Great big huge massive charity shop ! - Page 3

Margaret Pilkington · 02-07-2007, 21:13

Pensioners too, go to the charity shops. Last year I took 3 winter coats...nothing wrong with them I had just got fed up of them.....and one elderly lady (I have to be careful here, because I now fall into that category...but she was older than me)bought two of them and said what a God send it was, to find something warm that she could afford.

blazey · 02-07-2007, 21:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Pensioners too, go to the charity shops. Last year I took 3 winter coats...nothing wrong with them I had just got fed up of them.....and one elderly lady (I have to be careful here, because I now fall into that category...but she was older than me)bought two of them and said what a God send it was, to find something warm that she could afford.

Oooh I got a lovely wool coat that was practically new, a debenhams one, and I paid £3.95 for it. Its a really good coat but I dont wear it too often now as I think it makes my bum look big! It will certainly be a god send in the winter though!

Pensioners are the nice ones who tend to give their books back to the charity shops

got to love them for that.

mani · 02-07-2007, 23:39

i just took around 3 black bin liners of clothes to that salvation bin in asda car park - full of either mine or the daughters ex clothing

or would it have served a better purpose in a charity shop?

panther · 03-07-2007, 06:06

i like looking in the pound charity shop

, cuz im a tight git!!
but accy doesnt need another one, all we need now is a tower and we will be like blackpool

davo69 · 03-07-2007, 06:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by mani

i just took around 3 black bin liners of clothes to that salvation bin in asda car park - full of either mine or the daughters ex clothing

or would it have served a better purpose in a charity shop?

much better at a charity shop .super markets recycling are sometimes private business and the clothes dont get reused as clothes

park381 · 03-07-2007, 07:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by garinda

If Whitebirk goes ahead all the retail spaces in Accy will be charity shops.

Not far off that now in Accy centre

park381 · 03-07-2007, 07:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

Oh we do specialise G; pound shops, charity shops and pie shops ! I am baffled that they had no other takers for that unit; the rent must be really low as it's been empty so long and it's not a bad size. It's privately owned btw, but all the same,surely we deserve better than this ???

Would have thought our "Council" would have had some thing to say about yet another charity shop.

park381 · 03-07-2007, 07:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by AccyMad

I'll probably get shot down for this cos yes I know we have an abundance of charity shops already, but I work for Sense in one of their residential homes and we really are , for want of a better word a 'specialist' charity. For instance the home we have in Accrington is the first of it's kind this side of the Pennines, we provide a service specifically designed for providing deafblind people with a safe and secure environment to live in, and we really do need every penny we can get to keep this service going.

We have a thriving Blind Society in Accrington, they recently refurbished their premises on Bank st at a cost of some £95,000+ funded by their own charity work.

WillowTheWhisp · 03-07-2007, 08:19

Yes but does the RNIB have a capability or facilities to help those who are blind and deaf?

WillowTheWhisp · 03-07-2007, 08:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by panther

i like looking in the pound charity shop

, cuz im a tight git!!
but accy doesnt need another one, all we need now is a tower and we will be like blackpool

We could stick one on the Coppice and call it a Panopticon (sorry Gayle, I couldn't help myself.)

park381 · 03-07-2007, 08:44

Could all be part of the masterplan.
Accrington Observer - Town's masterplan will be vision of the future

Note the comments of Councillor Jean Battle at the end of the article

AccyMad · 03-07-2007, 09:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

I have nothing against any of the charity shops or the charities behind them; I always fill the sacks that come thru the door for British Heart foundation or whoever and I give regularly to charities of my choice; my point was that a once thriving shopping street is now occupied by 4 charity shops already and another one opening; yet there is nowhere in Accy to buy sensibly priced work clothes or shoes !

Yea I realise that Lindsey and I know you weren't having a go at the charities who have these shops, just thought I'd give a bit of background to this one as I hadn't heard of them until I got the job I now have

grego · 03-07-2007, 09:17

I've nothing against charity shops but dont want a town centre full of them, there's nothing in Accrington to attract the shoppers who want to spend their money, sad really to see the town centre in the state its in.

WillowTheWhisp · 03-07-2007, 09:18

When I saw the headlines outside the paper shop I was silly enough to think that some plans had actually been drawn up and that something was going to happen at last.

I should have known better shouldn't I?

When I read the article it turns out to be another non story about meetings about plans to have a meeting to make some plans.

AccyMad · 03-07-2007, 09:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by park381

We have a thriving Blind Society in Accrington, they recently refurbished their premises on Bank st at a cost of some £95,000+ funded by their own charity work.

Yes I know they do, my grandma was very much an active member of the Blind Society when she was alive but deafblindness is totally different.Our five residents are all registered as deafblind, they also all have severe learning difficulties & display varying challenging behaviours.