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Oh how nice :rolleyes: :rolleyes:, we have had changes to the town centre;

Another Pound Shop has opened on Blackburn Road

Davies Bed Centre (Davies Of Accrington) has closed down

M & Z Fashions (cheap store) has opened on Union St

Gibsons Sports has closed down

Farmfoods closing down

And Sureframe has closed down :o :o :( :(.

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You missed the new cheap shop in the Arndale opened:D
near W.H Smiths

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Was Sureframe in the Town Centre?

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Also missed the existing thread but as a serial thread duplicater thats nothing new


http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ges-56392.html

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Ah yes mick,

The cheap stores are called;

Branded Clearance

Stationary Craft

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Yes Less it was very near the town centre, opposite Asda on Oxford St.

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Near does not place it in the town centre.

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Tealeaf will be well chuffed with this thread, it fails to recognise wetherspoons have opened :D

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i'm well aware were sureframe was, have used em since it was William Hickeys,which was oer the Iron Bridge first off, it has "NEVER" been in the town centre. simple as.:rolleyes:

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It's spelt ass not as :D

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I don't want to hijack Bee's thread ... by the way, hope you enjoyed your holiday, bud .... but it just crossed my mind that you guys are getting ripped off badly at the pound stores. We can buy the same junk for a $1 at the dollar stores:eek: Maybe you should get a new currency, let's say the Canadian dollar. You would feel right at home as our loonie has a picture of the Queen on the front, as does the twoonie.:dancedog: And there is a nice picture of a Polar Bear on the back of the two dollar coin.;)

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I don't think people here are too impressed with polar bears at the moment, Eric, ever since one of 'em had an English lad for breakfast last week.

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Never feed a polar bear mints, or frothy fruit-flavoured pop to drink.

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You're talking about this Bear I assume, looks like a Party at Eric's. :)

Cresta Bear Advert- It's changed / Rimsky Korsakov - YouTube

Shouldn't think there'd be to many in Accy town centre though.

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Maybe they could sell cute little Polar Bear toys in the pound shops, with little union jacks on their tummies. And for those who think this insensitive, remember "Don't eff with the bears" is one of life's little rules, right up there with: Never eat at a restaurant called "MOM'S", never play poker with a guy called "Doc"; never go to bed with a married woman unless she has more to lose than you do; don't have unprotected sex in a whorehouse etc, etc, etc.

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When was it William Hickeys Cashy?. :idunno::idunno::idunno:

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Probably when you were still a seed;)

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when it moved from by the iron bridge which was bottom of Marlbourgh Rd, down to oxford street, blowed if i can remember what year cos aint that important to me.

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More Changes;
Accrington town centre roads plan to boost trade (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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Which clown thought that one up? By all means move the bus station - that's long overdue - but a car park on the site? What planet are these people on? Get that old bus station turned into a town square and do some serious pedestrianisation with the rest - that way, we might get a successful town centre again. Oh, I forgot - shut down some of these dodgy bars and their crackpot schemes.

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Not sure how much the bid is for the bus station but the Arndale is now up for sale. 16.7 million, clear out all the shops and it's a ready made bus station, probably cheaper than the proposed one :D

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They could call it a retro development in as much they could turn the rest of the land into a sunken garden and car park:rolleyes:

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Not sure if this one is a dig at me...... However i was party to some information on the whole bus plan scenario, The plan was to have a square built their by the old regieme that were in power, unfortunatley the funds were pulled back, however they are still trying to work out whether to make it pedestrianised or re open the road outside of the town hall as its causing a lot of confusion.

Its down to a finance thing that they town sqaure idea was not given the go ahead, however the free 2 hour parking scheme will give the market and other traders in the town some form of extra income and possibly a boost.

If the comment was aimed towards myself and my venue, please be aware we do not run a dodgy establishment and i take huge offence at that being that we are the only venue in the town that serve plastic bottles and glasses, not through incidents through the fact that we did this off our own bat as we feel that flash moments can happen at anytime, and i wouldnt want any relative or family member to go through what happens to people who are injured on nights out through moments of madness in bars, protecting my customers is my upmost priority

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Surely the use of "plastic glasses/bottles" is more reflection on the clientele you and other venues who use them attract... why would normal responsible sane folks want to visit venues when they know the venue ataccts undesirables ........ ok 'stereotyping' is supposed to be a no-no , but if it walks like a ducks and looks like a duck and quacks like a duck .... it's not rocket science , sorry no service

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Well the removing of the pedestrianisation outside the town hall will not make that much difference, I've been visiting the Town Centre on a regular basis recently and numerous cars ignore it already:rolleyes:

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It's more a reflection on the society we live in, especially for nightclubs etc

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Quite obvious you've never worked the door at night clubs SJ they were using plastic glasses back in the late 70s and early 80s, removing lethal weapons out of arms way

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Nelson has now "de-pedestrianised" Manchester Road allowing West to East traffic through

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By the way in the distance you can see "The Nelson Shuttle"

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Good news for everyone then.:D

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Not from Accrington town centre you can't.:confused::D:D

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What not even on a clear day:rolleyes::D

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It was a nightmare and even worse when they shut the M65

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Accy Ob -
£17m Arndale Centre back on the market | Accrington Observer - menmedia.co.uk

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Also a new discount store (do we REALLY need loads??) has opened in Accrington Arndale where Adams Clothing used to be.

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There should be a ban on any more pound type discount stores..... if they keep on letting more and more in.... then the market will close:

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What are you trying to say?

The market sells nothing but Tat?

If I want Tat I go to a pound shop.

From the market I expect far better things.
;)

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No What I am trying to get across is: there are far too many of them and Market Traders can not compete with some ( not all of the prices ) plus at the end of the day there is only so much money to go round….. and these out of town discount stores are in fact taking away some of the market trade…

However if its cheaper then of course people will buy from them….

And no I am not saying all on the market is tat….. I ran a web site featuring the market for a good few years… and I have just taken a stall on in there with my partner…. We have a home made Victorian flower cart selling fresh cut flowers…. If I say it myself it certainly brightens up the entrance to the market Hall…

I have always done all I can to help promote the Market ….. I feel its such a shame that so many markets end up run down…. And in years to come unless people use them they will go….
;-) :-)

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Might see you if your there tomoz Magpie:D

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I won't be on tomorrow ... however we are open Mon/Tue Thurs Fri and Saturday.... so please come and see me :-)

thanks Magpie :-)

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Sorry Magpie Wednesday is the only day they let me out http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/c...s/00020344.gif

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So, now we know why the market was opened on a Wednesday eh?

Whats it like having influencial friends that will do these little things to make your life more convenient Jay?
:D

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Only one problem there Less they won't let me take any money with me, so if I call in the Railway the drinks are on you:alright:

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We'll just sit you in front of one of the many T.V. screens in there, you can watch the beer commercials.

:)

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Tut, ain't that typical, letting a poor down and out go thirsty;)

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You wouldn't get in anyway, they have a dress code now, anyone can wear a football shirt and get in but it must be ironed.
;)

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Ask Lancsdave, I don't wear footy shirts on my trips to town Less:p:p:p

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Yukk a bare chested Jaysay, that's enough to put the strongest stomach off it's beer.
:s_sick:

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I'm not that blood brave Less, its bad enough being in a wheelchair, without having to fight the women of as well:D:D

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No my travels this aft I passed the Tropical Fish shop on the block between the top of Broadway and top of Peel Street (can't remember if its Abbey St or Whalley Road doh) can anybody remember the name of the Shoe Shop that used to be there

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Was It R Soles.:hehetable

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Passions for Soles John :)

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No Beni, I would have remembered that as I frequently come across um on here:rolleyes:

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Think you may have meant when it was David Spruce ?

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No Kate I'm going back to the 60s 70s now I actually Knew that bloke who owned it, he was called Duncan (I think) used to frequent the Coach and Horse, he took over running the shop from his mother, at one time it was the only shop in Accy where you could get Clarks shoes

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I remember Clark, a small lad usually ran around the playground in his barefeet because the bigger boys had stolen his footware to sell to the shoe shop.
:D

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Ok ... before then .. so was it not just the Clarks Shoe Shop ? :D

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If that answer had come from cashy, he have got a load of abuse, but seeing its you, no it wasn't Clarks Kate:D

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S'okay .. I can take it. Actually, Jaysay, I am sure we just used to refer to it as the Clarks shop. :p

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Ya it was known as that but, that wasn't the name on the shop livery, nearly sure it started with an "M"

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Yaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Back on thread

- A new bar (milkshake bar) is planned for Accrington;
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ton-59037.html

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That isn't back on thread, that is just a lazy link to an active thread.
:(

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The new discount store in the Arndale is called Fozdar Discount

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What is Fozdar's RRP? And what discount has been given?:)

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And whats the discount on;)