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View Poll Results: Should local taxes be spent celebrating this?
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Yes, they should.
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No, they shouldn't.
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30-04-2011, 20:53
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
Lucy Jones sums it up rather nicely in the Telegraph.
Royal wedding: The welcome death of the fascinator – Telegraph Blogs
Anyway, enough about what's hot, and what's not in the world of tit for tats...
It would still be nice to hear from anyone who took advantage of Hyndburn's civic celebrations in the Market Hall yesterday.
Anyone?
Fifteen thousand.
Surely someone got our money's worth?
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30-04-2011, 20:55
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
didn't know there was anything going on in the Market Hall
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30-04-2011, 20:55
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
a lot of brides lose weight on the run up to the big day......my sister lost a stone, without trying....her dress had to be taken in about three times.......she made up for it after the wedding...put it all back on and a bit more besides.......she will clock up 25 years next month.....she is thinking of getting married all over again just to lose the stone
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30-04-2011, 20:55
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
lol
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30-04-2011, 21:00
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
Shaz, she says the only way she would lose a stone now would be to get her leg fast in a revolving door....she's at that 'funny' age.
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30-04-2011, 21:05
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
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Originally Posted by flashy
didn't know there was anything going on in the Market Hall
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It was mentioned in one of the council's press releases, printed in the paper, that the celebrations would be 'centered around the Market Hall'.
Interested now, as to where the money was spent.
A bit of bunting, and the rest up in smoke?
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30-04-2011, 21:31
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
in which paper Gaz?
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30-04-2011, 21:35
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
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in which paper Gaz?
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Must be the Observer.
I don't buy the Telegraph, unless I read it there online.
Can't be bothered to search for it at the moment.
Though I will if I'm taken to court for spreading misinformation.
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30-04-2011, 21:42
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
lol, haven't bought the Observer for a while now
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01-05-2011, 07:56
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
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Originally Posted by garinda
Wasn't the budget revealed to be £15,000.00?
I'm sure someone will correct me if I've remembered incorrectly.
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That was the official total cost I was told. Somehow, the cynic in me is still a non-believer.
There was the Freedom of the Borough ceremony yesterday and I've never found it so easy to drive into Accrington on a Saturday morning so I'm assuming that it didn't lure thousands of people from their homes.
For all those who weren't in the public gallery yesterday:
IMG_0745.jpg
As far as Friday was concerned, I spent the whole day in Rishton visiting street parties, touring the local alehouses and having a singalong by the piano at The People's Centre. Rishton Towers was decked out with flags and bunting and we had a houseful of friends over for a knees up.
It's not for everyone but the BBC put on an excellent broadcast and I had a thoroughly patriotic time of it.
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01-05-2011, 09:31
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
That was the official total cost I was told. Somehow, the cynic in me is still a non-believer.
There was the Freedom of the Borough ceremony yesterday and I've never found it so easy to drive into Accrington on a Saturday morning so I'm assuming that it didn't lure thousands of people from their homes.
For all those who weren't in the public gallery yesterday:
Attachment 17770
As far as Friday was concerned, I spent the whole day in Rishton visiting street parties, touring the local alehouses and having a singalong by the piano at The People's Centre. Rishton Towers was decked out with flags and bunting and we had a houseful of friends over for a knees up.
It's not for everyone but the BBC put on an excellent broadcast and I had a thoroughly patriotic time of it.
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The only decent thing the BBC put on was Snooker on the red button all day
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01-05-2011, 09:42
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
John, that is because they wanted you to watch the Wedding.
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01-05-2011, 09:47
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
John, that is because they wanted you to watch the Wedding.
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Never saw a second of it Margaret
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01-05-2011, 10:20
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
John you must be a canny lad then, because although I tried my best to avoid it(see my blog) I still managed to catch a glimpse or two......involuntarily.
And there was no chance of avoiding it yesterday either......it was on the front of all the papers.....so I would have to have walked round all day with my eyes shut to miss it....Not a safe plan!
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01-05-2011, 10:36
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Re: Royal Wedding - The poll.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
John you must be a canny lad then, because although I tried my best to avoid it(see my blog) I still managed to catch a glimpse or two......involuntarily.
And there was no chance of avoiding it yesterday either......it was on the front of all the papers.....so I would have to have walked round all day with my eyes shut to miss it....Not a safe plan!
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Well Margaret, Hand on heart I didn't see even a glimpse, not even on Saturday, because I knew it would still be wall to wall so never watched the news or got a paper
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