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Forum: General Chat 30-01-2019, 16:34
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington is 8th

Yes that is crazy Margaret, policing (and policy) at its worst. Nobody (in there right mind) wants a Police state. Whats needed is more patrols, a focus on serious crime rather than income-generating...
Forum: General Chat 25-01-2019, 19:54
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington is 8th

Whatever the underlying reason, most of these scumbags are already in the system for previous offenses. There's not enough resources for crime prevention, and slap-on-the-wrist sentencing makes the...
Forum: General Chat 18-01-2019, 12:59
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington is 8th

Violent crime figures here jumped up 65% in 2018. Thats not down to a sudden collapse in morals, its targeted crime. One more for the list:
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Forum: General Chat 12-01-2019, 13:09
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington is 8th

I live in Accrington, and this forum is for content relevant to its community Margaret. :) The wide range of recent cuts in public services are all contributory factors, but its policing and the...
Forum: General Chat 11-01-2019, 18:43
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington is 8th

More: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/17351550.man-in-hospital-after-accrington-hammer-attack-and-robbery/
Who's betting the assailant has a string of previous offenses..
Forum: General Chat 04-01-2019, 14:23
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington is 8th

And another: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/17334411.mans-pendant-containing-wifes-ashes-ripped-from-his-neck/
Forum: General Chat 02-01-2019, 09:03
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington is 8th

Another 'isolated incident'.? https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/17328067.grandfather-64-in-hospital-with-bleed-on-brain-after-brutal-accrington-attack/
My thoughts are with his family and...
Forum: General Chat 09-12-2018, 12:59
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington is 8th

Police numbers are now lower than when records first started 22 years ago. Prisons are over capacity. Courts are handing out fines and community orders for crimes that warrant imprisonment to...
Forum: General Chat 07-12-2018, 10:22
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington is 8th

Given the planned cuts in the numbers of Police our wonderful CC is making, there's time yet Cashman. :D

The most upbeat people in Accrington are retailers selling caps, scarves, hoodies,...
Forum: General Chat 06-12-2018, 19:14
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Chris Cross
Accrington is 8th

Community website ILiveHere asked the public for its votes in a tongue-in-cheek poll about the 'chavviest, most violent and unclean' places to live.....
Forum: General Chat 10-11-2018, 12:09
Replies: 5
Views: 6
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Mill Hill picnic site permanently closed?

Not noticed any weirdo's kestrel, just other walkers and families (daytime anyhow).

I've sifted through the relevant BBC/LCC online meeting minutes, I can find no mention of proposals or decisions...
Forum: General Chat 05-11-2018, 22:54
Replies: 5
Views: 6
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Mill Hill picnic site permanently closed?

From the Hapton PC minutes it seems its intended closure was known in July. I can't find any info' searching the Burnley BC decisions/officer decisions, will this fall under County Council?
Forum: General Chat 18-10-2018, 15:48
Replies: 5
Views: 6
Posted By Chris Cross
Mill Hill picnic site permanently closed?

I'd mentioned on here previously about the fly-tipping problem at the site. On the 9th Oct' the Telegraph reported that cleanup was underway:...
Forum: General Chat 29-08-2018, 16:45
Replies: 19
Views: 20
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: So Our Glorious Leader Wishes To Ataack?

I agree, but you can't punish the litter louts without paying someone to catch them in the first place, and providing more bins + emptying for lazy louts is expenditure which could be better used...
Forum: General Chat 29-08-2018, 14:16
Replies: 19
Views: 20
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: So Our Glorious Leader Wishes To Ataack?

Are you saying they should provide them everywhere? Or that there's not enough of them Margaret? They'll currently nab you if its accidental. What should be required is video proof of deliberate...
Forum: General Chat 28-08-2018, 07:31
Replies: 19
Views: 20
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: So Our Glorious Leader Wishes To Ataack?

I'm with you all the way on cracking down on fly tipping (have you seen the carpark at Mill Hill picnic site?), but you might want to get your ducks in a row regarding the cost of litter enforcement...
Forum: General Chat 03-08-2018, 17:49
Replies: 6
Views: 7
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Accrington Arndale turning off customers

There's little reason to use the parking, the town centre is hollow. Collecting parcels from the sorting office and an occasional visit to Wilko's is the only use I've had for it in the last 10...
Forum: General Chat 07-09-2017, 10:33
Replies: 38
Views: 39
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: £30 Extra To Have Your Green Bin Emptied !!

If this was France, the council members would have a good sized compost heap in their front gardens by now. :D
Forum: General Chat 07-09-2017, 10:29
Replies: 8
Views: 9
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: HBC Website payments - hmm.

At that time Less? Not many, which is probably why it was working. :D
Forum: General Chat 05-09-2017, 17:44
Replies: 8
Views: 9
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: HBC Website payments - hmm.

At 11pm last night the HBC website was again taking payments. Lets see if its working at my next installment.
Forum: General Chat 04-09-2017, 14:39
Replies: 8
Views: 9
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: HBC Website payments - hmm.

I've been trying to pay since Sat' Margret. All online systems (including automated telephone payment systems) are down. Just managed to get through to HBC on the phone and they confirmed this and...
Forum: General Chat 04-09-2017, 14:01
Replies: 8
Views: 9
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: HBC Website payments - hmm.

You could be right Accyman. Almost 2 months later and its still broken. You'd have thought that payment systems would have at least some priority at HBC. Crying poverty but you can't pay your tax...
Forum: Anything Goes 13-07-2017, 09:51
Replies: 52
Views: 53
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Not Smoking.

I lost count how many times I'd quit cigs. Longest was 3 years but caved in at mums funeral, its a bast'*d addiction. Switched to vaping 3 years ago, not ideal but comfortable with it. Worth doing if...
Forum: General Chat 13-07-2017, 09:26
Replies: 8
Views: 9
Posted By Chris Cross
HBC Website payments - hmm.

Just a headsup. Tried to pay C-tax twice via HBC website yesterday. First attempt errored with an odd redirect URL (secure1.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/paris.net/Sales/), a 2nd attempt in the evening completed...
Forum: General Chat 24-12-2016, 01:07
Replies: 4
Views: 5
Posted By Chris Cross
Re: Marlborough Rd launderette

Forklift and an hydraulic ram?
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