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Re: River Stink
If I had time today I'd take a photo of the river for you but it's going to be a bit of a hectic day.
Finding the river could be quite a challenge for anyone who doesn't know the town. You'd even be forgiven for thinking we didn't have one. Most of it is underground. I can understand why it was better off hidden in the olden days when it did indeed stink but I think we should make more of a feature of it now and open up the areas where it is still visible - turn it into an attraction.
As for the canal. It doesn't actually come through Accrington but it features in parts of Hyndburn such as Clayton le Moors, Church, Rishton and there are some very pleasant walks along its bank these days. At one time it was full of rubbish and the towpaths were in a right old state but it has been cleaned up a lot. When I worked in Clayton and in Rishton I enjoyed a stroll by the canal in my lunch hour.
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