Town centre solution

The pavements are appalling, even the newly refurbished ones.

I struggle with them because I shuffle. I pity anyone whose sight is bad, and can't see what they are walking on, and what to avoid.
 
I must admit i have recently been noticing how grand the upper parts of some of the old buildings actually are........
 
the flags in the centre can be slippery when wet, i nearly went over on one the other day.
 
garinda said:
I think because we are often there, we don't actually see how attractive a town it is.

True many people hate the blue and white Town Hall extension/ shop facade, and the new benches may be wet for 90% of the year, but there is a lot of beautiful stone buldings, and we have the rolling hills in nearly every direction in the distance.

I did start a thread about friend's of mine, visiting the area for the first time, comparing Accy To Brighton's Lanes, and Wimbledon Village.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f69/just-like-wimbledon-village-23398.html

So it's not all bad, the structure is in place to make it a more attractive destination. It just needs the right visionary to make it happen.
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yeh agree about good stone buildings, but i was always under the impression,a good Town Centre required good shops.:rolleyes:
 
SPUGGIE J said:
No chance of good shops as no owner is stupid enough to risk expansion in Accy. Unless its pound shops.
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agreed so people can waffle till the cows come home, spend money that aint abundant, trying to make a silk purse outa a sows ear....... aint gonna happen!
 
Suggest anyone about to reply to this thread looks up "demographics" in a good dictionary, if you do it will negate the need for pointless " Why can't we have a Next/River Island ? " type discussion......

In plain English Accrington is too "poor" a town to justify brand names like Next etc, we don't have the amount of salaried folk living in the area to make these stores worthwhile, this has been the status quo for at least 15 years and isn't likely to improve any time soon and the more big names that pull out make it less likely for big names to invest, sorry but that's the reality.
 
lindsay ormerod said:
Suggest anyone about to reply to this thread looks up "demographics" in a good dictionary, if you do it will negate the need for pointless " Why can't we have a Next/River Island ? " type discussion......

In plain English Accrington is too "poor" a town to justify brand names like Next etc, we don't have the amount of salaried folk living in the area to make these stores worthwhile, this has been the status quo for at least 15 years and isn't likely to improve any time soon and the more big names that pull out make it less likely for big names to invest, sorry but that's the reality.
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Agreed, Lindsay. :(

I really fear for the future of Accrington town centre.

As you say, the more names we lose the less likely any more names will want to come into Accrington.

Therefore we are left with more and more empty units.

What can be done? :confused:
 
no-ones mentioned any of those type of shops, cos think most are aware of those facts, suggest you read the whole thread linds.:D
 
Some of the blame has got to be the consumers as well because for a lot of people it is just easier to shop under one roof. Therefore a lot of people don't even hit the town centre. What can be done? Who knows?
 
Accrington was always n Industrial Town, Mills,Engineering,etc 5000 worked at bulloughs alone, double decker buses used to bring workers from the fylde coast.fer me our town started dying with the death of industry, true the abysmal alterations to our centre oer the years contributed also.:(
 
I actually think that the fact people are turning more and more to shopping on line as also had a huge impact, I buy everything on line these days, because is so easy and you don't have to leave the comfort of your own home to do it
 
Seems Woolies is to reopen.e re-born online
A Woolworths store
The closure of Woolworths prompted huge job losses

The Woolworths brand is to be re-launched as an online retailer after being bought by Daily Telegraph owners, Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay.
 
Perhaps this is Accrington's opportunity to become something different, to not rely on the big names. Perhaps this is the time for independent shops to make a come back to our town centre and rebuild a unique town that doesn't have all the same shops as every where else.

And as for the beautiful buildings - if you're worried that you might trip over something whilst you're walking and looking up, then stop and stand still for a while to take a look.
 
Gayle said:
And as for the beautiful buildings - if you're worried that you might trip over something whilst you're walking and looking up, then stop and stand still for a while to take a look.
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yeh right its just the weather fer standing admiring architechture.
:rolleyes: lets get real here, most people go to a town centre to shop.
 
Gayle said:
Perhaps this is Accrington's opportunity to become something different, to not rely on the big names. Perhaps this is the time for independent shops to make a come back to our town centre and rebuild a unique town that doesn't have all the same shops as every where else.

And as for the beautiful buildings - if you're worried that you might trip over something whilst you're walking and looking up, then stop and stand still for a while to take a look.
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Hear hear to that. We don't need big business to be a good, interesting, town.
 
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