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Re: DJ's book 'unflattering' about Accy.
Unfortunate that he saw the negative. In a slightly different mood he could easily have seen the positives. "Do unto others as you would have done unto yourself", so I think he'll probably find lots of people will see the negatives about his book and it will be a flop, unless his negativity was just a one-off. It's no big deal, Accy ain't great, but it's not bad either.
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Was that your one-off negative observation? :rofl38: |
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Then we shall look forward to more hilarious contradictions from you. :rolleyes: Unless someone's actually read the book, it's a little difficult to gauge the negativity of the book;s view of Accrington. The article in the paper mentions he describes Peel park, and the Haworth as being two of the town's highlights. Which they are. Fact. Just as it's a fact we do have a lot of down-market shops. ;) |
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His comments are quite near to the truth, but having said that he comes from Wigan for gods sake, i have done a lot of work around Wigan and lets just say it aint no shining beacon of architecture and culture, so maybe he should take a look closer to home before knocking other towns;)
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A negative, followed by a positive. Which he may have done too. Though that might not have given the newspaper a sensational headline to publish. As posted above, the article mentioned he's written in a positive way about one of our parks, and the art gallery. Might be a very balanced report of how he found the town. Only a fool, or someone who'd not travelled further than Burnley, would argue that the streets of Accy are paved with gold. |
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Wigan's a very cultured place. With Ince at it's epicentre. :eek::D:eek: |
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He failed to mention Mouldy Grange, St Dorothy's major attraction to the undesirables that choose to linger around the post office area on the look out for 'easy pickings' on pension pay-out days.
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Well I haven't read the book and have no intentions of doing so but over the last 20 years I have spent quite a lot of time in the Wigan area, and I would think anybody who actually comes from there has a cheek in criticising any other part of the country, maybe he should take a look round his home town before writing about other places;)
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Accrington does feel very 'down at heel'....and I have visited lots of other northern towns...so I rather think he is portraying the town without the benefits of the rose coloured spectacles. |
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The town is like many northern industrial towns, it has had a shiny past, but in general these towns have all suffered from the loss of industry(because it was that that made the town rich...in every way)and a lack of investment. |
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