[accyman]

when we were young the arndale had curry's,Dixons,Virgin records ,Gas showrooms and many other shops that people used regularly

as soon as whitebirk industrial estate opened up all the big names went there and left the arndale empty

in reality the arndale should never have been built it wasn't needed.All the shops moved off Broadway etc into it leaving empty shops that are now charity shops then proceeded to leave the arndale leaving that almost empty with no real quality shops to speak of that could have just as easily set up on Broadway

any shops of any use on broadway and union street are now either betting shops,charity shops or pound shops infact accy has got so bad we dont even have a toy shop now unless you count the toy section of teh argos catalog as a toy shop.

long way of saying the clock wont do a damn thing to attract people to accy but making accy an attractive place to company's will instead of crippleing them with extortionate rent,council tax etc and forcing them elsewhere like the last lot in power did.

we lost a beautiful outdoor market so they could build a few shops even though there was and is plenty of space in the arndale for them.

dont get me started on the destruction of the fish market mosaic that was smashed to smitherines so some kids could make pictures for the floor that would normaly be stuck on the fridge door while mummy and daddy tried their best to say awww how pretty it was without biting their lip off lol