HBC have taken away the benches from outside the market - Page 27

Taggy · 05-11-2011, 09:33

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

That's the posh bit, Taggy! I live in Heaton Mersey and the only hooligan around these parts is me!

Ah, that perhaps explains why you can always get a seat in Stockport then Wynonie, i'd certainly make room for the only hooligan in the village too!

Best Regards - Taggy

Michael1954 · 05-11-2011, 09:40

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Originally Posted by Taggy

Gary i'm certainly not saying anyone is telling lies, & as i say myself & pretty much everyone from what i can see, agree's the decision is the wrong one, & perhaps i'm using a very broad stoke in describing things, as i accept if you say its putting you off coming to Accrington town centre, then it must be.

However leaving the removal to one side for the moment then, where is it where you are going to shop in the locality now, that provides more free seating than Accrington town centre. I don't really know of anywhere, so i'm trying to draw a comparison between other towns.

Best Regards - Taggy

Burnley has plenty of free seating.

Taggy · 05-11-2011, 09:42

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Originally Posted by Michael1954

Burnley has plenty of free seating.

I'll check that out next time i go, but i honestly don't go to Burnley often, just don't like the feel of the place really, it certainly felt pretty run down last time i visited.

Best Regards - Taggy

Wynonie Harris · 05-11-2011, 09:48

Right, Taggy, I'm on my way up now, so if you're sat on Broadway supping cider with your mates, I'll be expecting you to budge up!

Michael1954 · 05-11-2011, 09:53

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Originally Posted by Taggy

I'll check that out next time i go, but i honestly don't go to Burnley often, just don't like the feel of the place really, it certainly felt pretty run down last time i visited.

Best Regards - Taggy

Since mum's stroke in 2009 I find it the easiest place to take her for shopping outings. Easy parking on the Millennium car park and only a short walk to the shops without having to cross roads. There are plenty of benches for a sit down and so far not seen any problems with drinkers etc.

Taggy · 05-11-2011, 09:54

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Right, Taggy, I'm on my way up now, so if you're sat on Broadway supping cider with your mates, I'll be expecting you to budge up!

Sorry Wynonie, i'm Blackburn bound today!...i wasn't but i am now that is!! Lol!

Best Regards - Taggy

jaysay · 05-11-2011, 10:07

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Below the belt, that one, Jay.

Oh come on Wyn I did use two smileys not just one

jaysay · 05-11-2011, 10:08

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Originally Posted by Michael1954

Burnley has plenty of free seating.

Oh come on Michael do you want to sit wi Dingles

Michael1954 · 05-11-2011, 11:34

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Oh come on Michael do you want to sit wi Dingles

For my sins, I was a regular at Turf Moor during the 1970s when Burnley were in the old Division 1. Having said that, I don't know anything about football!

lancsdave · 05-11-2011, 11:39

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Originally Posted by Michael1954

Since mum's stroke in 2009 I find it the easiest place to take her for shopping outings. Easy parking on the Millennium car park and only a short walk to the shops without having to cross roads. There are plenty of benches for a sit down and so far not seen any problems with drinkers etc.

And once again it's worth considering what makes other town centres more hospitable. It's not just the facilites, it's the fact they don't have drop in centres for the deadbeats as part of the town centre. It's a fact that can't be ignored

jaysay · 05-11-2011, 14:10

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Originally Posted by Michael1954

For my sins, I was a regular at Turf Moor during the 1970s when Burnley were in the old Division 1. Having said that, I don't know anything about football!

Thats probably because you spent to much time down the Turf in your youth

Michael1954 · 05-11-2011, 14:39

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Thats probably because you spent to much time down the Turf in your youth

Ouch! True!

garinda · 05-11-2011, 14:58

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Originally Posted by Michael1954

For my sins, I was a regular at Turf Moor during the 1970s when Burnley were in the old Division 1.

Me too.

We had season tickets.

One week Burnley, the next Rovers.

Rovers was more exciting, especially as we always went in the Darwen End, for some reason, with the visiting bovver boys.

Burnley I thought of as more cosmopolitan.

You could get chips in a cone, printed with Edwardian new stories.

I've always been easily impressed.

I have been to Accy today.

After a bad week, today was a good one.

I didn't even NEED a seat.

Wynonie Harris · 05-11-2011, 19:43

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Originally Posted by garinda

Me too.

We had season tickets.

One week Burnley, the next Rovers.

Rovers was more exciting, especially as we always went in the Darwen End, for some reason, with the visiting bovver boys.

Burnley I thought of as more cosmopolitan.

You could get chips in a cone, printed with Edwardian new stories.

I've always been easily impressed.

Never mind about all that, you're OURS now! You really should come up again soon...we've LOADS of empty seats!

garinda · 05-11-2011, 20:14

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Never mind about all that, you're OURS now! You really should come up again soon...we've LOADS of empty seats!

The season I stood for every single home game in the Clayton End, the year the club won promotion back into the league, was the happiest time of my football watching life.

Ever since my Dad first took me to watch footy as a three year old, carried me over the turnstile, and sat me on his shoulders, so I could see.

It's all seater now, I believe?

Seats, or benches?

Any trouble up there with alkies sittin' on 'em?