I No Longer Live In East Lancs - Page 2

lancsdave · 19-09-2007, 14:47

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

On this basis does that then mean the west of Lancashire is Coastal Lancashire??

Youi have to feel sorry for the people of South Lancashire, they are at the arse end

SPUGGIE J · 19-09-2007, 14:48

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Youi have to feel sorry for the people of South Lancashire, they are at the arse end

Hadnt thought of that.

grannyclaret · 19-09-2007, 14:51

I LIKE IT,,,,,,

Stanleymad · 19-09-2007, 15:23

Well altered my location at no extra cost - how does it look ???

Tho arse of lancashire would of been more funnier

Mr Aleks · 19-09-2007, 16:56

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

If it doesn't matter why are people bothered about it being called Pennine Lancashire ?

But are they? I mean really come on be serious. Does anyone really go home at night and think god i wish it was still east lancs. I wouldnt care if it was called ding dong land or something really bad like burnley.

flashy · 19-09-2007, 16:58

wouldnt bother me either, i live where i live and thats it

lancsdave · 19-09-2007, 17:01

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Originally Posted by Aleks

But are they? I mean really come on be serious. Does anyone really go home at night and think god i wish it was still east lancs. I wouldnt care if it was called ding dong land or something really bad like burnley.

Yet another dig at Burnley. I suggest Tadah that you go and take yourself out for a walk round Accrington and have a good look round

Acrylic-bob · 19-09-2007, 17:03

Apparently it all goes back to this document....

http://www.elevate-eastlancs.co.uk/i...Lancashire.pdf

...which I believe we discussed some time ago. It is now being touted as, among other things, a monument to Tony Wilson. There is lots of talk about funding for the Weaver's Triangle in Burnley but precious little of anything for Hyndburn...oooops, sorry, Accrington and District - unless its in West Accrington. Sounds to me like old projects dressed up and relaunched in a shiny new suit.

Mr Aleks · 19-09-2007, 17:03

I think you will fine i am not tada. Although i have met him. It was not a dig at burnley david its called a JOKE. Sorry if it struck a nerve.

flashy · 19-09-2007, 17:05

i can certainly vouch that Aleks is NOT tadah, and if anyone should know i should

West Ender · 19-09-2007, 21:03

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Youi have to feel sorry for the people of South Lancashire, they are at the arse end

Where exactly is South Lancashire these days? Until 1974 I would have said Warrington, where I work, but the Warringtonians suddenly found themselves transported to Cheshire. Widnes hopped into Cheshire too and Wigan and St Helens found themselves in Merseyside. Bolton and Leigh are in greater Manchester, as is Oldham, so does this mean that South Lancs is Chorley?

Anyway, if East Lancs is now Pennine Lancs, where the hell is the East Lancs Road (A580) going to?

mez · 19-09-2007, 21:23

sorry lancsdave i wasn't having a go at burnley, i quite like pennine lancashire.

Tin Monkey · 19-09-2007, 21:43

The title of Pennine Lancashire is something to boost the area in terms of tourism, etc. Other areas such as The Peak District and Lake District attract thousands of visitors every year, many of them who go there for the countryside, the walking and the views. East Lancashire has just as much to attract visitors as those places and I see no reason why this part of the county can't boost its flagging economy by moving toward tourism too.

Pennine Lancashire has some of the most beautiful countryside in the north of England, with some of the best walking too. Did you know that there are more footpaths per square mile in Pendle than anywhere else in England?

I often walk on the West Pennine Moors around Darwen and I am constantly impressed by the beautiful scenery. Let's not knock our beautiful part of the county, simply because we haven't understood the reasons behind the new name.

lancsdave · 19-09-2007, 21:47

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Originally Posted by mez

sorry lancsdave i wasn't having a go at burnley, i quite like pennine lancashire.

I know you weren't

lancsdave · 19-09-2007, 21:51

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Originally Posted by West Ender

Where exactly is South Lancashire these days? Until 1974 I would have said Warrington, where I work, but the Warringtonians suddenly found themselves transported to Cheshire. Widnes hopped into Cheshire too and Wigan and St Helens found themselves in Merseyside. Bolton and Leigh are in greater Manchester, as is Oldham, so does this mean that South Lancs is Chorley?

Anyway, if East Lancs is now Pennine Lancs, where the hell is the East Lancs Road (A580) going to?

Good point actually. Doesn't Chorley class itself as Central Lancashire along with Preston ?