Accrington Observer Thanks For Nothing

[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Does anybody still get the Citizen, I haven't seen one for years, ever since the person who delivered it knocked on my door at Christmas and asked for a tip, didn't like it when I informed him that I realised why for the last two weeks one had been pushed through my letterbox instead of an handful just being left on the steps in our block, then told him where to go

i still get it ... delivered wednesday evenings normally about 8pm ... by 8.30pm its in the paper bin ..

[heth]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

i still get it ... delivered wednesday evenings normally about 8pm ... by 8.30pm its in the paper bin ..

I have stopped getting it which is a shame as the shopping leaflets inside were good to see what bargains were out for the week............................................as for the paper itself I never opened it straight into the recycle bag!

[Taggy]

The Observer is just a blooming joke paper these days. This weeks paper for instance carries the dramatic headline SCHOOL RACE SHOCK, which goes on to mention that over the past 2 years there has been 102 racist incidents in Hyndburns schools. It says 95 of these were verbal abuse. It later mentions in the article that there are almost 19,000 schoolchildren in Hyndburns Schools, so in effect out of 19,000 schoolchildren there amounted to 95 incidents of name calling! Hardly worthy of the dramatic Headline i would have thought!

Best Regards - Taggy

[hedman2003]

Originally Posted by Taggy

The Observer is just a blooming joke paper these days. This weeks paper for instance carries the dramatic headline SCHOOL RACE SHOCK, which goes on to mention that over the past 2 years there has been 102 racist incidents in Hyndburns schools. It says 95 of these were verbal abuse. It later mentions in the article that there are almost 19,000 schoolchildren in Hyndburns Schools, so in effect out of 19,000 schoolchildren there amounted to 95 incidents of name calling! Hardly worthy of the dramatic Headline i would have thought!

Best Regards - Taggy

Taggy

You're spot on

As somebody who works as a Clerk to Governors for some of the Hyndburn School and with over 40 schools in Hyndburn it's just over 2 per school per year and I can assure you that the schools are rigerous in reporting such incidents to Governing Bodies

Yet another lasy bit of reporting in what a guess is a quiet news week

[Anniebee58]

Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

Thought Black Horse was becoming some deli/food hall thing?

Yes I heard that, its supposed to be deli & cafe they are doing it up at the moment saw builders in there last week so it should be open soon.

[katex]

Originally Posted by Anniebee58

Yes I heard that, its supposed to be deli & cafe they are doing it up at the moment saw builders in there last week so it should be open soon.

Planning permission was granted ... can see all the plans, etc here:

Case File

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by hedman2003

Taggy

You're spot on

As somebody who works as a Clerk to Governors for some of the Hyndburn School and with over 40 schools in Hyndburn it's just over 2 per school per year and I can assure you that the schools are rigorous in reporting such incidents to Governing Bodies

Yet another lasy bit of reporting in what a guess is a quiet news week

I think the main reason why the Obs has gone downhill is maybe because, of the editorial staff, whereas in the old days reporters were all more or less local, I don't think this is the case anymore. I'm not having a go at the staff themselves, because I'm sure they are fine journalist in their own rite, but do they know this area inside out, I doubt it. I know there is at least one young lady hales from the USA, lovely lass but does she know where oil bottom is or the twenty steps

[katex]

One lives not 50 yards from me, Jaysay, in Clayton, been here all his life ...mind you ...is only about 29. Reports on the Clayton-le-Moors/Gt. Harwood/Rishton sections plus other news items.

Love 'oil bottom' ...Hoyle ..LOL. Sorry, sometimes you are funny .. x

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by katex

One lives not 50 yards from me, Jaysay, in Clayton, been here all his life ...mind you ...is only about 29. Reports on the Clayton-le-Moors/Gt. Harwood/Rishton sections plus other news items.

Love 'oil bottom' ...Hoyle ..LOL. Sorry, sometimes you are funny .. x

Kate my purpose in life is to make my malaprop fans happy

[walkinman221]

I saw one of the old reporters from the observer the other day staggering through town looked like an old parraffin lamp, i cant remember his name but he has a look of mr bean.

[Less]

Originally Posted by walkinman221

I saw one of the old reporters from the observer the other day staggering through town looked like an old parraffin lamp, i cant remember his name but he has a look of mr bean.

He's always very pleasant and polite when you talk to him though.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by walkinman221

I saw one of the old reporters from the observer the other day staggering through town looked like an old parraffin lamp, i cant remember his name but he has a look of mr bean.

I've a good idea who your on about WM but won't name him, maybe because I've forgot his name, but Mr Bean is a very good description

[Leon Kelly]

The article that was posted in this weeks paper, was done because the emails i sent and the stink that it caused with Town Centre licensees they had no option, however as always last week it was front page news to say pubs from 5 years ago had closed down, and this week its get page 10 or something like that, Lets not be niave to believe that the Observer have done anyone any favours they were forced to write the story that they were supposed to write last week, but decided to create a front page story that wasnt worthy of a front page headline.

In reply to the gentlemans comments re the Studio 54 guys, Im not trying to be some big mouth, i trying to be proactive for the town, and when you have a buisness in the town and a passion to see the nightlife improve and help it anyway you can when you see people doing it down, and false reporting then i feel that it send outs the wrong signal, theres always some much negativity to people when they want to do something for the good of the town and their buisness, when really their doing it to benefit everyone

[walkinman221]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Kate my purpose in life is to make my malaprop fans happy

And you do on soooooo many occasions

[Less]

Originally Posted by Leon Kelly

The article that was posted in this weeks paper, was done because the emails i sent and the stink that it caused with Town Centre licensees they had no option, however as always last week it was front page news to say pubs from 5 years ago had closed down, and this week its get page 10 or something like that, Lets not be niave to believe that the Observer have done anyone any favours they were forced to write the story that they were supposed to write last week, but decided to create a front page story that wasnt worthy of a front page headline.

In reply to the gentlemans comments re the Studio 54 guys, Im not trying to be some big mouth, i trying to be proactive for the town, and when you have a buisness in the town and a passion to see the nightlife improve and help it anyway you can when you see people doing it down, and false reporting then i feel that it send outs the wrong signal, theres always some much negativity to people when they want to do something for the good of the town and their buisness, when really their doing it to benefit everyone

Don't let power go to your head, you won't be making any friends over at the Accy Obbo by claiming you forced them to do it.

What they did was not perhaps what you wanted, but spit your dummy out on their letters page not on here.

As for you doing good for the town? Well only time will tell, but it is obvious you wish to do good for your business, best of luck to you, I can't blame you for that.