church commercial

[Bee]

STILL peeling off!. Nothing done to it yet!!!!

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Bee

STILL peeling off!. Nothing done to it yet!!!!

Its a good job Gayle does not go to our Church or she would have been shoving that buffet up your nose this morning after the service

[Gremlin]

I passed by today and saw it said "I wore clogs until I was six". Lucky person, I was sent out of Grammar School on the first morning for wearing clogs and I was eleven. I bet some of you wore them a lot longer and maybe still do.

I think it takes your eyes of the road for a few seconds and after having my car smashed into from behind when stopped at the lights a few weeks ago I was a bit nervous.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Gremlin

I think it takes your eyes of the road for a few seconds and after having my car smashed into from behind when stopped at the lights a few weeks ago I was a bit nervous.

Is that not down to bad driving?

The streets are full of things to distract drivers, advertising signs, shop windows, ladies pushing prams up steep hills

[Gremlin]

Originally Posted by Neil

Is that not down to bad driving?

The streets are full of things to distract drivers, advertising signs, shop windows, ladies pushing prams up steep hills

Certainly is Neil, the posters were not up then.

The chap in the big white van admitted he was looking at his job sheet and set off when the filter for Henry street turned green, we were still parked at the red light waiting to go onto Blackburn road. It is still a distraction though and I do agree there are plenty of other things on the road to take your eye of it, especially this hot weather when clothes are skimpy and us old chaps want a second look.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Neil

Is that not down to bad driving?

The streets are full of things to distract drivers, advertising signs, shop windows, ladies pushing prams up steep hills

That just proves that your getting on now Neil if thats all you see

[garinda]

It did look a bit of a mess, when I saw it, the week after it was done.

Row as art work at Hyndburn pub falls flat (From Lancashire Telegraph)

[Gayle]

Originally Posted by garinda

It did look a bit of a mess, when I saw it, the week after it was done.

Row as art work at Hyndburn pub falls flat (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Which is why it's been taken down!!!!

Seems like this is one of those 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' situations.

This project has been a huge success - regardless of what this article seems to imply. It has been fantastic for the young people and has given them a real shot of having their work showcased at the opening ceremony of next year's Olympics. I have had many, many, MANY people making a point of ringing me, emailing me, even collaring me after Church, telling me how they loved it.

It was ALWAYS intended to be TEMPORARY. I had to give reassurances to the council that it would be removed when it got tatty. It had got tatty so it has been removed. This is now the biggest non-story that the Telegraph could possibly have printed.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Gayle

Which is why it's been taken down!!!!

Seems like this is one of those 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' situations.

This project has been a huge success - regardless of what this article seems to imply. It has been fantastic for the young people and has given them a real shot of having their work showcased at the opening ceremony of next year's Olympics. I have had many, many, MANY people making a point of ringing me, emailing me, even collaring me after Church, telling me how they loved it.

It was ALWAYS intended to be TEMPORARY. I had to give reassurances to the council that it would be removed when it got tatty. It had got tatty so it has been removed. This is now the biggest non-story that the Telegraph could possibly have printed.

Er...as I posted, when I first saw the photographs in the paper, I thought it an interesting idea.

Originally Posted by garinda

I haven't seen what's been done to the Commercial, yet. So can't really comment.

However I will say it can't be any worse than looking at the continuing deterioration of this fine building, and it presumably won't have caused any further structural damage to it.

If I was stuck at the traffic lights I think I'd prefer to look at the work these young people had done, rather than the paint peeled facade, that I'd looked at with sadness, a hundred times before.

It did look a mess, not long after it was done. Which was my only other comment.

I wasn't attacking anyone.

Unlike others have done, in the paper.

[Gayle]

Sorry Garinda, didn't mean to seem like I was venting my frustration at you - was just answering the post that said it looked a mess with the explanation that that's why it's been taken down. I absolutely agree that it had started to look a mess so no arguing there.

The rest of my post was my frustration at the Telegraph making a story out of a non story and seemingly switching from being really positive to being negative and saying that the artwork had fallen flat. I'm not sure I even understand what they mean when they say it's fallen flat - it was a big success.

[cashman]

Gayle don't get bugged at the media, its 90% crap these days,nationals included in my comment.

[katex]

It certainly got people talking, Gayle.

I asked many people what they thought, and didn't have one negative comment ... they wanted to know more about it, and were impressed by the whole project which these young people were involved in.. thumbs up all round I say.. a good marketing ploy for the Civic Arts Centre too ..

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Gayle

Sorry Garinda, didn't mean to seem like I was venting my frustration at you - was just answering the post that said it looked a mess with the explanation that that's why it's been taken down. I absolutely agree that it had started to look a mess so no arguing there.

The rest of my post was my frustration at the Telegraph making a story out of a non story and seemingly switching from being really positive to being negative and saying that the artwork had fallen flat. I'm not sure I even understand what they mean when they say it's fallen flat - it was a big success.

Ignore the LT.

It was clearly meant to be a short-term project. Otherwise it would have been a painted mural.

I did enjoy looking at it, whilst stuck at the lights.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by garinda

Ignore the LT.

It was clearly meant to be a short-term project. Otherwise it would have been a painted mural.

I did enjoy looking at it, whilst stuck at the lights.

It also sparked a conversations about the various jobs, there were in the mills.

[jaysay]

Well unfortunately I wasn't able to see, it except in media photos, but hell it couldn't have been worse that it was before, after all it was only short term and as Rindi said if it had meant to be permanent it would have been done in paint