Appreciating Accrington
 

Since living in Lancaster, I've felt like it's overshadowed home a bit, what with its quaint little independent shops and multi-cultural twice a week market, maze of alleys with their charming coffee shops and numerous pubs with great selection of ales.

But the other day my friend showed me a video on youtube made by young people in his local town to portray the place they live, and it showed things which all of a sudden made Accrington seem soooo much better.

YouTube - newall green crew

I'm glad Accrington isn't THAT bad, though I do wonder how long it'll take before it is...

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You deffo been away too long....that IS Accy and districts!!

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i thought that was accy until the yellow ferrari came into shot...

we have a red one driving around :)

actually it may have been a labogreenie i would rewatch it but watching scum hurts my eyes

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its sure very near the mark.ya need to get yer ear to the ground n open yer eyes when yer home next blaze.

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ok, sorry for the slight thead wander , but watching that video and reading a couple of previous postings makes me kind of glad I got out of the area.

Only night time problem I ever had when I was "a Lad ' living in the area was one late night after saying goodnight to a lass who lived on lower Barnes St. and walking home to Arrod over the fields from Clayton , and hearing a noise and seeing this "thing" , two legs, torso and a neck , only when I got to the other side of the brook and halfway up the hill did I turn round and look back ... I'd been looking at a horse head on in the next field . :D :D

guess them days are long gone , sorry for thread wander

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Well I don't know anyone with a gun at home.

Care to enlighten me?

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Maybe the day you find out could be a day to late:rolleyes:

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The Music alone was an assault on me ears!!!:rolleyes:

I guess its a nationwide problem these days though is'nt it. Lets be honest, i bet not one of us on here would now say that they would feel comfortable and safe walking home on their own late at night, i certainly dont! Always use a taxi now.

Best Regards - Taggy

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I have worked evenings for quite a few years... finishing at 10 or 11pm

Walked home every night at that time and felt safe

Although I'm quite young and carry a very heavy handbag:D

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Well thas a rarity then Accylas...i'm a 50 year old bloke and i sure as hell dont!!


Best Regards - Taggy

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At one point I felt safer walking home than at the place I worked:)

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Ruddy Hell thats frightening!!...Dare i ask where you worked?:eek:


Best Regards - Taggy

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Just an off licence

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thats cos ya dont get about much, i know fer fact theres guns around accy, n theres a few on here know of my experience of this.

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Walk from gt harwood to accy around midnight quite often and feel fine.

Paranoia and ignorance - accy is nowhere near that bad get a grip people.

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Excuse Me Taggy, music what music:rolleyes:

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Its a bit silly to make a satement like that at your age, it may just come back to bit you on the bum, and a lot sooner than you think :rolleyes:

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There are people on here who have been subject to to violence and assault, and not just night time either. It's happened more than once with my lot. Paranoia & ignorance. Don't think so.

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paranoia and ignorance ?

take it from someone who knows folk who have been stabbed , mugged and murdered that you are the one been ignorant if you think accys streets are safe:rolleyes:

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Walking about maybe safe ( in your opinion) but trust me working in any area of retail in Accy is far from safe; I suggest you open your eyes next time you out shopping in Acc and have a long hard look around you! ( keep your hand on your wallet as well though!):rolleyes:

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i would love someone to get a grip of you, would soon change yer opinion.

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a bit harsh lol

people do seem to think there isnt a problem though until it happens to them:rolleyes:

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i work in accrington town centre till 7pm it was till 10pm but they changed it last year, we are the only shop open until that time and even though i have panic buttons i still sometimes get that feeling that im not safe, especially as i have to lock up the store in the dark when there are still people on the street. i usually get gangs of teenagers in who between 8 of them buy one thing and swear and make a mess of the place. i do tell them to clean up after themselves and to stop swearing and if they get out of line i do ask them politley to leave but its only a matter of time before they tell me what to do and start giving me abuse. then i either walk to the bus stop and wait for the bus in the dark which again is pretty intimidating, most of the time my fella has to pick me up as he doesnt like me walking to the bus stop and he isnt even from accy but yet he knows how pretty bad it can get. its bnad to say this about my home town i know but at the end of the day i do feel threatened half of the time.

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maybe we should carry guns just to feel safe! :D

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and yeah there are people with guns as i know a few who have them.

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luckily pounland dont sell bullets so were safe :) j/k

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Have you reported that fact to the police? I know I certainly would if I knew someone owned a gun!

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i like my life at the moment so i wont, i know they havent used them as its for show i would if i knew they had used them.

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Get real. If you know someone who owns guns, and presumably not the type of people who go huntin'/shootin'/fishin'/, I would say it was your public duty to inform the police.

Lots of people carry guns & knives supposedly for show....then they use em. :rolleyes:

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sorry cant resist coz somone will say it ..

why not reportthem before they get chance to use them

mind you i dont blame you not reporting them , mainly because your picture is on here and your saying you know people who have guns

not having a go at you but you never know whos reading this site :confused:


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somone beat me to it lol

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thats why i keep my mouth shut and dont snitch

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Not having a go either, but why mouth off that you know people who do, to potentially thousands of people, rather than report em?

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and a hunter or shooter etc could always use that gun too...

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Erm, OK whateva...

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these people...do they have a gun licence...are they the hunting fishing type......?

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because its true that people do carry weapons around as much people think accy is safe it isnt and there not exactley kids who i am on about with weapons there fully grown adults who do actually respect people and dont wander the streets ready to harm people.

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I really don't believe I am reading this...

So the people you know who carry guns are just law abiding citizens are they. think not

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would it be possible to arrange a hit on my neigbours cat which keeps soiling my lawn ? :D

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Are these the same people you won't grass because you like your life? :rolleyes:

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[quote=accyman;690079]would it be possible to arrange a hit on my neigbours cat which keeps soiling my lawn ? :D[/quote

get a water gun! thats fun. :D

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Maybe instead of talking about it on here, you should have done the right thing?

some of us have to snitch, otherwise people will go on getting away with stuff.

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they are actually adults that do respect people and no they dont wander around being kids. they are actually law abiding, believe it or not people can be law abiding. i dont know if they have a licence i think they do not 100% sure though?

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I'm actually lost for words here...:eek:

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i know alot of people have done things that are against the law that is serious yes i know that owning a gun is one unless they have a licence in alot of towns if you snich then you and your familiy get subjected to alot of trouble from the people who you upset, im asking now as you have made me curious i will get back to you and let you know!!

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These law abiding citizens. You don't know whether they have licences...presumably not, if that is all they supposedly carry them for...protection. doubt you know whether they have bullets either.

Maybe when these sort of issues start to affect you and yours, you will think twice about whether you think it acceptable or not..but then agian you are not sure are...coz you won't snitch.

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ok just i just text them and came outright with what ive said, i wrote " heya, how are ya? quick question, do you have a licence for the gun? sorry to be a pain but im in discussion with someone tb"
they rang me back! laughing they said yes i do and what have i ( meaning me) started now? i mentioned that id gotten into a discussion about the gun etc.
so panic over they have a licence and have actually gotten rid of the gun now as they have a child on the way and dont want to have the gun around a child,
so sorry they dont have a gun now, just a bump.

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Yeah and there are times when you have to stand up and be counted.

And before you ask, yes, me and mine have stood up to drug dealers who thought they could rule the roost.

And yes, we did stand up to intimidation trying to stop us going to court, including them trying to run one of my sons over, ( others backed down, but we didn't.) and threatening to shoot them if they did. So maybe you see why I can't understand why you are so cool about people you know carrying weapons of any sort. :(

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so no hit on my neigbours cat then :(

i would chuck bricks but it sits mainly on my car :rolleyes:

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and you believe that because?

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sorry to hear they tried to run one of your sons over, some people can stand up to it some cant, im obviously the one who cant, no ones perfect, i wasnt cool about any weapon that anyone has and yes think its wrong but then we come back to who can stand up for themselves and who cant. supposing it also the area thats got a part to play it it too.

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i personally know the pregnant girl extremely well and have done for a very long time and knew she hated it, i believe them there friends.

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like i say get yourself a water gun at least your car would get a wash (if it needed washing) lol :D

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A pregnant girl with a gun..it just gets better, and funnier.. doubt she had a licence.

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take it you didnt read what i put

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bottom 3 sentences

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Which 3? quote them...or should I have said "had" ?

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"so panic over they have a licence and have actually gotten rid of the gun now as they have a child on the way and dont want to have the gun around a child,
so sorry they dont have a gun now, just a bump."

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they havent got it now so my bad for saying so.

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I repeat, you believe they had a licence why?

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they answered what i asked them? they are a genuine couple and i doubt that they would lie to me? if they have then they are liars but ive known them a very long time and they have never lied before?

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should i distrust my friends now?

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To be quite honest Carla, I can't believe you own up to having friends who own/have owned guns, or carry knives, or weapons of any description.

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im not ashamed of my friends why should i be? everyone has a black sheep either in the familiy or friends? like i said no one is perfect?

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You seem to have such a laissez-faire attitude about the fact they do. Like so many others who don't worry about it until it affects them.

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so now you are saying maybe it isn't quite right then????

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i know owning a weapon isnt right?

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people are scared of reporting crimes now adays and it shouldn,t be like that but people are scared i,m scared to go to my corner shop at night because u have gangs outside. things need to change, were people will come forward to the police but in this day and age i don,t think people will! anything for a quiet life!!!!!

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that's the problem.

There is always Crimestoppers....

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good point forgot about them bu****s:)

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I quote my own sig. :)

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what would happen if somebody used a samourai sword?? you know them ones people have in their house for show pieces? would they ban them if it was to happen? (not sure if it has already happened?)

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I have some of these in the house, purely ornamental, but if used on the street it is an offensive weapon, there was a case in Clayton recently I recall.

http://www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/..._man_sentenced

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oooh but if anything major was to happen like young kids pinching them of their mums wall and using them against others then would there be a crackdown on banning them etc? do you think that could happen?

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There are lots of things that can be used as an offensive weapon in the wrong hands...

Baseball bats for one, we can't ban them can we?

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surprising that there are no comments on the latter half of this thread, considering the number of people that have viewed it?
Does everyone think it is normal to carry a gun then, to protect yourself?

Maybe it's just me then......:(

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Carrying a weapon in Accy should be compulsory as it is a very very dangerous place at night. The best one's would be job offers and an invite to drug and booze rehab.:p

Sorry Caz couldnt resist. It was either that or a vip invite to the grand opening of the next pound shop. :D

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If I were you carla, I'd take a bit of advice, when your in a hole, stop digging:rolleyes:

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Thats ok if not digging for treasure. ;) Mind you what if you are an adult but a kid at heart were would that leave me in relatrion to Carla's original thought about adults?

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On the same scale Caz, ordinary household knives are use in crime, in fact in a lot of crimes, if these were baned we'd have to go back to medieval days and us our fingers to eat our meals:D

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The thing is Spugs carla made a statement, which not to put to fine a point on it rather a little ill advised to say the least, then carried on trying to justify her statement only to dig herself in deeper:rolleyes:

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She dosnt know when to quit. Better keep my other thought to myself as I dont want to get a bloutering for it. :D

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First off serious hunters have their guns licensed and locked up safely when not in use.

I cannot understand why anyone would want to have a gun, I would have no hesitation in letting the police know if I knew someone owned a gun illegally that would include my own family.

Sadly Accrington now sounds a very dangerous place to live. The fact that some of you personally have been victims of some violence is awful and I can appreciate how frustrated you must feel when it seems that the violence is escalating and the police cannot do a lot about it. 21yrs ago when I left England youth offenders were on a serious rise and there was a lot of debate about whether they should be tried as adults rather than young offenders. Clearly it did get worse.

Maybe I am wrong but I get the feeling that many people across the U.K would say they no longer feel safe regardless of where they live.

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i would continue to use a fork , my mommy used to slap me if i used a knife to put food in my mouth :D

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I get the feeling that many people across the world would say they no longer feel safe regardless of where they live. Guns are everywhere these days, as are knifes, as are bad people.
I wouldn't consider Accrington to be such an unsafe place to be at night. Just use common sense as you would wherever you are at whatever time of day.

If I knew someone with an unlicensed gun, I would be a little worried about why they have it. I would consider reporting to police, depending on how close this person was to me, if they where a friend I would try to talk them into getting rid(or ask to borrow it and go have some fun, oops did I really type that:D), but fortunately I don't have any friends that would have an unlicensed gun, I don't think.

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i have never in my life felt that i should stop quitting just because people dont like what i say? why should i start now?? im not proud of people who own weapons but just because i know people who have had a weapon does not mean that it will stop or that i can make it stop. i think that a few people know that no matter how many times you try and tell the police something they never listen until something happens.
and no i am not blaming the police as i have alot of respect for them.

or am i just the unlucky one that whenever i need help i get it 3 days later??:rolleyes:

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Spot on Roy. Accrington isn't a dangerous place, there are some nutters around as there are in every town. Always have and always will be.

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well it was ok until you moved here.:D

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Last week after playing pool i walked home from Bash ... it was about 10.30pm and it was either wait 20 mins for a bus or walk. I was just passing some houses and a car went past with young lads in it who shouted out the window at me as i walked down the road. Why do they do this?

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your lucky you were going through baxenden as its a bit posher up there

if you had been walking through accy they woulda spat at you as well

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You've been the victim of a drive by shouting.

:o:D

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:D yeah and if they had used the horn it would be a drive by hooting!

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and from that we can get to her shouting back Shh hooting at me its blooming late ya now and we have our shooting :D

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Hang on here though..now I've got this image of Accrington as some sort of wild west town.. bods walking around tooled up with shooters!.. I don't think that is reality is it?... and as for wether these people have a gun license for a gun is irrellevant... to my mind I can't see any reason for anyone being legally able to own a gun and ammunition.... all the arguments about sport or farmers having shotguns to protect sheep is rubbish...It's a gun..which sooner or later will be used as a weapon to rob or shoot people.

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as far as i am aware laws were brought in years ago that a fire arm had to be kept in a locker at a gun club and can no longer been kept in the house

i think farmers are allowed shot guns and folk who do hunting are usualy equipped with high powered air rifels and not automatic pistols or revolvers

its a bit late to be googleing about but im pretty sure anyone with a gun in their house is doing so illigally no matter what licence they say they have unless of course your a farmer

gamekeepers are probably allowed guns as well but only on the land they tend

basicly i cant see any excuse for having a fire arm in the house but they are definatly out there in the hands of teenagers as was shown when that little boy was shot dead last year in broad day light

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Yes Accyman I think that is the case...shotguns are held legally by grouse and pheasant shooting clubs.. and 22 rifles are legally owned (not air rifles) 22m bullet rifles...the 22 rifles were legally owned by the bloke that massacred the kids in Dunblane...that is when any thoughts of anyone being legally allowed to own guns starts to rack me!

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In actual fact i shouted something else back it began with f and ended with f :D

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Ya daft devil, just spilt my coffee when I read that:D

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You've got a way with words Jen:D

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so much fer i'm a little angel?:rolleyes:

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no its not reality, the thing is though a lot of bad stuff does go on, and many people unless directly involved or have friends or family who are choose fer what ever reason,not to accept it.:confused: its a british trait to me, exactly the same thing happened during the "Miners Strike" n to this day many cannot/will not accept what actually occured.:rolleyes: