Removing The Lamp

staggeringman · 21-06-2005, 18:06

whats all this in the telegraph that they are removing the lamp at ta library?

staggeringman · 22-06-2005, 01:58

big meeting going on , is that all the people you voted for do?talk drivel they are talking about something going back years not yesterday (but that would be too quick)and you have to let the ar..oles argue about it and come up with nothing!

leave history aS IT STANDS.

WillowTheWhisp · 22-06-2005, 07:37

Why do they want to remove it? That's a serious landmark that lamp

Less · 22-06-2005, 12:43

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Why do they want to remove it? That's a serious landmark that lamp

Perhaps it's going to be the new site for the Arndale clock?

Remember the success? Arndale clock Looks like the clock, wherever it is, will be moved over so the lampost can be stored in the same place!

Gayle · 22-06-2005, 12:56

They're talking about moving the lamp across the road to the Jubilee gardens. Think the idea is so that it would become a centre point and people would be more likely to see it. Got to admit I'm a bit puzzled because it's a little bit like moving the North Pole or the flag on the moon - the point with the lamp is that 'x' marks the spot. It's not really the lamp that matters, it's where it is that matters.

Oswaldtwistle Area Council have it on tonights agenda to discuss.

simon · 22-06-2005, 13:01

One Word..........................Britcliffe.......... .....................

panther · 22-06-2005, 14:19

hes ears must be burning! or should i say cheeks!

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Originally Posted by simon

One Word..........................Britcliffe.......... .....................

what lamp are we talking about then?

staggeringman · 22-06-2005, 17:12

the one they put there in 1970, they put it in front of the library where the original gas lamp used to be,anyone who lived above the lamp was more than likely to work down the pit. Them who lived below the lamp worked in textile!they nicknamed them above the lamp gobbiners,so if you live past the library you are a gobbiner.

Gayle · 22-06-2005, 17:22

Oswaldtwistle Area Council meeting is tonight, 7pm at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre.

staggeringman · 22-06-2005, 17:44

will you be attending gayle?

Gayle · 22-06-2005, 19:49

Yes, I went along. A lady Nichola Cook from the Regeneration Team presented the new positioning of the lamp (Jubilee Gardents) and then PB asked everyone what we thought. He stressed at that point that none of the Council had expressed an opinion. Not unsurprisingly public opinion was against moving the lamp. Then the councillors all said that they too agreed and were not in favour. Doesn't look like it will happen! It was also mentioned that they should make a feature of the existing lamp in its current site - the land is owned by Lancashire County Council and not HBC, so the Area Council is now going to write the LCC and ask them to do something.

Gayle · 22-06-2005, 19:50

Can I just say that this was the first Area Council meeting that I've been to and I've remembered why I stopped going in the first place. I'm 40 years old and my presence there brought the average age down by at least 10 years.

Gayle · 22-06-2005, 19:53

I missed the item on the agenda about the proposed work in Rhyddings Park. Did anyone else go and can they update us?

I did notice in the notes that there is going to be a Friends of Rhyddings Park meeting at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre on 28th June - I think it said 7.30pm (but it might be worth checking if you were thinking of going).

staggeringman · 23-06-2005, 01:13

where did you expect to go gail at your age of the game, you think you are old now!!!! AVITTTT

ossygobbin · 23-06-2005, 06:00

now who do you think WHO SAID MOVE OUR TRY TO------- Name starts with P and ends with B LIKES MESSING THINGS UP DOE'S A GOOD JOB OF IT 2 == Leve the Lap whats it done to you PETER AND AFTER ALL THIS TIME CAME TO IS HEAD E THINK I WILL MOVE THE OSSY LAMP SILLY ASS.