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- General Chat (https://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f69/)

- - Panopticons (https://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f69/panopticons-8538.html)

chav1

15-03-2005 18:33

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Originally Posted by PurpleLass

Well, if I'm being childish all I can say is 'you started it' nah nah nah nah nah.

I'm obviously not the only one who thinks their view is right and whatever anyone else says is wrong - we seem to be alike in that respect.

if they wanted the people of accy to attend they knew where to find us ..

there are lots of people registered here and hundreds of guests visit here each day ( unregistered users)

i have no doubt they know about accy web and if they actualy gave a sh1t about accy peoples opinions they would have told us about the meeting here themselves for FREE as well as a tiny advert or a sentence in a news paper

they simply want to go ahead with their ideas regardless of whatthe people who get stuck with their thought up crap think so that the can move onto their next waste of money

and since it appears we are all in a slanging match i proppose that we do have mounds on the coppice...

mounds of earth covering up the bodies of those who thought they could take the pi$$ out of accrington

bah i thought cats were bad for crapping all over our town but at least they dont use bricks and motar to do it

http://pack-square.business-php.com/...PICE&l4=+ALONE

Margaret Pilkington

15-03-2005 19:04

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I am pleased to see that the folks of the Ribble Valley will not be prostituting themselves for the thirty pieces of silver.

Margaret Pilkington

15-03-2005 19:07

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Oh, and Less...... thanks for the memory. That picture took me back to when we had a town to be proud of. Would that it could be so again!

park381

15-03-2005 19:12

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Originally Posted by PurpleLass

I've logged on for the first time today

HeHe, there's 17 posts against your name, how did you manage that :confused:

park381

15-03-2005 19:27

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Originally Posted by PurpleLass

I shouldn't have to explain myself but I will. The chain of events was as follows. I was fairly sure I liked the scheme but didn't know enough about it so went to the meeting. Now convince it's a good thing for the town. Certainly not a bad thing. Came home and over the weekend did some more research. Found this site through the search engine and read through reams and reams to stuff and threads about it. Decided to join in because I thought it might help if you had a view from someone who was into the idea. Just opens up the debate a bit.

That's fair enough, you are looking for a debate, so what will it do for our town, is it going to bring extra jobs to the area.

park381

15-03-2005 19:34

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Originally Posted by garinda

A granite erection of Peter looking down on all his Kingdom, now that would be good for putting us on the tourist trail.

Hey I thought we were reserving that for the ex bronze tea cup area, alongside the co-op in ossy, you've gone and spoilt the surprise now ;)

bobthedj

15-03-2005 19:42

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

The area between the two sets of railings was where the water used to be. It's semi-circular and was on three levels. The water was supposed to cascade from one level to the next but rarely did. There were also several water jets but they either went up too high and splashed right over, or hardly went up at all so were barely visible, or more often than not simply didn't work.

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I bet we have the best, the one and only fountain plant pot in lancashire

Bagpuss

15-03-2005 19:57

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Originally Posted by PurpleLass

Gayle Knight could you please log off and go back to your desk and leave us alone, and to think I used to like the column you wrote in the Observer.

Acrylic-bob

15-03-2005 20:25

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Just a note, in passing. The Ashton Frost Steam Engine, the wheel from which was mentioned earlier and which used to reside in pieces behind the Stables at Haworth Art Gallery, has gone! Whether it has been sold or carted off for scrap I do not know. But I rather think that the people of Church, to whom it was given, need to ask questions.

Uncle Mick

15-03-2005 20:27

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Yup, I went to the meeting and they did a good job in talking up the project... even I could see the reasoning behind it but.....
1. The final design has`nt been decided on so how can we decide if we want it or not, or how it will visually affect the landscape
2. The council gets lumbered with the maintenance costs which it can ill afford as anyone who has been through Milnshaw Park will know
3. Extra funding for upgrading paths and carparks may be avalible. This is based on inward investment being attracted to Top o Slates. This however is a former industrial site which gets regeneration grants. The Coppice as a park/moorland will not
Most of the people speaking at the meeting had a vested interest, the girl from the New Era, Paul from the council and Gayle Knights mum. Oh and I don`t think Purplelass is Gayle, her birthdays in october.

WillowTheWhisp

15-03-2005 20:31

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

We spotted its absence some time last summer. Busman made a post about it at the time. I agree A-b an explanation of what became of it is long overdue.

garinda

15-03-2005 20:32

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Well PurpleLass you certainly made a good first thread on your first day here!

l hope you're not here to sway us just because you had to resign your column in The Observer? This has been much more vitriolic and entertaining.

lettie

15-03-2005 20:57

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I could not attend the meeting due to having a proper job and having to work. I find it mildly amusing that anyone could dare to guarantee a piece of so-called artwork for up to 500 years. This is not a Renoir hanging in a gallery being protected and lovingly restored. This is a piece of urban junk despoiling a naturally beautiful area exposed to the elements and vandals. The quangos claiming that this will last have obviously been kissing each others backsides for too long. It's time they looked up and smelt the spray paint..:D

PurpleLass

15-03-2005 21:05

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Originally Posted by garinda

I aim to please. I like how you all put two and two together and get fifteen. I must be Gayle Knight because I'm the only person in town who approves of the scheme - sorry to disappoint, there's a few of us out here.

WillowTheWhisp

15-03-2005 21:10

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Originally Posted by PurpleLass

I like how you all put two and two together and get fifteen.

Please don't assume that posts by a couple of AccyWeb members are speaking on behalf of all of us. We may share the opinion that we do not want a panopticon of any shape size of form but that doesn't mean that we share every other opinion, including your identity.

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