Hyndburnlite a success

[Uncle Mick]

On Radio Lancashire today a Hyndburnlite spokesperson was commenting on the success of the website and it`s use of local people in the advertising. That`ll be the fireman fron Nelson then!. I went on the residents home section and there is a terrible photo of half of Huncoats signal box and in the photo gallery section, one photo.....of a nondescript housing estate! What does it all mean?? My brain hurts...........

[Acrylic-bob]

Well, Uncle Mick, so much is to be expected. They are hardly going to sit in the radio studio and 'fess-up, that it is a complete and utter waste of time effort and money, with links that go nowhere and a discussion forum that no one can get on, are they?
Of course it is a success, Just like the redevelopment of the markets is a success. Just like HBC is a success and is the envy of other councils, despite the ongoing deficit and a cumulative debt of £60 Million. It all comes down to how you choose to define 'Success'. The redevelopment of Broadway will also be a success, as will the sell off of the housing stock.
It rather puts one in mind of the last decade of the old Soviet Union, where the success of their five year plans was trumpeted far and wide, and the truth of the descent into economic chaos was brushed under the carpet.

[WillowTheWhisp]

I'm sure if we got our heads together we could write a very acceptable TV comedy series about HBC --- problem is most people would think it too far fetched to be true.

There seems to be a close similarity between the powers-that-be and the ostrich.

[Darby]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I'm sure if we got our heads together we could write a very acceptable TV comedy series about HBC --- problem is most people would think it too far fetched to be true.

There seems to be a close similarity between the powers-that-be and the ostrich.

YES MINISTER??....or "No Mr Mayor"??

I feel that we already have enough material on this site for at least 6 episodes. Not that BBC or Channel 4 would want any realism on their TV channels!

[Acrylic-bob]

Scene: An office of Hyndburn Borough Council.


(The camera pans to reveal two desks, overflowing filing cabinets line the walls and office plants in various states of decompositions line the window ledges. At varying angles posters extolling the virtues of Hyndburn as a tourist destination are “blu- tacked” to the walls.)


Enter: Simon. (He is short, balding, overweight and badly dressed.)


Simon: (addressing someone out of shot) And you can tell that Britcliffe to keep his trap shut about the bloody deficit in future.


Voice off: Simon, Simon!


(Simon reacts to the voice by slumping into a chair and burying his head in his hands.)


(Enter, Ethel, in a state of panic. She carries a telephone, the wires trail behind her. She also wearing a telephone headset and there is the sound of a mobile phone. )


Ethel: Oh thank goodness. There you are.


Simon: What is it Ethel?


Ethel: It’s the Market, Simon.


Simon: (Brightening.) What is it this time? No don’t tell me, let me guess. Someone has actually sold something?


Ethel: (Downcast.) Do you always have to be so cynical Simon?


Simon: No, not always, I think it must be something in the air here. I’m actually quite a reasonable sort of chap when I’m at home in Blackpool. What is the national emergency this time Ethel?


Ethel: Well it’s raining again Simon.


Simon: This is the North West love. You’ll find out when you have been here as long as I have, that it tends to do that more often than it doesn’t. What’s the problem?


Ethel: the drains aren’t working.


Simon: We know all about that love, it’s on the “things to ignore” list.


Ethel: I know, I know, but the market is flooded and the traders are complaining. They’ve had to call out the life-boat, Simon.


Simon: So? Tell them it’s part of the new Tourist Attraction. “Accrington; The Venice of the North”



Fade

[Darby]

Brilliant A-Bob....more...more...more

Act 2, underneath the council table sat Peter.......................

[janet]

Excellent stuff, A.B keep it coming.

[WillowTheWhisp]

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