Christmas Lights...in Spring?

[Acrylic-bob]

The week before last I asked why the council's Christmas Decorations were still adorning the town tentre. An answer to my question came in the form of an article in this week's Accrington Observer (P15).

Just before Christmas, presumably in order to qualify for the position of "Lord Bountiful", the Idiot-in-Chief announced that he had rummaged around in the councils empty coffers and managed to find £5,000. As a result we would be able to have lights for Christmas -Hooray!

Now it appears that it will cost £8,000 to take the blessed things down. Unless, oddly, the council waits until after the Mayor Making Ceremony. When it will be less expensive.

You are not alone in thinking that this makes not one jot of sense.

Councillor Jean Battle (who has been on a course and so knows all about being a councillor) said: "it seems bizarre to keep leaving them up like this. Are we going for a record?"

It will be remembered that last year the lights were left up until the end of October, when they were taken down and re-installed in November. What is this council playing at?
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[Margaret Pilkington]

What about if they leave them up until next Christmas thereby saving the cost of taking them down and putting them back up again a few weeks later......and then maybe they will knock the savings off the Council Tax (I don't think!)

[chav1]

give me a long stick with a sharp hook and i will take them down for £50 and have a damn good time doing it

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yeah Chav, but they have to be in good enough condition to put back up again next year......or who knows we may not even get any lights.....boo hoo

[WillowTheWhisp]

If they'll pay me £5,000 I think I'd have a go at taking them down in October and then putting them back up again in November. I've got a cunning plan.

I'll taken them down under cover of darkness on Hallowe'en and then put them back up again for November 1st before anybody gets up that morning. Of course I'll be so quick doing it that nobody will even notice

[chav1]

i dont understand where they get the figures from for removing them

all they got to do is tell a few current employees to take them down unless they get paid tripple wages for light duties lol

[Margaret Pilkington]

oooooh willow you devious devil!

[vorlon24]

A better idea - send them a letter saying you will do it for a couple of grand and see what they say!

[mez]

well done willow, you deserve the £5,000 for the planning thats gone into that

[Dean]

wat's going on in the world £8000 to take some christmas light down when it cost £5000 to put em up. i recon we all have a good time and take em down a grand. that we council tax should come down! well should means wont in this day and age.

[Acrylic-bob]

Interestingly, as I was walking through the town centre today I noticed that some of the the lights have actually been taken down from Peel Street, Church Street and part of Broadway. This is making less and less sense by the day.

Have we by any chance caught the Idiot-in-Chief out, telling lies?

[Poodle]

i think the patrons of acccyweb should all volunteer to remove the lights in exhange for an afternoon in the pub, no wait, that might amount to more than the 8k it was going to cost to take them down. Scrap that idea i take it all back... esssh never had this much problem when i lived in yorkshire :P

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

Interestingly, as I was walking through the town centre today I noticed that some of the the lights have actually been taken down from Peel Street, Church Street and part of Broadway. This is making less and less sense by the day.

Have we by any chance caught the Idiot-in-Chief out, telling lies?

[fireman]

what about a compromise ........ leave them up. and take the bulbs out.

[Dean]

ha ha that'll be a laugh it'll be easier taking the dam things down

[pendy]

Leave em up, switch em off. Simple.