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If anybody is getting off a bus this morning in Accrington Bus Station ( we know there are thousands of them otherwise we wouldn't need a new bus station ) will be greeted by the views in the pictures attached.

Sadly this is a regular occurence. :mad:

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I should also add that if anybody fancies the salad in the 3rd picture it should ne nice and fresh, it's only been there since yesterday lunchtime

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There are standards to be met- required by law.

http://www.nerwai.org.uk/uploaded/fi...520Law_613.pdf

"Response times according to zoning
Duty bodies are required to zone their land according
to the zoning requirements implicated by the Code of
Practice on Litter and Refuse. Land is zoned according to
how intensively it is used by the public. Each zone has a
response time within which the duty body should return
land or highways to an acceptable standard.
• High intensity of use (busy public areas)
• Medium intensity of use (‘everyday’ areas, including most
housing areas occupied by people most of the time)
• Low intensity of use (lightly trafficked areas)
• Areas with special circumstances (where issues of
health and safety and reasonableness and practicability
are dominant considerations when undertaking
cleansing operations).!

"Maximum response time to
restore to grade A standard
if it falls below grade B
‘1/2 a day’. This means by 6 p.m. if
reported before 1 p.m. or by 1 p.m.
the next duty day if reported between
1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on the previous day"

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The cleaner does this stretch anytime between 9 & 11 in the morning, thats it for the day. Amazing considering the amount of foot traffic it gets.

Apart from the fact people are so idle to put the rubbish there in the first place it isn't helped that a rubbish bin damaged by a vehicle was removed and never replaced, depsite one of my neighbours writing to the council. It won't eliminate the problem but if people don't see a bin there is no chance of them going round searching for one.

Once reported some dog dirt in the middel of the pavement and was told it would be cleared up next day when they do the rounds

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I wonder if the new bus station will have some bins?

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It will be that advanced it will have bins that follow you round waiting for your rubbish :D

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A once a day cleaning schedule fails the "1/2 day" cleaning requirement.

(unless the council consider that the town centre can never be classified as 'busy':rolleyes:)

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It don't really matter, cos it aint in the Town Centre.:D:rolleyes:

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Some enforcement would be nice and actually catch those dropping litter

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It would,but dream on mate.

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With it being so busy glad I'm not going down Accy this aft, I just hate crowds, maybe Mossy with be bringing in rent a crown from Rishton;)

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You can get fined for throwing litter in Manchester . They have wardens patrolling. We cant even get the council to prosecute people for dog fouling even when they have been given addresses.

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The rubbish was picked up 10 minutes ago, not sure if it was the actual street cleaner or somebody sent round specially as the pavement is still littered with dog ends. We will see what happens :)

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That's nout Max I once saw a home made video of a councillor letting his dog foul in a kids playground and not cleaning up after it, I kind you not:eek:

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So it wasn't really the Queen who visited Accy two weeks ago??

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Thirty years ago there was Dr Peter Beter who alleged that cloning of public figures was common practice.

http://www.peterdavidbeter.com/

Dr. Peter David Beter - Audio Letter No. 46.
Robotoid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Ya he did a fantastic job that day:D

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Think he scrapped the idea,after someone suggested cloning P.B.:D

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Um I don't know cashy, didn't you see the picture of his son in the Obs when Liz was here, spitting image mate:D:D

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Thanks to whoever is reading this at HBC :)

We've just had another street cleaner down the street. Hopefully there's one during the afternoon now :D

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Several years ago I was told a tale of a business trip made to Accy by two senior executives who were looking to establish a distribution/warehousing facility around N.E. lancs. They were fully aware of the excellent motorway network, availability of low cost B1/B2 facilities and an overall low cost base around Hyndburn. The only thing they were unsure about was the general feel of the place and what other facilities the Borough had to offer.

Anyway, to cut the long story short, they arrived (by train from Preston) on a warm summer day. Proceeding down the ramp at the station they decided to order a cab to take them to the industrial estate they were interested in. Walking into the booking office – and I do not think it takes much imagination to work out which one – they were faced by a couple of 10-year olds who informed them that a cab would be a few minutes. After a quarter of an hour – during which time no adults were present the other side of the counter as the kids chatted away in Punjabi – they gave the cab up as a bad job and proceeded to walk into town and find another taxi company.

Although by now running somewhat late, they decided to pop into a hostelry for a non-alcoholic brew and possibly to seek the advice of the locals. However, this in turn was of no avail has one mon at the bar objected to their suits and briefcases and someone else accused them of being a pair of puffters for ordering a coffee and a fruit juice.

Needless to say, they turned tail to the railway station. and with it fifty or so jobs lost from Accy. The last time I got off a train there, nothing had changed so the moral of the story is yeah – upswept rubbish isn’t very nice, but it is not the only thing that needs sorting out. First impressions are crucial.

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Ain't it marvelous the effect Accyweb has on our council, sure keeps them on their toes:D

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oh no lancsdave what have you done

now the council will remove all butty shops,takeaways etc in town center so as to eliminate rubbish

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Not for that long, we didn't get an afternoon visit :D

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so if you put a picture up on AW of something undesireable and needs removing from accy as soon as possible HBC will come along with big bin on wheels and take it away ?

hmmmm lemmi think ....

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--k6Ak22zXs...iawtw3ywya.jpg

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We can try thanks to Wadey :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossend...ey/4973823897/

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Hey accyman can you please put out a warning before you publish photos like that, I'm of a very nervous disposition and a shock like that could have huge consequences for my health;)

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The blessed Dorothy would be heartbroken:rolleyes:

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To report back, yesterday and today we have had an am and a pm cleaner :D

Now if the council have actually acted on seeing this thread, can I just re-iterate how much the town is being dragged down by activities eminating from the Abbey St area area of town. The biggest industrial sized roadsweeper may be required :)

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Don't think there's one big enough Dave:rolleyes:

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Strange that the very same bus station was a clean as a new pin just a couple of weeks ago when HRH turned up. I see it as it really is every week day morning, a dump, although to be fair there is now a new "nutter" hanging around, very entertaining he is too!

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Anything to do with Aliens by any chance ? :)

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If I am up late or cannot be bothered to walk to work-- I get the m&m bus @ 8oclock. It always seems to be the messiest part of the bus station. Is that created by all the claytoners returning to their smelly part of town? ;)

(yep that's a joke-- top end of Clayton does seem to smell at times)

or is it just because there is often a lot of kids catch the bus there to go to school, whether it be moorhead, st chrises or wherever those other schools are....

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Have you got a boat..........cus you like sailing close to the wind.:stop:

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Well if he has a boat dave let him put it on the canal and man a machine gun to keep you know what under control:rolleyes:

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I crashed it in clayton and now it resides on the banks of the canal :hehetable

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He is a pain.... any cutomers that I may have he scares them away.... the words keys and locked up spring to mind:

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Looks like we are back to square 1 :(

Took these pictures about 10 seconds after the street cleaner went past the shop. No the rubbish didn't just appear in those 10 seconds, he just couldn't be bothered picking it up.

The pictures actually make it look cleaner than it was.

Out of curiosity do Hyndburn Council not have one of those machines which clean chewing gum up ?

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Seeing you posted this at 10pm last night Dave, has there been any movement this morning, something usually happens when things are discussed on here, ya know things like personal visits from council leaders (or their deputy) if you moan about HBC:rolleyes:

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Different cleaner today Jaysay, proper job. There are those who earn a wage and those who scam one :rolleyes:

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Ah you mean a brush pusher and a brush leaner Dave:rolleyes:

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Looked down at my feet whilst waiting for the bus only to find my self horrified at almost standing on a syringe. Hold it. No panic stations. Tell nearest person.

Was that you lancsdave?

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If the person you told kicked them in to the road then it was me :)

Amazing that the cctv cameras on there spotted a sign outside the toilets when the Tories closed them, yet they never seem to spot people injecting themselves sat in a bus shelter :rolleyes:

It's a regular occurence but maybe the problem will shift on to Broadway when Maundy start expanding on to there and the Arndale to fill all the empty shops

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Yeah was you. Thanks for that. I couldn't have done much refferring to the "are you scared of needles" thread with it myself. Hospitals and Doc's I will grin and bear it--the pointer of that needle may as well have been 10ft and it was pointing right at my foot when I looked at it. ugh.


I may have to start re-evaluating my opinion about maundy....

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I wonder if the CCTV cameras picked up the benches being moved from outside the Market:eek:Dave don't even mention the Arndale, I'm sure its already on the cards, maybe St Dorothy thinks she needs to go upmarket now she's catering for the middle classes:rolleyes:

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Would that be downwards or upwards Restless:D

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I doubt for one minute any of the cctv cameras actually work. PB just used it as an excuse :)

If they do work then I feel very sorry for the operators, they must be so poorly paid they can't even afford a free eye test :rolleyes:

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Around 10 years ago I went for a look round the CCTV room in the police station, at that time, it was manned by people from Remploy, dunno if that's still the case though

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Should have gone to Specsavers Dave:D

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Well if the cameras were working yesterday they would have picked up the dirty pig who decided to have a pee on the street instead of walking the few extra yards to the toilets :mad:

The same person was earlier sat in one of the open bus shelters with 4 others openly drinking cans of beer and letting the whole world know in graphic sexual detail what they were going to do to some woman when they got hold of her.

Anybody who was in that vicinity visiting the town for the first time won't be back thats for sure.

Disgusting scum in a lawless town :mad::mad::mad:

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Oh come on Dave they were only waiting from Maundy to open:rolleyes:

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This was 2pm on a Saturday afternoon John, Maundy would be in full drug fuelled, beer soaked swing by then

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Sorry Dave obviously they'd already got their daily fix by then, do they have a sign up in Maundy saying when you've been serviced please vacate the area so not as to give us a bad name thank you:rolleyes:

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...and that little vignette shows exactly why Accrington centre is declining at a far more alarming rate than other town centres. Talk all you want about the problems caused by the economic slump, out-of-town shopping centres, on-line shopping and more, but there is a specific problem over and above this in Accrington. And not one councillor has the guts to even talk about it.

Disgraceful. :mad:

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Not only do they not talk about it but they think people like me make it all up. :rolleyes:

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Let's face it, anyone who goes into Accy on a regular or even semi-regular basis like me, can see it happening. So either these councillors never go into town or they walk around blind.

Comments please...Ken Moss, Bernard Dawson, Claytonender, Claire Pritchard etc.

Sssshhhhh. :rolleyes:

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Until last summer I hadn't been into Accy Town centre for years and it certainly opened my eyes Wyn, and not for the better;)

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Whilst I would be delighted to see some comments from local councillors it would be great to see comments from County Councillors who should be reporting back to HQ that policing in Accrington is pitifully woeful :(

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Spot on again Dave, especially when one of the county councillors is also an MP too:rolleyes: