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What has happened to good old Accyweb? There are are hardly any new topics,very few contributors, in fact it is dying on its feet.I can read about Accy and district on Hyndburn Chat which is far more interesting with lots of debate and plenty of local old photos to keep me interested in my former area.Whats gone wrong? I have started this thread to waken up Accyweb members from their slumbers.Lets have some good old fashioned debate and here is topic to get you going.

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I have to admit that Chat is now my first port of call for debate and discussion, but I like to look in on here to see if anything is going on.

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The Search facility on here is far better than Hyndburn Chat, much as I do like it. Good to have both On here there are far fewer Moaners

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The admin on AccyWeb is much better looking than those on Hyndburn Chat :D:D:D

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Not everyone wants to be on Facebook...and that certainly puts me off.
I cannot see how it can be anything like Accyweb...the format is different(from what I am told)
It is not a case of waking up Accyweb members...we are awake, but if those who used to come here and participate returned, then it might just be more interesting.
Jim, if you want interesting, then post something interesting and you will get responses.

I have little interest in Stanley...and there seems to be little else being discussed.

And what Neil says is absolutely spot on. :)

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As a none Facebook user I don't see how you can comment. Both are similar except on Facebook most of the people are real people not made up hiding behind usernames

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Its not a case of hiding behind user names, it asks for one when yeh join. besides theres a lot more dipsticks on facebook and titter, i do go on them sometimes cos it meets me up with people i have known many years and have sod all to do with hyndburn.

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I tend to agree with a Margaret.
Although I’m very pleased with the progress of Accrington Stanley and am a friend of the Chairman I don’t particularly have much interest in football in general.
Saying that, sometime when I log on all I see are posts about Accrington
Stanley so I log out without any input.

I’m not Accrington born and bred and didn’t move there until I was in my late twenties so I can’t comment much on posts about old Accrington pubs, clubs, schools etc but do try to chip in with things I think I know about.
I just hope that Accyweb survives, even though I don’t post much I do log in and keep
upto date with the threads, especially the photo which are allowed where ever they were taken. The Accrington face book site deleted photos which are not obviously taken in Hyndburn, glorious sunset photos I’ve taken from top of Broadfield for example.
Nuf sed.

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I'm the site admin and I don't read the Stanley posts often, there is a football moderator who keeps an eye on the dark side of the forum ;)

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Ah, but Neil is an admin on Chat as well as on here. Maybe he combs his hair when he's on here!

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I have to say I also have zero interest in Football of any kind and zero interest in joining Facebook.

I do often look at the older posts, in fact recently I was going to post a question about where the old Accrington Stocks used to be, only to find it in an old post from quite a few years ago.

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I do not have to be on the abhorrent (to me) Facebook to have an opinion of it Neil.
I have, in the past, seen the format of the site when my daughter has used it(she does not use it anymore).
Facebook has nothing to offer me...and while you tell me it has its' benefits, I think many more troubles are caused/inflamed by it than are solved by it.
Now, of course, that will not be your stance...as an admin on the site, it cannot be.
I have only time for one forum...and it is NEVER going to be Facebook...not while I have a functioning bumhole.

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I'm admin on a few Facebook groups, I use Facebook a lot for learning about my hobby and interacting with people around the world in the same hobby. Of all the recent social media platforms Facebook makes the most sense to me. You decide who are your friends (really family, friends, acquaintances or whoever you chose) and you decide who can see what you post. A lot of good comes from Facebook and also some bad but that will hopefully change as the government try to make the social media networks more responsible for what they allow on their sites.

The main advantage over forums is that everything you follow comes to you in one place, you don't have to go looking through many different forums. I'm a member of a local lost dog group, if a dog is found/lost then a post will appear in my feed. If that was a forum I would have to check it several times a day to be a useful member helping get lost pets back home.

Forums like this still are the best way to archive information for things like car repairs etc because the search is superb on forums and rubbish on Facebook.

Each has its place but I do think Facebook will adapt its groups to be more forum like and most forums will disappear in time.

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Neil, for it suits you then that is fine...but it does not do for me...and I will not be joining ever...no matter how the site is formulated.

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The dark side?? Didn't realise there was a Rovers or Burnley section :D

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Noooo football is the dark side, a game of thuggery where fans can't be trusted to make their own way to the game without a police escort and some of the players are just as bad.

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Accyweb is by far the best of any forums covering towns in Lancashire. By that I mean that it is active each day. I think I am correct in saying that several NEL forums have passed away.

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I agree Bob,but it needs regulars like the contributors to this debate to keep putting their twopenarth in, otherwise Accyweb will follow the sites you describe.

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Well, perhaps if you post something interesting Jim, you will get a response.
I come on here every day, but have no interest in football or any other sport...and frequently those are the only posts that are going.
If there was anything else I would contribute...so it is not a case of wakening up.

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Long time since you went to a game then? That scenario sounds like the 1980's - except for when the aforementioned Rovers & Burnley play each other :rolleyes:

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Doubt if neils ever been to a game, the nonsense he mentions happened when Moby Dick was a tadpole.up stanley as you well know opposing fans sup and have the craic with one another, neil also probably has little idea what craic is.:D

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I drove for Ribblesdale Batty Holt coaches on holiday tours when I first moved to Accrington. At the end of the holiday season we had the job of carrying Burnley and Blackburn football team and supporters to away matches.
I’d just returned from a Lake Garda tour and the week after told to take Blackburn Rovers team to Milwall. After the match I had about a dozen mounted police escorting the coach away from the ground. It was very scary.
A couple of weeks later I did Carlisle and same again, bricks etc thrown at the coach.
Next time I was told to take the team coach I handed my fuel card and Garage key back to the boss and told him to stick the job.
That’s my experience of football 40 odd years ago.

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In them days mate Millwall was the worst place on earth, i had a mate put in hospital after being stuck with a meat hook that was before the match.:eek: thing was they were not even teens, they were blokes about 40-50 yrs old that attacked us.

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We had one coach with every near side window smashed and panels bent after Huddersfield 'fans' bricked it leaving the ground.

When the transport manager of the coach firm asked why I was leaving I said "I'm not paid to drive a cattle truck".

On the Millwall job we went down the day before and the team and me stayed in a hotel away from the ground. For safety reasons the Millwall management arranged for the coach to be parked in the London Transport New Cross depot overnight.

I know things are different today, or are they?

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Well different,long gone is that stuff.

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Why are there still police at matches, even for little teams like Stanley?

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Well if yeh dont know that yeh never been remotely interested in football.:rolleyes:

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What have football hooliganism and Accrington Stanley got in common? Absolutely nothing. No arrests at the club in 2016/17 and as far as I'm aware, no arrests this season either. Stanley is the friendliest, safest club in the Football League. As Cashy says, rival fans chat and have a bit of craic with each other in the pub and walking to and from the ground. Stanley are a family club - that's why they bussed around 1,200 children from Hyndburn schools to the ground to give them all Stanley shirts and goodie bags yesterday.

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currently 12 members and 246 guests on line, wonder how many of those may like what they see and register as members? It would be in interesting to know if they visit for a 1 off reason or if they don't like what they read for some reason and don't revisit.
Mark

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Well that won't make much difference if they join and hardly ever post will it Mark.?

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Sarky B'Stard! But I like it! :D

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A predictable response I suppose. I wonder if my considered opinion would have been accepted without such a response had it come from a member with many thousands of posts to their credit.

Mark

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More a valid response than a predictable one, I would have thought. A forum can have many members, but that won't make much difference if only a small percentage actually post anything. I have over a thousand posts to my credit, but my contribution hasn't been as prolific for some time now, so the comment could also apply to me.

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I thought it was a valid response Michael, but suppose yeh can't suit everybody.

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Good evening everybody. Been a bit wet outside so I did the sensible thing and stayed in doors.
I think after the next G&T I will go to bed, listen to the radio and have another G&T.

So it's good night from me and good night from me again.

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Good night Russell...that sounds like a sterling Saturday evening to me.

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Well Jim P it looks like you might have shaken things up a bit. Not sure if it’s because of your thread or just a coincidence (we’ll assume the former) but there’s been more postings on more threads lately than for a while now.

I joined Accyweb initially to tap into the minds of members re some things I was trying to find out about his nibs’ family history. I was very pleasantly surprised and extremely grateful at the quick responses I got and the important information I received.

I found I was enjoying the forum so much that I stayed. To me it’s a bit like a family with members agreeing and disagreeing as the case may be. All entitled to their opinions. I enjoy my daily dose especially the heated debates that occur from time-to-time. Should be more of them – bring ‘em on! (By the way, where’s Less these days?).

…and Margaret, I don’t belong to Facebook or the other forums mentioned either – not interested. Accrington Web does for me.

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By the way, one thing I found out was that my husband’s grandfather married Jim P’s grandmother (yes, the same Jim P that started this thread!) when they were both widowed and as well as information about them Jim let me have a copy of their wedding picture. We’d no idea about any of this before. Think that sort of makes us related, Jim, even though only remotely and through marriage.

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Give over Fella! You don't need thousands of posts to be considered "acceptable" just a steady contribution wouldn't go amiss. Lets face it joining Dec 2009 & 20 posts? I too joined Dec 2009 (31 st) to be precise & 7588 posts including this one.

Get involved & the pish taking won't stop, but it'll be more good natured. ;)

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I must admit although I do the 6 letter thing I stopped posting some time ago. I'm not sure why, after my wife died I think but I always check it out every day.Enjoy Margaret's and others blogs.
Yes, we should all make an effort to get Accyweb back to where it was.

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Well you do need to try and make up for the Aircraft chap who loved to take the P*** but couldn't stand it when the tables were turned when the scousers went into decline.:rolleyes:

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I agree son.
One post or twenty thousand posts...it is actually posting that makes the difference.
An opinion, regardless of whose it is, stimulates interest and responses.
Yes, I think if this member had looked back over other threads, he would see that on some threads there is passionate disagreement, but also a kind of banter that happens inside a family.
Accyweb feels like a family.

I hope this has not put him off posting more...if it has,then perhaps his sensitive nature would lend itself better to Hyndburn Chat.

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Fair comments
Mark

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Steady on now Bazza, some might think yer 'avin a little gloatlet there! 5 points isn't the greatest of margins my friend, you just keep looking over your shoulder ..... :)

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See, there you go you're already making a contribution, not hard is it? 21 & counting! :D

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Always do DinG, especially when the scousers are trying to creep up on us :D

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Can certainly vouch for that, Margaret, after my recent experience!!
Thanks to all for your support.

Gerard xx

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Tha right Jim I use tu like postin or responding on here, but theres not many topics these days, an tu cap id all my ability tu type in a bigger an clearer font as bin turned off, and sum posts are difficuly tu read, my eyes arent as good as they wur, I know I can wheel the screen up an down, but I have it set for other things, an ids a ball aykur rollin up an down, taken me agis typing this, an ids me bedtime an all.

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Have you changed something on your settings? Most people with a few posts can change font etc

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Ahem!! Sneak, sneak, sneak! ;)

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Nope not done anything with settings, I wouldn't know how to change them any way, the ability to change fonts occured between visits, even when I try to edit, the go advanced bar at the bottom has done abunk as well, am gedding to owd fu all this messin about, ids doing me head in. If a were a horse they'd av shot me years ago.

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I have really enjoyed this debate. 51 posts is not bad is it? To change the subject it is lovely and sunny here in East Yorkshire , no snow an no need for any gritters.Try us for your holidays!!!

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Flamin Eck Jim lad, id must be painful evin tu admit thar in puddin land.
A thowt ony them as wur 1/2 baked an 2 punce shillin lived in yon place.
Wur all benna ev tu pray tha meks a gud recovery.

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I've been scrollin back an forth, and there is no way I can change any settings, nothin to click on now.

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Reset your profile, see if it works now

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The scousers have certainly set their sights much higher than previous years. Now chasing a second place finish - we are looking nervously over our shoulders - is this a new pinnacle for them, have they ever finished in second place in the Premier League before?

Not only the football team, but the touch line antics, which are quite amusing.

Not only have the team got delusions of grandeur but the rabble have graduated from hub caps, through wheels to their latest effortsAttachment 56572

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Some good scrappy money in panzer running gear & tracks! :D

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What’s the going rate for an old Trabant DiG?

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About tuppence a ton Gremlin. :D

But if you're serious though, they can still be found for sale & depending what you're after, well, the depths of your pockets make the difference.

https://www.autoscout24.de/auto/trab...SAAEgJTQ_D_BwE

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I don't think there is much scrap value in them though. Mostly made of cardboard from what I've seen. There is one in the War Museum at Salford Quays.

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You're quite right about the scrap value, but not quite about the cardboard Russel. :)

The Trabant, the iconic East German car, turns 60 | Lifestyle | DW | 07.11.2017

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And there's a grain of truth to every joke: The car, which was produced in Zwickau, Saxony, was made of a hard plastic known as Duroplast, made from recycled materials including pressed cotton fibers, synthetic resins and rags from the Soviet Union.

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Saw quite a few on my trips to Berlin in late '70s. Bit dated design wise but looked OK for a runabout - until you saw or heard one with the engine running.

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there are still a few to be seen in this country and one local to me. a car that has been seen more of a joke in the west but you have more chance of seeing one on western roads than say a vauxhall/opel senetor.