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ive just been into accy and was coming home via blackburn road....can someone tell me what the hell they are building at the bottom of lonsdale street on blackburn road :confused: it doesnt look like houses cos its just a huge metal frame....can someone enlighten me please? :D


fank woo :p

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oh and where have all the new shops in ossy sprung up from ?? :D

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I think thats where they are building the new health centre. And which new shops in Ossy??

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then one's all the way up union road, theres loads of new ones opened up :D

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The only new one i can think of is "Monkey Butler" next to Caspian Takeaway that sells smelly stuff, soaps candles etc.... Is it a while since u've been up Union Rd? If so they may not be new to me anymore. I walk up there everyday to work (for my sins) lol!!

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I wonderd what it was too. It does seem very tall and dominates the area.

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its a bit of an eyesore isnt it rindy....i live in blackburn lolly so i dont get round ossy very much, there are lots of shops that have popped up, i was rather impressed actually lol :D

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Like Lolly can't think of that many new shops in Ossy, though there is one more empty one, where Moor End Post Office has closed down and moved into the Co-op.

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yes definatley new health centre its explained here....

http://http://www.accringtonobserver...th_centre.html

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It's probably looking better since I've moved back.:D

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further down near what was that hoover shop place(i think it was that anyway) nearer the civic hall i saw what looked to be a xmas shop

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the link doesn't work heres the story:

Published: 23rd February 2006
Green light for new £7M health centre


PLANS to build a £7M health centre in a deprived area of Accrington have won the green light from Hyndburn councillors.
The scheme, put forward by Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust (PCT), involves building the three-storey complex on land off Blackburn Road between Lonsdale Street and Leyland Street.
The PCT is looking to house six doctors’ surgeries inside the building as well as facilities for district nurses and health visitors.
It is expected the site will also house a pharmacy and facilities to treat children, and will deal with mental and sexual health issues.
The centre won the enthusiastic backing of members of Hyndburn Council’s Planning Committee last week.
After the meeting, Councillor Yvonne Wilson, chairman of the committee, said: "Support for this was unanimous. We were all for it. This will make a big difference to a lot of people with health conditions in Hyndburn.
"Every councillor had comments to make and they were all very positive."
Councillor Tim O’Kane said: "I am glad that this has gone through as anything which puts new facilities into the area has to be a good thing and everyone felt very positively about it."
John Rotherham, services redesign manager for Hyndburn and Ribble Valley PCT, said: "We are still looking at what services will be going into the building and we are hoping to start work by March or April.
"This will bring a lot of services into the area which will mean better health care for patients.
"This will be a state-of-the-art flagship building and it will be great news for Hyndburn."
The centre, which ties in with the Project Phoenix regeneration scheme, will be built by the East Lancashire Building Partnership.
This would be responsible for maintaining it for 25 years and during this period it would be rented by the PCT.



First published by the Accrington Observer

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you been away love?:rolleyes:

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Can't think what that is. I'll charge up my electric roller skates, and have a nosey later when I go for the Observer.;)

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The PCT is looking to house six doctors’ surgeries inside the building


whats the point in having SIX surgeries??? why not just have one big one ?? (greedy gets)

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The hoover shop is still there. I can't think of anything there, unless its the sweet shop, they have got a lot of decorations in the window.

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I think they are moving doctors from 6 different surgeries into the one building, or so I beleive. Forget it was thurs will have to nip out for an observer.

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Yeah. I pretended I worked in London's fashion world for the last twenty years.

In reality I was imprisoned in Strangeways for being too nice and always being right.:(:D

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ahhhhhhhhhhh that makes sense, cheers lolly :D

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well how was i to know?? i'm new to this ;)

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Well with all the Orange boarding round it i thought it was the new Lucozade factory.

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pmsfl...yes mick :rolleyes: and i bet you thought it was full of umpa lumpa's too ;)

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Certainly looks that way, since they put them up i've thought why is it so bright?? They surely could have chose a colour less in your face, or a contractor that doesn't use those colours. Has anyone also noticed the graffiti style pictures with the fruit and veg on?? I'm not hallucinating when I see them am i??

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The pictures on the boards round the site where painted my local kids during a summer prodject at new era youth club

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Cool. i'm just making sure i wasn't seeing things because, i only ever see them when i'm in the car, for a split second, but what i have seen of them they look very good.

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I wouldn't mind having a look there? How far up is that?



I think the fruit and veg is something to do with 5 a day being healthy.

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Monkey Butler is really nice, theres loads of stuff like Candles, Perfumes, Homemade Soaps etc... Its just past the Co-op across from the library, next to Caspian Takeaway and the Wool shop. Its well worth a look.

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i went back to accy again this evening and eric wright is to blame for the horrible orange boards (i suppose he's the contractor) :D