Allah v Nick

[Tealeaf]

I see in today's Observer that Lancashire's finest have expressed an interest in land off Steiner Street for the site of a new police station. This ground has been earmarked for some time as the spot for the new Accy super mosque.

Personally, i think the location is ideal for a new cop shop, the Manchester Rd one being well past it's sell by date. It is quite central to the borough, with fast access to the motorway and not to far from the town centre.

So what does the panel think? A new nick there, or the mosque? Or maybe something else, such as allotments. If Accy is to have a new mosque then what about converting the old Con Club? It is big enough and I seem to recall it's even got a few mini-minarets on the roof, so the jobs half done; the old ball room would make an excellent prayer room.

 

[Benipete]

I've gone for the Cop Shop.It's one hell of a long bumpy ride in the back of the meat wagon to get to Green Bank.

 

[cashman]

Think it would be far more convenient fer everyone resited down yon.

 

[Wynonie Harris]

A real ale pub to make up for all the ones we've lost round there.

Incidentally, what's going to happen to the old cop shop? As it's a grade 2 listed building, it can't be knocked down, so is it just going to be left to fester like the fire station?

 

[cashman]

A real ale pub to make up for all the ones we've lost round there.

only problem i can see wi that, Is there enough around this way aware of real ale n what it is? The younger end seem mostly Lager, WKD, n such like numpties.

 

[Barrie Yates]

Gone for the cop shop.
Afraid I must confess to liking a decent lager - Stella or 1664, but do enjoy some of the more recent Thwaites's especially Bomber. The lager choice probably stems from my years (45+), away from any decent draught beers.

 

[SamF]

only problem i can see wi that, Is there enough around this way aware of real ale n what it is? The younger end seem mostly Lager, WKD, n such like numpties.

I'm sorry but your off there - there is a boom in real ale pubs around all student areas.

 

[jaysay]

I'm sorry but your off there - there is a boom in real ale pubs around all student areas.

Pray tell us where that is in accy please

 

[jaysay]

I definitely voted for the cop shop, as a preference to the other two

 

[maxthecollie]

New Nick. I thought that a new nick was going to be built behind the present one. The old building is going to be empty the way its going. Fire Station gone, Police Station going and the courts on a four day week.

 

[SalfordLadRemoved]

I see no point in a new nick as it will almost certainly be unmanned most of the time. What is the thinking behind it? The usual excuse to spend money: The old one is not up to code and it will cost more to bring it up than to build a totally new one?

I am cynical. As for a mosque - I have not opinion really.

 

[jaysay]

I see no point in a new nick as it will almost certainly be unmanned most of the time. What is the thinking behind it? The usual excuse to spend money: The old one is not up to code and it will cost more to bring it up than to build a totally new one?

I am cynical. As for a mosque - I have not opinion really.

Ya would have if you lived in the next street

 

[jaysay]

Well, these are precisely I need now

pardon

 

[Barrie Yates]

Try building a Church in the birthplace of the Muslim faith (Saudi Arabia), you can even be arrested & deported for holding a Christian service anywhere other than in one of the Embassies.

 

[davemac]

I voted cop shop, we need a presence in the town, it sends the wrong signal to keep closing down satelite stations and reducing coppers on the beat.
We should introduce public flogging and bring back the stocks, I might have gone a bit too far with the last point, but we need to see coppers on the beat

 

[SalfordLadRemoved]

Try building a Church in the birthplace of the Muslim faith (Saudi Arabia), you can even be arrested & deported for holding a Christian service anywhere other than in one of the Embassies.

How should that have any bearing on how we behave and on how tolerant we are as a society? Personally I think a mosque makes an interesting addition to the skyline and the muslims I know are as decent as any other.

I don't understand what Saudi Arabia and their approach to managing their own society has to do with us.

 

[accyman]

i cant see them allowing a police station to be built as this would mean law and order been near blackburn road although i suppose if they prommmise to continue not enforcing the law in that area the plans may be approved

 

[cashman]

How should that have any bearing on how we behave and on how tolerant we are as a society? Personally I think a mosque makes an interesting addition to the skyline and the muslims I know are as decent as any other.

I don't understand what Saudi Arabia and their approach to managing their own society has to do with us.

Personally if i felt that i would have voted fer a mosque. shame that.

 

[jaysay]

How should that have any bearing on how we behave and on how tolerant we are as a society? Personally I think a mosque makes an interesting addition to the skyline and the muslims I know are as decent as any other.

I don't understand what Saudi Arabia and their approach to managing their own society has to do with us.

Obviously, unlike Barrie, you haven't been there, we live in a christian country, if you live in Saudi, try building a church there

 

[wallop79]

Definately need a new police station, there are plenty of mosques, most definately dont need another. When was the last time we Christians built a new church in Accy? Point made I think.