Telegrapgh Headline - 4000 New Jobs In Hyndburn - Page 2

Acrylic-bob · 24-02-2010, 16:54

Well doesn't that just say it all about how things are run in this country. Say goodbye to our green and pleasant land and hello to the new industrial wasteland composed of tin sheds erected at public expense to gratify the ego's and pipe dreams of an unelected and unaccountable quangocracy.

shillelagh · 24-02-2010, 17:09

Dont i know it acrylic bob .. two pictures to compare .. the second one took on 31st March 2009, the first one took at 5.05pm today ...

Acrylic-bob · 24-02-2010, 17:35

And to hear him talk Graham Jones, our Labour PPC, advocates yet more investment in schemes like this. BTW where is the photograph taken from?

shillelagh · 24-02-2010, 18:30

its in rising bridge acrylic bob .. and i took them from my bedroom window ..

This has been done by LCC when it was labour controlled .. and the planning permission went to rossendale council (conservative run) .. a conservative councillor said it was ever so exciting .. and voted for it. Our local councillors one of which on the planning committee .. one walked out after declaring an interest as he'd been lobbied by local residents .. the other sat there and kept her mouth shut.

No one in rising bridge wanted this ... we were quite happy with what it was .. a bit of land in the middle of the village where a bonfire could be held quite safely once a year ..

Oh and what is actually going up there is 9 offices .. they started building in july last year ... and according to what ive been told .. 1 has been let, and 2 possibles .. so who's going to fill the rest .. ok its my bugbear!!!

Acrylic-bob · 24-02-2010, 20:00

Don't feel you need to apologise for being annoyed. I think politicians should all be open to UN-election.

shillelagh · 24-02-2010, 20:08

thing is theyre building these offices ... and just down the bypass on carrs theres a building full of offices to rent ..and have been for ages .. we dont need em.. and now theyve wasted a pile of money on this .. oh and according to the planning permission theyre allowed to be open from 7.30am - 11pm but theyre not allowed to be call centres ....

Neil · 25-02-2010, 00:02

Whats wrong with call centres I wonder?

garinda · 25-02-2010, 01:33

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Originally Posted by Neil

Whats wrong with call centres I wonder?

The Monsoon season sometimes causes the power supply to short circuit.

Ken Moss · 25-02-2010, 10:52

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Anyway, even it was to go ahead, where the hell are they getting the figure of 4000 from?

I can't exactly see many manufacturing facilities there, employing rows and rows of women to stick togeather computer parts. Whitebirk used to have that (think of Mullards) but these days that's all done in China. The sums just don't add up.

That's precisely the question I've been asking. The last time I heard, it was an estimate just shy of 450 jobs.

Blackburn can't even fill up the units it already has so the interest in getting control of Hyndburn land sounds like empire-building rather than a desire to create jobs. Improvements to existing industrial areas might be better and if they're keen on Rishton then we have a large derelict industrial complex at the other end of the village that they're welcome to regenerate.

However, they still have the small matter of the M65 to consider.

shillelagh · 25-02-2010, 18:19

they've said the offices here hopefully provide 150 jobs

.. it has 64 car parking spaces and space for 30 bikes ... so where are they all going to park? wheres the visitors to the offices going to park?

Neil · 25-02-2010, 18:55

They should be making full use of public transport, walking and car sharing Jen - think green not lazy

duggie · 25-02-2010, 19:13

4,000 jobs, are they creating a new council, only local authorities can employ so many people, I used to work for the largest employer in clitheroe in the 1990's and at their peak they employed 650 and covered an area twice this size. pehaps they are going to employ audley range !!!

lancsdave · 25-02-2010, 19:17

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That's precisely the question I've been asking. The last time I heard, it was an estimate just shy of 450 jobs.

They count every job possible. 3448 council employees to process the paper work, one man to build it and another to run the bacon butty van for the man building it

Ken Moss · 25-02-2010, 20:33

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

They count every job possible. 3448 council employees to process the paper work, one man to build it and another to run the bacon butty van for the man building it

Nice try, Dave. You forgot about the four men leaning on spades watching the one guy digging.