On Behalf of Gayle Night - Page 10

Gayle · 28-03-2005, 22:30

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Originally Posted by garinda

Not a question, [but thanks for answering mine.]

As a one fingered typist, thanks for answering our question's as quickly, and as fully as you are doing.

And my mother said that learning how to type would consign me to a life time career as a secretary - little did she know.

I am starting to get RSI, I think!

Busman747 · 28-03-2005, 22:31

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Originally Posted by Gayle Knight

Sorry, my system crashed temporarily. I think it must be getting overloaded a bit.

Should have got a grant from the lottery funds to up grade your PC.

Neil · 28-03-2005, 22:33

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Originally Posted by Gayle Knight

Sorry, my system crashed temporarily. I think it must be getting overloaded a bit.

I bet it is you who is getting overloaded

you have been bombarded for a couple of hours or more so far tonight.

Acrylic-bob · 28-03-2005, 22:33

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Originally Posted by Gayle Knight

In answer to how many people attended each meeting. I don't know because I haven't been to every meeting myself. I do know that over 40 people attended the Town Hall meeting. Strip away a few officers from the council and MPA staff that left around 35. As I said, 22 forms in favour and 3 against. If it was even remotely like those numbers at the other meetings it does start to add up. Plus, if you look at the letters pages in the Acc Obs there are as many for as there are against.

Even when Accrington Web started up a campaign to email me at work in protest, I only received 10 emails - you have a membership on here of over 2,000.

That figure for the Town Hall meeting represents 0.001% of the population of Accrington (35,000 - HBC).

Although the site claims 2000 members they are actually split along several lines, so the regulars in General Chat category usually number around thirty or so.

Gayle · 28-03-2005, 22:34

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Originally Posted by Busman747

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Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle
You see Gayle this is one of the problems, the cash strapped HBC can't be trusted to maintain it. Who's going to kick HBC's backside when it becomes a dilapadated joke?

ME - I live here, I have to live with it. Joking in one respect but serious in another.

Sorry Gayle, but you are merely a "press officer." In 5 years time, you will have only one vote amonst thousands that will re elect or throw out the council....

You make an awful lot of assumptions. You have no idea, I could be planning on standing for Council for all you know. Or, I might not be here at all - who knows. I was joking in my original answer but you know what, we all have to kick HBC's backside if it starts to look shabby. A lot of voices have more power than one.

Busman747 · 28-03-2005, 22:36

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Originally Posted by Gayle Knight

And my mother said that learning how to type would consign me to a life time career as a secretary - little did she know.

I am starting to get RSI, I think!

With your R.S.I. in mind, I will stop posing questions for the evening and leave it to others

Thank you for being so candid, you have not convinced me but maybe others? Time will tell...

garinda · 28-03-2005, 22:37

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

Here is a photograph taken from the side of Hameldon Hill. Can you see the Coppice? No, neither can I. That's because it is obscured behind Moleside Moor.

To be fair A-b, if you go to the top of the road to the old quarry before the farm gates [King's Highway?] there is a fantastic view of the Coppice and a great view of Accy.
l take visitors up there, and it is the nearest l get to owning my own light aircraft.

Neil · 28-03-2005, 22:37

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Originally Posted by Gayle Knight

A lot of voices have more power than one.

I could not agree more. I wonder how many of the people on here tonight went to the meetings and voiced there opinion in person?

Gayle · 28-03-2005, 22:37

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Originally Posted by Doug

Is it possible for you to pdf the plans and information packs so those of us no longer living in the area can see this issue in greater detail…?

Send me your email address in a private message and I will try to send you something when I am next in the MPA office. That goes for anyone else who lives out of the area too. Anyone local can still see the proposals at Acc Town Hall, Haworth Art Gallery, Hyndburn Sports Centre, Accrington Library until Friday. It's worth going because there are more images showing how it will look and it has a ground plan which shows where the trenches are in relation to it.

Gayle · 28-03-2005, 22:39

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Originally Posted by Busman747

He also added: "One does not want to be rejecting the idea outright because it involves significant investment in the coppice area, but they really have to come up with something that is suitable to that area and which will be acceptable to the people of Accrington and the surrounding districts. Until they do that, it is still NO, NO, NO."

I return again to a point I made earlier, is P. Beard any good at designing picnic tables?

I don't know but you know you can buy them from B&Q for a couple of hundred quid. Perhaps we should send Cllr Britcliffe shopping.

Neil · 28-03-2005, 22:39

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Originally Posted by garinda

To be fair A-b, if you go to the top of the road to the old quarry before the farm gates [King's Highway?] there is a fantastic view of the Coppice and a great view of Accy.
l take visitors up there, and it is the nearest l get to owning my own light aircraft.

That sounds like the road I meant. I cant remember much of a view of the Coppice in the dark

Gayle · 28-03-2005, 22:40

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

Here is a photograph taken from the side of Hameldon Hill. Can you see the Coppice? No, neither can I. That's because it is obscured behind Moleside Moor.

In that case perhaps you can see it from Moleside Moor and the two farmers that you mentioned wouldn't have people walking on their land. I was repeating information about Hameldon Hill that someone else had told me - but the fact is that there is a hill higher than the Coppice from which it could be seen.

Acrylic-bob · 28-03-2005, 22:42

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Originally Posted by garinda

To be fair A-b, if you go to the top of the road to the old quarry before the farm gates [King's Highway?] there is a fantastic view of the Coppice and a great view of Accy..

I'm doing my best to be absolutley fair. I don't think that it is unreasonable to point out mistaken assumptions. Gayle claims that the coppoice can be viewed from Hameldon Hill, I have just shown that it can't. If she can get that much wrong, how much else is she getting wrong?

Gayle · 28-03-2005, 22:46

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

I'm doing my best to be absolutley fair. I don't think that it is unreasonable to point out mistaken assumptions. Gayle claims that the coppoice can be viewed from Hameldon Hill, I have just shown that it can't. If she can get that much wrong, how much else is she getting wrong?

That's not exactly being fair is it. I got the name of a hill wrong, in the grand scheme of things that's a minor fault to start picking at. You can't deny that there is a hill higher than the Coppice from which you would be able to see the sculpture - can you?

Acrylic-bob · 28-03-2005, 22:47

Oh, I see, so it can be seen from Moleside now. This project is getting smaller and smaller as the evening progresses.