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Bye-bye butties.

Hello 'Let them eat cake'?

:rolleyes:

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I'm sure Peter will be there Margaret. He wouldn't miss opportunity like that.

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There used to be a comedian called Roy(kinell) Davis Shaz:D

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Armchairs?

Whatever they might be, they'll certainly choose more fitting seating arrangements than that.

I'm seeing David and Victoria (Beckham, not Regina) style thrones.

Knowing they aren't strangers to the dressing up box, they might also don regal attire, and come as historical royal figures.

Edward and Wallace?

George III and Madness?

Queen Mary and Pearl Choker?

Queen Anne and cunning linguist Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough?

We'll just have to wait and see, or ask those who are planning to spend the day in the Market Hall.

:rolleyes:

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How times have changed, now to study something similar all that's needed is a C.V. stating you went to a mob whatsit & attended a touch of Crochet (you probably only had to witness it, not even perform).

YOU WAS ROBBED!

But don't worry so were the rest of us that tried.

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I've seen you out, what did you end up studying instead of fashion ? :p

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As any good dictator will tell you, I insisted others should do as I say, not as I do.

;):D

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Thank god for that:D:p

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Not everyone can carry off a horizontal Breton stripe.

For those unlucky souls I'd suggest gingham.

:D

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What a huge waste of time, money and effort, I personally don't give one about the Royal wedding, just as I didn't give one when Charles and Di got married ( so much so that I was on a beach in Wales messing about in rock pools!) As has been said all sensible people who have the day off will be making the most of the free time and not lounging around watching some daft toffs get hitched.If the Council are seriously thinking about frittering away any ( and I mean any!!) money on this it's a disgrace.:eek:
And Jon at the Castle will not be too amused if you can't get into his Boozer!

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Who were you designing for, gingham, Shirley Temple

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Strange, I was there just before I came home, before I left I asked if it would be a wedding free zone, he was most noncommital.

(But I hope it will be).

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Or even Eve and the Serpent....now I could see them as that....except, it would look like the serpent had swallowed a pig.

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Perhaps another poll is called for?
Are you sad enough to spend the wedding day in the Market Hall?
or
Are you sad enough to spend the wedding day in the town hall with the bar open?

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Wallace and Gromitt and I'll be there:D

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'The location for this commission is the Market Hall in Accrington, and the young people involved in the project have suggested ideas for the creative work that could be carried out here. Suggestions for interpretation have been a performance using an empty market stall or an exhibition of artwork.'

'The budget for artist fees is £3,000 per commission based on 15 days work at £200 per day, plus £250 for travel costs.'

Mid Pennine Arts | Project Pride Artist's Brief - Accrington

Just over a week left, to get your bids in.

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Might I suggest that the Children are dressed up as market traders of the 2011's, surrounded by local & other produce placed in a style representing a market stall, and can then commence to kick their heels doing nothing, this is to imitate the genuine Market Hall traders forced to come in on a Wednesday.
Any of the group that actually does sell something could then be promised a permanent position as toilet greeter outside the cafe on the balcony.
:rolleyes:

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Is anybody that sad Less;)

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I was going to say, I'd go for the lesser of the two evils.

But like MagR, I don't lie...










Much:D

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Ya had me going until I saw much:D :D

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Does anyone else find this sort of...
Familiar?
YouTube - futurama-zapp and kiff

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guess where i was stood

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in the queue fer a pee?:D

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indeed Cashy

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Bet it was murder fighting your way through the crowds. :D:D:D

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My exact thoughts when I saw the pics:D

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it was about 10 ish on Saturday morning, even his lordships cafe was dead, Reece had gone to the loo so i thought i'd take a quick pic

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As you read this, Medallion Man is spending thousands having signs made up stating that unauthorised photographers in the Market Hall will be shot! (an unauthorised photograph is one that doesn't contain him).
;)

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It used to be thriving at that time , and the kids were enjoying there singalong at the Odeon just before the nail-biting freaky flicks started .

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Flash Gordon and the Clay People, those were the days JCB:D

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Dont give him idea's Less ;):rolleyes:

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And we enjoyed it , Jaysay .

Don't know what today's kids would make of it .

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Probably wouldn't be able to drag themselves away from their Game Boys JCB:D

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so are yeh saying their perverts?:eek:

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No cashy I'm told they are a computer game:rolleyes:

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About ten years ago, come on John get "with" it!!:rolleyes:

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I'd rather be without it thankyou:p:D

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Going back to the beginning of the refurbishment ... didnt they say that they left the empty spaces for art .... so is this hyndburn councils idea of art?:D:D:D

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I took Mrs Moss to Accy today for a mooch round and the Market Hall has provided us with tea for the next five nights, really excellent stuff on offer. Almost everything we wanted to have a look at was on sale somewhere in the town centre, the only negative point really being that there is no dedicated bookshop such as The Works. Good to see the Lancashire Tea Rooms have opened in the Arndale too, popped in for a pot of Earl Grey.

However, it was questioned whether Coffeebeanz know that it isn't Christmas....

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Well, yes, that is the idea behind a Market Hall, get some food. But a Bookshop? Surely that's for Broadway? Oh, no, that one went years ago.

As for CoffeeBeanz, why mention it? Unless you're trying to keep in with the populous?

We know it's Christmas for them.


Do I notice a little back peddling going on?

Do I detect a difference in your posting?

Nah, just me, too simple to work things out.

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The art is somewhere upstairs .

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I have a 4 year old grandson who'd think that was really arty Jen:D

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Those look like amusement arcade type coin in the slot machines,
.....who gets the money put in them?

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That will be Peters Holiday fund Margaret:rolleyes::)

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Perhaps everytime a harassed parent gives into a skrikin' kiddie, and pops a pound in one of the rides, muzak gets piped into the upstairs lavs, followed by a squirt of Chanel No.5 from the vents.

:D

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Your pound comment reminded me of something.

Rhonda and I were in town a while ago, your typical Accy mother, you know baby in a pram eating a Gregs pasty with a baby bottle full of cold tea, was shouting at her slightly older kid was doing nothing but she was to busy discussing JK with her friend. As a punishment if he did not behave she said if he was not good she would not take him to the pound shop :D:D

Stop laughing you will hurt yourself

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You patronising pig.

That was mummy and me, and it isn't a pram I was sat in. It's a push chair!

Greggs for us is a treat.

I get a pasty each Saturday and Tuesday, as a pacifier, to suck the cheese out of.

I was a good boy, and I did go to the Pound Shop.

I bought a stapler set, shaped like ladybirds.

:tongueout

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We went to Blackburn today, had a nice look around the shops popped into a jewellers as the claws on Rhonda's engagement ring need repairing and had a nice lunch in Frankie & Bennys. Then we had to call into Accy to had the pads changed on Rhonda's glasses.

Accrington is so different to Blackburn, I think any council are going to have a massive task trying to sort out both the Market Hall and the town centre. Its not just the place, its the people and unfortunately there is not a lot can be done about that.

Even the staff in the jewellers were less professional

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Maybe its a part of Gods greater plan to increase the self esteem of the Ribble Valley types and other 'incomers' , gives them a warm feeling when they look down on the peons. :rolleyes: ;)

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That is funnier that you know :rolleyes::D

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Why, was the baby in the pram called Peony-Jade?

:D

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You are slow today :p

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Was there a queue for the toilets, so had a warm feeling, as you piddled over the balcony in the Market Hall?

:eek:

Urban Dictionary: peon

:D

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Sorry Neil , but I find your original comment offensive " its the people and unfortunately there is not a lot can be done about that". What do you suggest, the implementation of Eugenics ? with statements like that you are comong across as a total prig/pillock ,

Similar to the guy who keeps refering to Rishton as a "village" ... Stanhill is maybe a village , Tottleworth is maybe a village , Huncoat/Altham whichever has a Parish District Coucil is a village ... get my drift, maybe even Knuzden qualifies as a village , but Rishton ? thought the old designation of UDC qualified an urban area as a "mini metropolitan area" ie a town,

just my opinion , feel free to delete if my above comments offend the moderators sense of fairplay or disscusion.
Thanks ;) :D

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Why would I delete your comment? Accrington was full of not very nice people, that is something that is hard to deal with. The sort of people that are happy Accrington has lots of pound and mobile phone shops. I suppose its supply and demand, that is why Accrington town centre will never be like Blackburns. If you want decent shops go to Blackburn or Manchester its as simple as that.

I don't mean to be offensive but unless you have visited Accrington recently and seen what I mean you are not really in an informed position. Personally I hate seeing a group of young people with little kids and babies in prams chatting away, ignoring there children and swearing there heads of. If that makes me what you said then I am fine with that. Personally I think it makes me a decent bloke who knows how to act around my children.

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I'm defending no one, but Neil posted there was a difference in the people in the two towns.

He didn't say what the difference was.

I'd say the demographics of both places, being only a few miles apart, were exactly the same. It's just that there are more folks in Blackburn, so it can support more/larger stores.

As an area we do have relatively low average, when it comes to disposable income.

It's doubtful we're ever going to see luxury brand stores line Broadway, instead of the budget stores we do have.

Being pure white trash himself, I didn't take Neil's post as a call to start a local eugenics programme.

;):D

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P.S. I just read it that he doesn't shop in the town centre very often, which I suspected when he's posted comments about the market, Market Hall etc., and because it's so rare, it all came as a bit of a shock.

:D

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If you wanted to discuss further, we could always look back through your old posts, and dissect the disparaging comments about single mothers, living off benefits.

Not that you were looking down your nose at them...of course.

;):D

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Apologies to Neil , but your quote did come over as a bit extreme.

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Back pedalling? Certainly not, I just thought that with all my vile and vicious posts about how the traders are being interfered with I should balance that with something about what good stalls and shops we actually have in Accy.

The town centre is missing a Works, not the Market Hall.

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Oi!

Don't you jump on the bandwagon.

'Vile and vicious' is a registered trademark, and was an accusation in the press, levelled at us on this forum, long before you joined.

:D

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I'm thinking the old posts you refer to are private PMs refeing to the "Accrington match girl" and have no bearing (and should be kept private) I'm talking about Neils comments about his views on the general 'genetic' make up of the persons who shop in 'downtown ' Accrington ;) :D

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I would never reveal what was said in a private message.

As stated, I was referring to posts.

;)

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Well we can be:D:D:D:p

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First one I came to, when searching through your old posts, using the tag words 'single mother'.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...orm-28520.html

Some, could see that post as a wee bit high and mighty. Even judgemental, and generalising.

;):D

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:D your Accy web search engine works better than mine :D :D

for some reason when I try to look back on any topic/subject it only goes back 2 years max

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Search engine?

I think of you, think of the tag words, and remember what post/thread I saw it in.

:D

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Bless you my child :D :D ;)

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Try doing an advanced search rather than just using the first box in the search area.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/search.php

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Thank you Pops.

Whoops.

Father.

:D

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Don't apologise mate, you probably read it as I meant it.

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As stated, I honestly don't think Blackburn's population is much different from Accrington's.

It's just there's more of the same mix of people. Hence they can support more of the mid-range multiple stores

Can't say I've seen many Sloane Rangers, the County Set, or the huntin'/shootin'/fishin' brigade, in either town.

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yeh obviously dont get out much, Lynx n Flashy were in town last night.:D

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Na cashy G. said Sloane Rangers, not Loan Ranger:D:D

Just reading the obbo', the Queen of fantasy island claims on page 13 that the spending on the celebs 'generated 3,000 extra people' to the area, good job it was before the toilets were closed or we residents would have drowned in what they would naturally leave behind.

Could she please prove the accuracy of 3,000 people, then explain why with so many extra, potentially full bladders, a need to close toilets rather than urgently to erect new ones exists?

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Think on those days the bogs were open Less:rolleyes:

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Thats what i thought when i read it Less, me and Reece's dad where in the market hall yesterday and he being from a foreign land (Burnley) remarked on how empty it looks now compared to how it was when we where teenagers, he asked what was with all that empty space and where the seats so far apart in the middle 'circle' there incase you'd fallen out with your other half and didn't want to sit near each other.....thats coming from an outsider, what must people who come from further afield be thinking of our once thriving town?????

Read it again you Tory deny all, I've already said it was BEFORE the bogs were closed.
:-(

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There still only closed 3 days a week

Yes they are only closed 3 days a week, please don't treat me like I'm you, IF the Market was a success there would never, could never, wouldn't under no matter how many years of misrule by anyone, be a need to close them, we have a refurbished Market that has had money thrown at it and unfortunately for the few traders remaining, DOING NOTHING.
Stop protecting your passed oppo', to him you're passed your useful sell by date, that's why you don't see him,
He doesn't deserve your blind loyalty.

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I'm being loyal to no one, just made a statement, I've already said they should not have been closed so I can't see your problem Less, I agree with you, giver over getting your knickers in a twist fur nout

Firstly, if my knickers are twisted, it is because of your inaccurate reply.
Secondly, if you can't see something wrong with 3,000 extra people, needing fewer rather than more toilet facilities, after all, surely we didn't want them to call just once to put a strain on our local plumbing, but, often.
It hasn't happened, we need to cut costs by making the town less convenient to strangers, it's one thing locals being able to find their way to cafe le bog, but strangers here for the first time, want an 'in your face' facility.
Please stop, I must admit your blind views are becoming tedious, allow the Lady of fantasy herself to protect your medal wearing chum, IF SHE DARE?

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Oh I give up I refer to post 1281:rolleyes:

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I checked post #1281, after all you're a Tory you may have meant a post #1281 that had been under Labour control.

I still think you defend the undefensible, as already requested, let the Lady, come on here, defend her figures OR allow her to explain in the local press where a figure of 3,000 extra souls comes from.

I bet the market traders aren't paying extra tax for what has gone on lately.

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I agree

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Ah, trying to confuse me now, eh?
:D

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Didn't someone post a photograph earlier in the thread, of the 'crowds' watching Silly Dildo?

I thought we came to the conclusion there were about fifty there, for each of his appearances.

There must have been thousands there then, watching Martin Platt's 'One Hundred Things to do with a Cheesy Triangle', the following week.

It is difficult for some, judging crowd sizes.

Someone told the press there were 400 dancers who took part in the Flash Mob event.

Accuracy.

It ain't easy...for some.

:rolleyes:

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I reckon you've said that a million times on here, but don't quote me.
;)

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Sorry, needed to be quoted.

Reckon?

I've actually said it 978,423 times on here.

I'm brimful of the accurate and the factual, me.

;):D

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do you think they counted the legs and mutiplied by 100, then knocked some off because it sounded implausible?

They have to try and make it sound like they got good value for money.......but(tapping side of nose) we all know different....don't we?

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Cllr Haworth said, "We are thrilled to have a celebrity chef of Aldo's calibre demonstrate his fantastic cookery skills in the Market Hall. it was a fabulous day with people coming along to see Aldo work his culinary magic in our newly refurbished Market Hall, now open six days a week."

Top Chef Aldo Zilli Comes To Accrington

:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

You can't knock her for trying.

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'Accrington Market Played host today, to the Sci-fi legend Kenny Baker. The Man inside R2-D2. Kenny was signing copies of his autobiography for fans. Don't worry if you missed Kenny, you can purchase his book by clicking below. We also had the pleasure of Mr Andy Stone a very smiley upbeat pianist. He played old favourites and kept the crowd entertained.'

http://www.northwebdesign.co.uk/Accy...2_robot_01.jpg

Flyers - Accrington - Oswaldtwistle - Blackburn - Rishton - Great Harwood - Haslingden - Clayton le moors - Burnley - Nelson - Colne

Sometimes, The League of Gentlemen's fictional town of surealist lunatics, Royston Vasey, looks very, very, normal.

:rolleyes:

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"We are thrilled to have a celebrity chef of Aldo's calibre demonstrate his fantastic cookery''

he couldn't turn it down for what they where paying him, silly woman


has anyone ever noticed that PB has a striking resemblance to Uncle Fester from The Adams Family?

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I wondered who helped him tinkle, in the upstairs loos?

They probably hired a specially converted Winnebago, with a tiny wee toilet, for him to relax in, before and after his appearance.

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I haven't seen the finished product. It was still being renovated when I visited last March. Whilst a full service bar and some comfortable seating would not be a bad thing, it isn't exactly in keeping with the original intent. I loved the old outside market as well as the Market Hall. It seems that the spirit has been knocked out of both.

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If I was going to do that Less I'd put a shovel and a fork against a wall and ask you to take your pick:D:D:D

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It's already put to full council as a question. If it's accurate then good on them, but if it's just bandying figures about as many suspect then it's not really on to try and dupe the public into thinking they've done far better than they have with the refurbishment.

I don't know how they can possibly measure footfall in the town centre with any degree of accuracy.

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Perhaps they're taking the pee?

They measure the amount of waste water produced in the Market Hall toilets.

Use a mathematical formula, to work out how many people it would have taken to produce said amount.

Hey presto!

An accurate figure.

Which in this case we're told is 3,000 people.

;)

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so they didn't use my formula after all!

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Had a detour through the Market Hall yesterday afternoon on my way up to the Oaklea, as I needed to pay a visit after getting off the X41. Couldn't believe how dead it was. When I think of the thriving, bustling place it used to be on Saturday afternoons 20-30 years ago. The toilets were very nice, though. ;)