you are even in the right demograph:rolleyes:

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You must be joking, I wouldn't be suitable due to male pattern baldness I no longer have a decent forelock to tug when he calls for the rent and to tell me how lucky I am.
:D

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Give over Stevie R ;)
The conspiracy merchants on here will go into overdrive AND it says Joseph Easton is the applicant !! there must be a whole tribe of Eastons looking to take over the town.
:D

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Surely no link there then.......

Happy to discuss it on here, and actually for once it fits with the town centre changes title of the thread.

So there are 2 buildings here 26 (a shop fronted premises on the right) and 28 which is not a shopfront but a large glazed window that you can't see through - the left building.

26 will stay as is - it was zoned for office use, and doesn't require any change to be used as a shop. This building will complete around end August.

28 is more of a problem in terms of what to do with it. It is currently designated as Office - and downstairs it could stay as office. I don't think there's much demand for office on Warner Street and actually I don't think historically office should have been approved for what is clearly a shopping street. In terms of making this a shop, that wont work for 28. Obviously it was a house back in 1820 when built and it retains it's heavy central supporting wall between splitting the front from back of the ground floor. That's not easy to remove, and also there is no shop frontage - just the hideous window that you can see.

The upstairs of 28 can and should be a 1 bedroom flat. I don't need planning permission for change of use to that, thanks to the governments sensible rules on converting commercial to residential above ground floor level. So that will be a 1 bed.

The downstairs will also be a 1 bed, if passed, and an office if not. As it can't be a shop, I think residential is better than office because office may not rent so easily.

I know from many discussions here that there's a shortage of 1 bed flats in the town - well here's 2 that I'm looking to create. They'll be in brand new condition when done. To save some typing about how I'm here only to take advantage of the townsfolk, I would point out that I plan to let these 1 bed flats at 350 pounds a month. If you look at rightmove you'll find that's the absolute cheapest accommodation anywhere in the town. These though will be finished to brand new standard and so cannot be compared with others.

To DP's point - Joe is my father, who worked for 52 years in the building trade for Robert McAlpine and knows way more than I will ever know about buildings. I have been living in Singapore so he's better placed than I as the person on the ground to deal with builders/tradesman/councilors/regulators and all the people that need to be involved in such a project.

If possible lets debate the buildings and their use (historical and future) rather sidetracking to attempt to attack me.

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That'll do for me Mr E :D

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Page 4 this weeks Observer needs a mention. All the "naysayers" on here have gone quiet.

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Don't believe everything you read DP. Only about 2 in 10 quotes in that article are accurate. Most of it is a work of fiction.

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You'll be telling me that's not even a picture of you next Graham :cool:

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Good of you to say so, perhaps you can give us the true version?
:)

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Well it is the New Accrington Observer after all:D

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I did see the article but felt that GEaston needed no extra publicity from me.

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Nice to read the article in the Observer Mr Easton Glad to read that someone has faith in Accrington town centre and is investing their money into it.

Pardon me whilst I go for the bucket, he's doing it because he can make a profit, not because he loves Accrington.
Whilst I have no objection at all to him investing and making that profit, I do object to the idea he should be either thanked or be idolised as if he is a benefactor, he's buying property around here because it's cheap.

Good luck to him, I hope he makes his money, but don't expect him to move to the district because he won't he can't afford to improve it that much.
:(

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What I cant understand Less, is WHY you criticise someone you dont even know?

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Well, to be honest. the Observer made him sound like the saviour of Accrington, and while I appreciate that he is doing what he can with renovating a few buildings.....he is doing it for purely finacial reasons...there is no philanthropy in it....and it needs a lot more that what Mr Easton can do to save the town.
I think that is being purely realistic Atarah...rather than critical.

You should read his posts, the scum of the Earth is higher in his opinion than anyone that dares to question his motives.
By the way reading between the lines even though he came close to saying it, he would bring in euthanasia for the scum of the Earth!

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#842 refers Less.... let's can the idolatry bit, his motivations are his business and yeah to your "Good Luck to Him"
AND there are beneficiaries to his investments in the town.

Who was it sang "Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative" ?

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But, do we EVER believe what the reporters from the Observer say? So often is it NOT what the person interviewed has actually said!

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You can, can whatever you want, I don't like the guy because HE came on site with an attitude of all praise me for what I'm doing.
If I have to repeat it I will, he is investing & hoping to make a profit, I wish him well, hopefully his investment will pay him dividends, but Tesco, Asda, and various other businesses invest in the town without expecting a tug of the forelock.
What happens if he goes tits up like that guy that bought a farm then stopped public access?
Will he still try to be gaining publicity or will he quietly sell off his investments and move on?
Of course he will, his loyalty is to the bottom line not to our town.

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That he mentioned earlier, he has been invited to tell us the truth and the fiction.

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Is this the chap in this news story? Almost 300 cannabis plants were found at East Side Spire Farm on Sunday. - Accrington Observer

I think this is the house 4 bedroom country house to rent in Spire Farm,Sandy Lane,Accrington,Hyndburn, BB5

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Think so, even when reported for misdemeanours he was referred to as a businessman rather than a failed businessman.

I asked in another thread when someone no longer trading but committing a crime stops being a 'businessman' and becomes as bad as the worst described in the papers.

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To be fair to R H Foy it wasnt him who was partaking in a bit of clandestine herb cultivation but that WAS his house which is now in the care of the receivers i believe.

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Well the true version would be:

a) I'm not a multi-millionaire. The only way I could be considered one is if you included the value of my company which is entirely subjective. There's a massive difference between being cash rich and asset rich. The former being actually useful. I understand it makes for an attention grabbing headline.

b) If I actually become wealthy then I would be interested in the building directly opposite the Market Hall. Quality stone building, currently about 5 run down or empty shops and large amounts of empty space above that noone wants to rent in its current form. That building would I think convert nicely into residential. A big project, but the property has not yet gone the way of the Conservative Club. In time it will if noone takes it on.

To post 857 I wont be going tits up because I take no risks in doing this, and own the deeds to all the properties. Worst case I sell up, leave the town with modernised buildings that are occupied by people not pigeons. Local tradesmen did well from it during the recession. It's a pity they didn't get a mention in the Observer article - for quality, fair pricing and trust (invaluable when living abroad as I do).

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Maybe you should ask the Observer to print these facts, in the interests of fairness to you.

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Change of topic! I must confess I do not bother to read the Planning Applications, but someone suggested I do, with regard to the Arndale. And yes ... ANOTHER coffee shop on its way, if permission is given to go ahead with these plans. We are talking the area in the Arndale from the Travel Agents down to Union Street.


http://planning.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/WA...df&pageCount=1

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Always remembering Atara that those responsible for town centre renewal don't live here anyway.;)

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I wouldn't think opprobrium from a flat track bully like yourself would cause any sleepless nights in Singapore Less.
:D

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Doesn't this post count as a personal insult, and as such is against the rules of the forum?

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Not that I think it would worry Less one jot....he won't lose any sleep over any names you call him.

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There was a guy in what used to be Bon Marche on Friday......it looked like he was measuring up. I wondered what it was going to be.
I'm not sure that a coffee shop is what is needed...the one that recently opened on Broadway...Mr Bean, doesn't seem to be doing much.

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How many Coffee shops can a place like Accy support? It seems the present glut is way too much. Now, if it was a Dutch styled Coffee shop that'd be something to set sparks flying! :D

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Ya Dave it would be spiffing :D

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Aaargh! Nice try, but don't give up the day job Jay! :D

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Would that be considered as to spliff the infinitive?
:dflam:

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Why pay overheads for a cafe, they do it on the streets for free here :rolleyes:

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Ah, but that's not the "Continental Culture", little Englanders with no style & panache. :D

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What has to be considered Margaret is to whom is it an insult?

Yes of course he was having a dig at me, however I could consider it a back handed compliment, after all, what is a 'flat track bully'?

From what I understand it is someone that is good at beating mediocre opponents but will never be good enough to beat the elite.

This poses two questions;_

1/ Who does he consider to be my mediocre opponents?

2/ Who does he consider to be the elite?

In answer to question 1/ obviously he is attempting to insult the members of this site, that is of course with the exception for himself he considers himself and perhaps (though doubtful), a few others to be the elite of 2/, even the member from Singapore is probably considered to be of lower intellect than he!

He attempts to impress/show off what he considers his extensive vocabulary by using words such as:-

Now this, actually just shows him up, because if he really wanted to get a point across he would use plain English, but he has to feed his inflated ego somehow, so this is how he does it.

The man is full of nothing but bluster or as cashy would say, 'urine and wind', (yes cashy I know you wouldn't say urine but the swear checker got in the way).:rolleyes:

Shame he feels an urgent need to put everyone in their place, some points he gets right but in most of his posts he just attempts to deride anyone else's opinions.

I bear him no personal animosity indeed in some ways I feel sorry for him, if he tried less to be superior, his intellect would actually shine through.

So, I no doubt have opened that can of worms once more, the one from when he first joined us and used to follow me from post to post thinking his insults and put downs really did bother me. I hope it doesn't happen I don't need the attention that I used to get from his earlier rantings.
:)

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You are spot on Less.

I sometimes think that some people on here have no manners at all...they seem to think that there is one opinion to be had and they will allow us to conform to their views...how kind of them.....should I be grateful for them doing my thinking for me??....NO, most definitely not.
Anyway you have a far more generous spirit than this member.
It is my opinon(for what it is worth) that anyone who has to resort to name calling has lost the argument, and it into point scoring territory as a means to make themselves feel better.

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The news story is more accurate:

Accrington entrepreneur sees a future for area (From This Is Lancashire)

Hopefully the press will now get off the case.

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It's to be hoped you only shop for buildings on a sunny day :D

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Yes for once I'm right,

Just done a google and Captain Kirk says:-

'To boldly blow where no-one has blown before'.