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This furniture stall is making the market look like a junk shop . this is the last straw he's now taken over the seating area, and making up flat packs there. I have already sent a letter to the market , no wonder people think the towns markets and shops are going to pot.

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Yes, terrible.

Market halls weren't built so some cheeky upstart could sell stuff in them.

Our forefathers built them so future generations could sit there, watching some nice community art event.

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Cheeky upstart!;):D

You know what Spacecadet meant - a touch of class and quality! Good God -there isnt even a second-hand book-stall (that which I miss the most)or a cheese stall, among others, there's only one tripe stall left:eek: - I can't sleep for my Grand-mother turning in her grave...

The Market Hall has always been a place which has represented the heart and the citizens of the town -their needs and taste...has Accy become a load of cheap flat-packs and undesireable charity shops?

Wanted to avoid mentioning the outside market but i can't resist - it is a disgrace -selling cheap tacky stuff and famous store seconds just about to go outside sellby date -has the town no pride left...?!:rolleyes:

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It's a market hall.

People go there hoping to buy stuff they want.

Not to browse expensive antiques, or check out the latest trends in cutting edge design.

He seems to have a good turn-over when I go past twice a week.

At least he's making a friggin' livin', and it's not yet one more empty space in there, where stall holders once plied their trade for generations.

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Personally, I'd get rid of the seating area altogether and put stalls back in there. Put the benches out the front of the market hall to replace the ones that were "experimentally" taken away. ;)

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I did not really mean cheap stuff.... I meant that he is taking over the market, a lady with a pram could not even get past: there is furniture all over the place , outside the front we have a double bed... then next to the cafe we have another bed and other stuff. all over the outside lines of his stall and then next to mathews he's got another stall in there. it just looks so bad.

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Seems to me like most of it would be empty space if that dude didn't artfully misplace furniture everywhere. Least they could do is put comfortable furniture there so we could sit on them whilst the sold them ;)

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At least he's making a friggin' livin', and it's not yet one more empty space in there, where stall holders once plied their trade for generations.[/quote]

yes fair enough, however there is a limit:

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I buy bacon from the butcher's facing it.

I have mobility issues, because I have Parkinson's.

I go past the stall twice a week, ever since he's been there, and have never, ever faced any obstruction.

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Fair enough -I can't really comment -the last time I was in the market hall was when I was over in April -I bought some sweets to bring home and generally found it to be a pleasant place to be. Enjoyed Atarah and company's museum and the tea -shop. There was also a good exhibition of local art from amateurs upstairs. The rennovation is great and i have some really good photos of it all -but the heart seems to have gone out of the place as peoples shopping habits have changed.

My Gt-grandmother shopped on a daily basis as her household journals attest -most people now shop once week at a supermarket. The market hall was once one of the hubs of the town where all gossip was exchanged and it was at the center of the townsfolks dealings -probably more gossip is now exchanged on Accyweb...sad but a sign of the times.

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As for 'looking bad'.

Speaking aesthetically, no it doesn't.

In context, as a market stall, in a market hall, it looks perfectly fine.

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di. I sure do miss the potato pie in the cafe :)

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I actually think their lighting display, visually scores better than fine.

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What's the limit?

Care to expand, on what should, and shouldn't be allowed in a market hall?

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The cafe's are fine -didn't ask for potato pie though -could be a line to explore for a new stall-holder though, with peas of course.

It's hard to keep in line with the tastes of the local folk - a good home-made Italian gastronomy stall could do well -will begin to research it...

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Haven't bee....oh wait....

....been into the market hall to actually site down and eat for quite a while(since before they did it up). I do love the corn beef hash from the butty van outside :D

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No, it's not to do with changing shopping habits. The council have ripped the heart out of the place - first the outside market and now the market hall. I've been in three different markets over the last few weeks - Bolton, Leigh and Wigan - none of them have the good fortune to be in a stunning Victorian building like Accrington's, but they're all bustling, busy and full of life unlike ours which now has a listless, semi-deserted air about it. They're busy because they do what markets are supposed to do, sell a wide range of cheap and cheerful items, along with traditional foods, all at good value for money. No art displays, no empty spaces littered with benches, no small business units, just retail commerce, pure and simple.

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100% agree...

its cheap tat...but not everyone can afford Taskers quality, furnished my first home with mdf furniture from mfi, a plastic covered suite from cavendish, woodchip wallpaper and cord carpets......everyone starts somewhere

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Spot on, was in one in Plymouth yesterday was quite busy wi just stalls n couple of cafes in, Was in Burys last week that was heaving, Accys its been said countless times has been utterly destroyed,:(

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Hoe many new businesses are there, still upstairs?

Lots seemed to have closed.

Not much passing trade up there, except for the odd passing trapeze artist, if all you're selling is a few Free Trade feathers and beads.

Nearly as many unrented units up yonder, as there are spaces downstairs, where once there were stalls floggin' stuff, folk would fork out to buy.

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We used to have a cracking market in Accy when we had the market stalls ouside covered with canvas. I used to love going to the pot fair

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I furnished my first home with gratefully received third-hand furniture, and orange crates, which l turned into book cases.

:)

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Idem -mostly second hand stuff donated ny family members trying to get shut of a load of tat. had to choose between a TV and Washing machine.:rolleyes:

Spent 50,000 lira (not a lot, believe me then-probably £20) on the market in Broni for some basic cooking equipment in 1987 -most of which I'm still using -what you bought back then was good quality.

Just remembered covering an orange crate in a piece of yellow striped cotton as a telephone table...

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Putting small businesses and arty crafty type places up there was a halfbaked idea which was bound to fail. It's Accy for crying out loud, not Covent Garden. A thoroughly depressing experience walking round the market now for those who can remember when it was the lively, bustling heart of the town. :(

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The problem is that things change over the years and you have to keep up with change. Back in the 1920's there were over 20 tripe stalls in Accy now there isn't even a cheese stall in the market...

It's a sign of the times to some extent -if the town hall want to maintain a bustling center they need to reduce rents and promote the town center more...

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Perhaps Ms Ellie "Stinky" boots should set up shop in the Market Hall -she seems to have attracted a lot of attention in a short time:rolleyes:

Could be the future of the Market Hall -a few pretty red lights - a kleenex stall in the corner .I see great success... could save the town from ruin:rolleyes:

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Potato pie peas and gravy with hot Vimto in the market hall was always my ritual on visiting Accy. I do love corned beef hash too - will look out for that one!

But it's the same in Morecambe - the pie and peas and CB hash places now do panninis (YUK!) and pizzas instead. I usually go for a bacon butty...

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A touch of Jealousy? :do-one:

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No, as Wynonie pointed out, nothing to do with demographics, or changes in shopping habits. Other town's markets are still thriving, and bustling.

The once, until relatively recently, busy and successful markets in Accy, are on their uppers because of the intervention of clowns, who wouldn't know their arse from their pound of tripe.

Restoration fine.

Constantly arsing about with something that wasn't broken...madness.

Sadly for those who still bother going, we see the depressing evidence of this, on each visit.

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Nah. HAH. Got my attention by friend request and visitor message. As so others I imagine ;)

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I absolutely hate the use of the word Panino or "Paninis" in the English version -panino means sandwich -how bluddy stupid can you get -same old, same old.

Sorry am that way our right now -some things get right up my nose -better if I close here...:(

Love Vimto though especially hot in winter!:D

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Yes, you change in the type of things you sell - obviously, you couldn't have a multitude of tripe stalls now, because very few (apart from me ;) ) eat it. What you do NOT do is change the function of a market, which is to sell cheap and cheerful goods and wholesome, traditional foods at value for money prices - not provide a venue for performance art or empty spaces for people to sit and stare into space.

And, no, it's not a sign of the times. If it was, every town market would be a shadow of its former self and that is not the case. Go and take a look at Bury market - it's everything that Accrington market should be but isn't. The present problems of Accy market are caused by successive councils meddling with one of the main assets of the town. :(

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I don't think it necessarily a bad thing that tripe is in limited supply. Knowing what it is.... YUK :)

My mates granddad used to eat it often. Tried it once as a kid. UGH was the response. Is it white and flabby looking?

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I wholeheartedly agree -the market hall in accy and the arcade are amazing spaces -really beautiful and they are not used to their best. I used to go to the market with my mum every Saturday morning to do the shopping and we'd meet my grandparents at some point even if not planned -we also went to the library. It was buzzing with people doing their shopping -supermarkets have taken the heart out of the town...

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Our generation is spoiled Restless -if you were hungry you would have eaten it- it's also about habit and what was available...aso how much families had to spend - Try telling familes on benefits to save money by eating tripe these days:rolleyes:

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Our friend Ernie moved from Accy to Bury years ago. Until he died, my parents visited often. My dad still goes over to buy stuff. Black puddings and other stuff. Some kind of fruit pie that only a place in Bury does good.

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Yes but they're not English type sandwiches they're on those disgusting panini rolls and then even worse, pressed and toasted.

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Yes. like the people who eat it... only joking, I like it, just don't know where to buy it round here!

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Now. Print that into a leaflet and post it around shadsworth. Some tripe stalls might get some extra business :)

I get the point. But hey I am happy to eat :130: instead.

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There are supermarkets in or around every town, but they haven't taken the heart out of it. I've been in Leigh this afternoon. There are Tescos, Asda, Sainsbury, Aldi and Lidl stores in the town, the market hall is a plastic shed and there is none of the graceful Victorian architecture that characterises Accy centre. Yet the town was far more busy than Accy's will be tomorrow afternoon - the prime shopping day.

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Missed several posts while blabbing -The demise of the market in recent times really gets to me, even as an infrequent user. It has been made so beautiful aesthetically and yet they have taken the heart out of it. I think the main issue is the ruin of the outside market .Whoever gave the word to pull down the old outside market -this person should be lynched.

The variety of fruit and veg stalls, eggs, cheese, materials and cloths, patterns for dress-making plus the rest...the sweet stall , the old fish market - I would bring 'em back in the flutter of an eyelid...along with the benches along Broadway and the flowers but then i'm a romantic...

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THAT'S it...that's what markets are about the world over! What a pity the council were far too stupid to see it!

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It's what I remember as a girl -we used to go into the library to change our books and meet grandad who was reading the papers as he did there every day...a cup of tea in the Copper Kettle on Abbey street and I used to spend my spending money in Wardleworths after mum had checked out the Wool Shop and the Lucky Shoe shop...

I got my wedding dress ...such as it was from Just a Second...

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The Copper Kettle's still there.

Was in the other week.

Incidentally one of the best salads I've ever had.

Totally unchanged English cafe.

Kept expecting Julie Walters to come out.

Fantastic survivor.

Two Soups - YouTube

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Forgot to mention the automatic photo booth in Woolies-many a photo taken there with my sister, Denise, friends Charlotte and Lisa - before going to the classic cinema for the Saturday morning cinema club...

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I know my opionin is practically worthless as I'm there at the most twice a year - it is a fantastic space but needs to be more open to the average person/youngster. A place for them to congregate with the possiblity of making music would be a start.

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No, once a year, or once a week, your view is as valid as anyone else's.

A market hall really needs to be filled with stalls floggin' stuff, people of all ages will want to go in there to buy.

You listed what you liked about it in the past, when you went in there as a youngster.

I can't recall you posting that you went there, just to congregate with other young people, or with the possibility of making music.

:rolleyes:

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I suppose not -though we did go round in pairs or threes keeping an eye on the local talent as we spent our pocket money on bits of junk jewellery and cheap accessories!;):D

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It was probably you and your friends, stomping around in your platforms, who damaged the original flagstone floor, hidden underneath the concrete.

:rolleyes::D

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More likely you and your arty friends from Blackburn with your winkle pickers!;):D

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So what your saying Wyn, is that this chap selling flat pack furniture (who I haven't seen) shouldn't be allowed in there, just leave a great big empty space doing nout:rolleyes:

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Quite the opposite, Jay, I'm saying he SHOULD be allowed and the rest of the space should be filled up with other traders selling useful things to local shoppers, because that's what a market's for!

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Um yes there might be a pesky bee fying around again me thinks:rolleyes:

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Get away, lb of tripe plenty a S & V Restless, put hairs on your chest mate:D

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Sorry mate misread your thoughts, to me any business is better than no business

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Exactly my sentiments, Jay. The guy's selling affordable furniture - there's a demand for affordable furniture. This is just the sort of business that is the lifeblood of a town market - NOT stupid artistic "happenings".

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The only reason he can spread his wares over such a large area is because there aren't enough stall holders, if there where then he wouldn't be able to use the space available, so until we get some more traders selling goods that people want let him use the space.

It may discourage the odd roaming Chef from setting up for the day and ripping us off for a fortune.


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So I take it your not over keen on a return visit from Heston Blumenthal then Less:rolleyes:

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Not much point in a chef that goes into a Market Hall to demonstrate cookery if he doesn't use the products available IN that Market Hall.
:(

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I saw the bed outside the market hall yesterday. My first thought was that Accy might have been organising an olympic mini-ceremony with dancing doctors and nurses. when they didn't turn up my second idea was that it was some thing for the dossers from Abbey Street to lie down on. But I didn't see any of those either...odd that. So i went for a quick pint in the railway instead.

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Excellent point - though maybe he'd struggle getting people to eat black pudding ice-cream and tripe mousse with a reduction of sarson's vinegar served on a bed of mushy pea salsa:D

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Yes, celebrity chef, Silly Dildo, might have cost us thousands, but he's only little.

You end up paying quite a lot per inch.

Jimmy Clitheroe was the same.

Relatively expensive, for squirts.

If they get him back people won't be able to see him from their comfy seats, if their view's obstructed by people trying to sell stuff in there.

It's outrageous, that it's being allowed now.

I too might pen a letter, telling whoever, of my disgust at what's going on in the Market Hall,

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Yes, but slow roasted 'real leather' bed-head, drizzled with a mobile battery acid jus, is simply sublime.

Try it.

;):D

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Now that's something Lanky folk can relate to - drizzle:rolleyes::hothothot

Think you missed a word in your description - surely it should be "real fake leather".... the jus sounds a little tangy -perhaps a sasparilla coulis might be an alternative.

Just a thought.

Shame you can't get any cheese in the Market Hall these days -I do like a little selection to end a decent gourmet meal.

As they say in our local dialect "La bocca non é stracca se non sà di vacca!"
Something like "Don't finish your chow - till your mouth tastes of cow!"

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Ya can't beat that mobile battery acid, :D

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Being a stickler for detail, I would never give a recipe suggestion, which included an incorrect ingredient.

As if!

They sell 'real lather bed-heads, at very reasonable prices.

(I'm on a 2% commission resulting from any sales associated to this thread. So buy, buy, buy!)

Some rudely referred to the furniture as 'tat'. I wouldn't. It's relatively good stuff, competively priced to sell.

The biggest load of tat in the town runs down both sides of Abbey St.

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You do know there is a cheese stall on the outside market ?

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I like to put a selection on my gourmet meal. Nah on top of chips and beans mmmmm.

Yeah like lancsdave says. They have a cheese stall on the market outside. I go to asda for mine ;)

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I heard that the market furniture chap was moving into the shop on Blackburn Rd, formerly Deardengate furnishings, but that there was a dispute between him and the leasee. (sp?)

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I heard that rats only reproduce on a day when they have eaten enough butterscotch, I have no proof of this, so it means nothing, have you proof of your statement?