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I'm not sure it all hinges on the market Neil( except Accrington sells itself on being a floral Market Town), there have been vast changes in the shopping habits of many, but some markets continue to thrive...maybe it is because they have stuck to the old format of what a market is.
And if the Farmers market can make a go of it, then this is surely an indication that it IS possible to have viable market trading conditions. I think you can use the supermarkets, but still buy some things from the market...and internet shopping is something that is alright for some things, but it isn't a very satisfying way to shop. I prefer to be able to see and feel the product that I am buying......the internet might be fine if you want to buy a TV or a hair brush...but ornages and cabbage...give me the experience of being able to see them and decide if they are good value...and more to the point fresh! |
Re: Great Harwood: Farmers Market raises £4,000 for charity
The farmers market is once a month, maybe it's seen more as something to do than shopping.
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Your dead right about me though.. I use my keyboard to bring the fight into open debate. I troll newspapers, magazines, blogs, twitter and other media, all by my lonesome, for information to use in said debate. I often feel like banging my head on a brick wall or pulling out my hair because of the ineptitude and inflexibility of politicians to admit when they get it wrong. I'm angry that you feel you know better than me about Europe because of something that Sir Humphrey has told you. |
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If it is a pleasant place to go people will tell others and this is how the popularity of a place grows...which is exactly what I am saying about portraying a place as something it isn't. Initially people will come and have a look, but when it doesn't meet expectations then the people who have visited will tell far more people of their dashed expectations than those people who have had their expectations met. Good experience = 10 people told. Bad experience/unsatisfactory experience = millions of people told.....the internet is a wonderful thing if you have an axe to grind...or feel you have been duped. |
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I think of today's keyboard warrior as the historical chest thumping militant. Different generations but same process of registering your dissaproval at the system ;)
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lancsdave, with great respect, these flea market days when all the stalls are full(even if they are full of tat - one man's tat is another man's treasure) are more patronised than the regular market days when there are empty stalls.
The flea markets must generate some revenue or they would stop....but you are right in the fact that people will not come to Accrington just for a flea market. |
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Just a couple of points though; Which is the most popular market in the North of England,and does it populate it's stalls on traditional non-market days with 'tat' ? One stall is on there 7 days a week selling the same stuff, is that a 'market' stall or a flea market stall. ? The distinction has long gone because nobody has controlled it. |
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I would have to guess that the most popular market in the North of England has to be Bury...and no, it doesn't populate its stalls with tat....maybe that is because it doesn't have to do that to make it viable.
Accrington really doesn't have a viable market. The market hall is a joke - well, except it isn't funny. Yes, you are right when you say no-one has taken control(or for that matter responsibility) to make the market not jsut viable, but a success. A market is like a marriage - it doesn't just 'happen', it takes work, maintenance and love to keep it going. Accrrington, sadly has none of those things. We should not proclaim ourselves a 'Market Town'. |
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There is a challenge which has not been fully addressed. The challenge is to make Accrington a town where there is something to bring people in.......selling it as a 'Market Town' hasn't done it.
There has to be something that will appeal to people. So far there isn't anything. It is all very well for Clare Pritchard(I know she has worked hard) to expend time and energy to promote the businesses in Accrington, but if these do not provide something that isn't available/cheaper elsewhere then all that work is lost. I went shopping in Blackburn yesterday(against my better judgement)...it was a thoroughly disappointing experience. I hate the market. It has no 'feel' to it. The Shopping Mall gives me eyestrain(that floor is hideous...very glary). I can tolerate Accrington.....but I hate Blackburn and will not be going back there for a very long time. |
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yes, what I think of it rhymes with city, but I am far too polite to elaborate on what it is. I think you might be able to guess :)
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