Enlightened a tad.

[Margaret Pilkington]

The Thursday Rag market generates more interest than the regular market, but it is still a depressing sight.

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

The Thursday Rag market generates more interest than the regular market, but it is still a depressing sight.

problem is over the last 10 years there has been a great increase in cheap shops and things like furniture have beome cheaper and more affordable etc

just like the flea markets a good second hand shop is hard to find these days which is also due to new been not much more expensive than second hand

for instance a good universal remote used to cost around £10 and now you can pick one up for £1 that works fine

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

The inside market is no better......and perhaps we could attract more traders if the price of having a stall was reduced.
No-one in their right mind would travel to see something which is such a shambles of a market.......well of course unless they were on a fact finding mission on how NOT to do it.

There was something in the paper a few weeks ago about it being refurbished. I know the empty stalls in there at the moment are advertised as being available for a maximum 6 months only and they are supposed to leave some empty so traders can be moved around. Knowing the council they will start work on it at the beginning of December.

Maybe Magpi can tell us what is happening ?

[WillowTheWhisp]

The outdoor market is a farce. It is so badly designed it's unbelievable. Why couldn't the whole lot be covered? On a wet day you have to dodge across from one section to the other. And as for walking round the outside, the roof could do to hang over a little further and provide more shelter, but even so you would still be getting in the way of people trying to walk past the bus stops. There isn't enough room between the stalls for people to stop and browse without preventing other people getting past. It's not a market you can stroll round so doesn't encourage spontaneous purchasing.

[Eric]

Thank god I remeber it the way it was.

[Tin Monkey]

Originally Posted by accyman

dixons

Dixons actually closed all their stores and now operate exclusively as a web-only business.

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

Dixons actually closed all their stores and now operate exclusively as a web-only business.

they still buggered off to whitebirk though before the internet became as popular as what it is today

i would say between whitebirk ,the arndale center and HBC the three of them have destroyed what was once a thriving town center


for example

dixons and currys used to be located on broadway and i think union street possibly , all that happened was that they moved into the arndale leaving empty shops behind, they then buggered off to whitebirk leaving empty shops in the arndale and also in the town ceter and from then on all that moved in was charity shops and pound shops


once the big boys like currys, british gas ,virgin etc left town the town started to decline

[Eric]

What it the HBC? I assume that it is not the Hudson's Bay Company.

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Eric

What it the HBC? I assume that it is not the Hudson's Bay Company.

Hyndburn Borough Coucil

better known as C.L.I.T because twits are associated with them

you guess the word i realy meant to type

[Eric]

Originally Posted by accyman

Hyndburn Borough Coucil

better known as C.L.I.T because twits are associated with them

you guess the word i realy meant to type

Took me a while but I guessed it