Council get something right!!

Uncle Mick · 03-03-2005, 21:19

www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/news/index/articles/article_id=12071.html and rejoice!!

lindsay ormerod · 03-03-2005, 21:32

Hmm,thinking a lot about this one;my Uncle isn't usually one to play the wrong hand in these things and he voted for,from what I gather he reckons we should go with the least offensive and unobtrusive suggestion that will then give the funding to repair all the pathways,put picnic benches in etc.He reckons that by saying no to it all the town will lose all the potential funding and the bill to just restore the Coppice paths is way beyond council means now;let alone restore the Coppice to it's former glory.

Looking at it from that point of view,maybe he is right;how else is the funding going to be found? I still think it's a ludicrous idea but if it helps restore something to the Coppice maybe we should consider it and try and "down size " the plans!
Feel free to have a go at me,but the bloke has lived here all his life and isn't generally given to flights of fancy!

Margaret Pilkington · 03-03-2005, 21:34

Well, at long last sense has prevailed. A similar story to this was on the front of the L.E.T tonight.....it went something like 'HILLOCKS'.....or at least I think that's what it said.

Doug · 03-03-2005, 21:39

Well there is a light on somewhere HBC. Maybe to use of commonsense well catch on.

slinky · 03-03-2005, 21:42

Do you think that barmy britcliffe has been reading threads in here as UNREGISTERED and thought ''oh ****** better not do it''??

Margaret Pilkington · 03-03-2005, 21:50

I think he might have been reading what we have posted Slinky, but I think a few of the members on here have e-mailed him as well.
Lindsay, there still might be a chance that something will be done on the Coppice....it just won't be telly tubby land. According to the L.E.T this guy Nick Hunt is still hopeful that some kind of artwork might find favour.
I just think that the present plan was poorly thought out, and there is already erosion to the pathways up there, and as you say there is no money in the borough for the paths to be repaired......and in any case the repair to the pathways and access to the site would have still been the boroughs responsibility.

slinky · 03-03-2005, 21:52

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I think he might have been reading what we have posted Slinky, but I think a few of the members on here have e-mailed him as well.
Lindsay, there still might be a chance that something will be done on the Coppice....it just won't be telly tubby land. According to the L.E.T this guy Nick Hunt is still hopeful that some kind of artwork might find favour.
I just think that the present plan was poorly thought out, and there is already erosion to the pathways up there, and as you say there is no money in the borough for the paths to be repaired......and in any case the repair to the pathways and access to the site would have still been the boroughs responsibility.

Still laughing at ISSAC as his first name hehehehe.

Margaret Pilkington · 03-03-2005, 21:57

oooooooh slinky, you are naughty!

slinky · 03-03-2005, 22:05

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

oooooooh slinky, you are naughty!

i KNOW I can't help it.

park381 · 03-03-2005, 22:06

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

A similar story to this was on the front of the L.E.T tonight.....it went something like 'HILLOCKS'.....or at least I think that's what it said.

Must have been

Coupled with PB saying no, no, no, got
to be the best news of the day.

WillowTheWhisp · 03-03-2005, 22:17

What's all this about "former glory"? It's a hill for goodness sakes. It's not a theme park!

When I saw the "Hillocks!" headline and read that PB was against the idea my first thought too was that he must have been reading the AccyWeb! OOOer. Do you think he's seen my poster?

I honestly think that renewing the paths and putting some picnic tables and doing up the shelter and the monument are really what the Coppice needs and not some daft panopticon scheme which is only going to cost money to maintain. How it can be thought to bring money into the town I still haven't fathomed out.

stanerlee · 03-03-2005, 22:20

i think the line about it looking like something from teletubbies is quality

WillowTheWhisp · 03-03-2005, 22:21

I'm sure they got that from here.

Doug · 03-03-2005, 22:25

If they are going to put anything up there it should reflect the towns past heritage. A monument to the East Lancs or something to remember the towns mining heritage. Now’t tacky, just something small and meaningful.

WillowTheWhisp · 03-03-2005, 22:27

What about a replica of the Pals monument in France? (built out of Nori brick)