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Exactly what are you waffling on about now?
This thread is about the impact that a retail branch of Wetherspoons Plc will have upon the economic and social wellbeing of the good people of Accrington.
There are those - such as some in Accy - who suffer from the delusion that the effect will be a positive one. But there are those - like me - who have spent time north and south of Watford and have seen what has happened when Wetherspoons make their ubiquitous presence felt. Like any other national retail chain operation, they are the cancer that destroys the unique identity of towns such as Accy.
You may wish to party today; but when local family owned coffee shops, tenanted pubs and such like pull down the shutters and we go further down that deep, downward economic spiral, then you will rue the day.
Have just checked it out,was heaving, the pics i saw were of ewbank, some hall/lodge etc, beer garden was great, ample space under cover n outside, never saw all the pics, couldn't get near some of em, on the downside beware if yer taking kids in, half of coca-cola £1-65.![]()
which is what i said spigs, perhaps you should be drinking it, or visit specsavers?Had a good evening in the new commercial.On our drinks by alphabet thing we got to letter ' I '. 8 drinks i think,long way to go.Finlander grapefruit vodka is nice by the way.Has i thought accy is the very place where wethers drinks are slightly more expensive than the pubs,nice place though.saw first person get thrown out around 9 o'clock..back for more food/drink antics tomorrow with a few friends joining us. Had food also btw,average as usual !!!. Toilets in there are fairly near to the coppice
oh cashy,its £1.65 a coke tee hee

I know it doesn't excuse it Margaret, but goes a long way to explaining itJohn, does that in some way excuse him from the normal courtesies?
It seems to be a pretty poor excuse.
I suppose he would much rather the building in the centre of our town, be left to rot. As if we do not have enough eyesores in our town.
He has nothing good to say about the place, and even less to say about the people who live here.
He is the epitome of a carmudgeon.
Isn't that just a bit sad?

Myself, can never understand why people go out for breakfast![]()
For me, fag and a brew, then have to feed the night starvation there and then, not wait to get into town before I eat. Hate deals of bed/breakfast in hotels where you have to go in the restaurant to eat .. could be an hour before I was showered and dressed and, by then, couldn't be bothered. Always ordered in my room if available .. good alarm call too.
Suppose old habits die hard, where there was always a breakfast waiting for me as a child when I got up (no, not the brew and fag .. LOL).

Shushhhh Ken your reminding me of my days on the road, when the first call was always the nearest greasy spoon for a full English and a big mug of teaFor myself Kate it's a nice cooked breakfast at Rishton Towers most mornings but on occasion it's very nice to mosey into town and let someone else do it, particularly following a heavy night's ale research.
I'm just interested to know how much your servants were paid as a child....
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I'm just interested to know how much your servants were paid as a child....
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Nothing like that, Ken, was lucky to have my Gran living with us at the time whilst both my parents went out to work in the mills. When she passed away, my mother gave up work to look after the needs of the family.....and the local tenanted public houses are already being boarded up and converted into large family homes(The Adelphi)........
Excuse me for being a bit thick Phil (its 25 years since I had a drink in accy town centre) but which establishment is SpoonsI was in Spoons on Saturday night and it was packed to the rafters. I've never seen one pub so busy for that length of time.
This could kick-start Accrington's night life on a Saturday night before 11pm.
Normally the town would be dead on a Saturday night.
Um ya Margaret the old brain cells are quite working this morning dohWetherspoons John.



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