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seems obvious to me that this is what the people of accrington would like to see happen - so it probably won't :rolleyes:

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Stand on Peel St on a Saturday morning and see if there is less disposable income around. The X41 bus is probably Transdevs most profitable service with the mass exodus transport it provides.

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Sounds about right for our lot at hbc:rolleyes:

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Yes and a lot of those on that bus pay nothing to go there....and once in Manchester will mooch around the Arndale where it is warm, well lit and vibrant and spend very little.......they will window shop but buy? not so much.
The younger ones who used to be on this bus would head for the church of Primark, but now there is one in Blackburn,they don't have to go so far to get their fix.

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which brings us right back to what i said before:

shops and market stalls will only open and stay open if the people support them and spend their money in them. it's no good doing your weekly shop in tescos and then wondering why we haven't got any local butchers/greengrocers!

and

making our town more attractive than theirs, by making it unique and by offering what they can't get in their own town(s).

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Just a thing about Christmas markets, most major Towns & Cities here have them that run for near on a month, but even little villages will have their own "Weihnachts Markt" over a week-end & it's mainly local traders & organisations that run the stalls & despite the big Markts not more than 15 minutes away they manage to hold their own as it's very community orientated.

To borrow a phrase from the league of gentlemen "It's a local Markt for local people". :)

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I'm afraid someone already holds the cpoyright, on that very radical concept.

:eek:;):D

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...s-59763-3.html

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I'd love to go, and see the wondrous sights with my own eyes.

I'm told in Manchester they've paved the streets in gold, and the extravagant cty burghers have provided places where people may sit, and rest, free of any charge!

Oh just imagine.

:rolleyes:

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damn beaten to the post again:D

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Well Leon yeh never touched on me question about this increased budget yeh said yer gonna ask for next year, i will repeat- is it likely to lead to n increase in Council Tax? seems funny to me,how yeh missed that.:rolleyes:

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also a lot of the stalls are local craftmakers and artists, also some charities. I was very impressed with a stall held by a local community organisation for young people with mental health problems and disabilities who were selling artworks created by the service users. there was some cracking stuff on sale

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Leon lives in Blackburn.

Perhaps he ain't too bothered if Hyndburn resident's council taxes go up next year, as it's reported they will be doing.

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We will have to agree to disagree, maybe I don't spend enough time in the town centre to notice :)

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i believe we will as although i do not have the actual statistics to hand i think it would be a pretty sure bet that the MAJORITY of accrington's residents aren't

'residents who spend their money on alchohol and get too much support for the stuff they shove up their noses or inject in to their blood stream.'