Whitebirk planning application. - Page 7

Ianto.W. · 29-06-2007, 19:55

This town was built by town center retailers, when we were all on a more level playing field, no cars walking to the shops was a day out to savour, Saturday with 'Uncle Dick' after a feast of films at the Odeon. How long have the likes of 'Bramwells' made sure you and yours had a piece of fish, DO WE NOT OWE THE LIKES OF THEM SOME DEGREE OF LOYALTY?

Gayle · 29-06-2007, 20:19

Absolutely Ianto.

Bramwells would come under the category of 'specialist' shops. The town was built by specialist shops - Bramwell's, Wardleworths etc etc then a few of the big guns came in Principles, Dorothy Perkins, Burtons etc and took up valuable retail space. So they built the Arndale so that the could squash more of them in. This pushed the price up for smaller independent shops and so they closed and moved out. Then the big guns realised that they couldn't sustain the place all on their own so started closing down or moving into smaller spaces.

Uncle Mick · 29-06-2007, 20:26

I may be a bit thick here, but why would Next want to move from their large store by Blackburn Ice Rink to a large store at Whitebirk which has a much poorer transport system and greater traffic congestion ?

Gayle · 29-06-2007, 20:31

I don't think they would move - which in a way proves that they were trying to get the Accrington £ and not the Blackburn one.

katex · 29-06-2007, 21:18

Well, think we agree to disagree

I would love to see the town that you describe Gayle, but got to make it commercially viable in the first instance. Next was only an example by the way, but we punters do love 'em, men or women.

These young folks not interested in the Bramwells, Wood Tobacconists and so forth, but attracting them to what they want will overspill to build others around them. We are not initially a town like Hebden Bridge, Skipton or Clitheroe which is a tourist attraction in the first degree, and would be difficult to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

As before, all about keeping our folks in ... not competing with Blackburn or Burnley.

Seem to be two ends of the poles .. think we should meet in the middle you and I and could get some sorta' compromise, obviously, we both care about our township ...HYNDBURN !! (any opportunity

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This is the site you should be studying:-

Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres - Communities and Local Government

Pity you didn't make Councillor Gayle (meant genuinely) .. I would have been your appendage, or whatever they call the 'escort' to the Mayor .. whoops off thread .. why do they have to have one of those anyway ? All extra cost like.

Gayle · 29-06-2007, 21:28

Perhaps we're both talking about the same thing except one is the chicken and one the egg - which will come first?

Lilly · 29-06-2007, 21:35

Pity you didn't make Councillor Gayle (meant genuinely) .. I would have been your appendage, or whatever they call the 'escort' to the Mayor .. whoops off thread .. why do they have to have one of those anyway ? All extra cost like.[/quote]

As I understand it if the Mayor is unmarried then he/she can appoint a Mayor's Consort as Mayoress so no matter who is Mayor we will still have a Mayor and Mayoress,no extra cost.

Gayle · 29-06-2007, 21:38

It just means that when the Mayor isn't available there's a spare to attend events. The Mayoress (or consort) also takes on their own duties - for example when Miles Parkinson was Mayor we invited his wife the Mayoress to one of our women's event.

katex · 29-06-2007, 21:53

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Originally Posted by Gayle

It just means that when the Mayor isn't available there's a spare to attend events. The Mayoress (or consort) also takes on their own duties - for example when Miles Parkinson was Mayor we invited his wife the Mayoress to one of our women's event.

Yeh, but how disappointing, who wants second best.

Like inviting the Queen and getting Helen Mirren.

Hey, if you had made Mayor, would Chris have attended the women's events then, if you were not available ? (sure he would have loved it) ...

katex · 29-06-2007, 21:55

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Originally Posted by Gayle

Perhaps we're both talking about the same thing except one is the chicken and one the egg - which will come first?

Probably the Ugly Duckling, who would have been lurking in the wings...

Lilly · 29-06-2007, 21:57

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Originally Posted by katex

Probably the Ugly Duckling, who would have been lurking in the wings...

What are you talking about now?

katex · 29-06-2007, 22:21

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Originally Posted by Lilly

What are you talking about now?

Think I am trying too hard to be metaphoric Lilly and make out to be a clever b*tch.

I was sorta' trying to say whilst Gayle and I were trying to compromise on this issue, someone sneeks in and pinches the thunder.

Perhaps I meant PB ?

jambutty · 30-06-2007, 07:40

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Originally Posted by cashman

thanks Lilly, its been bugging me,must be some new "Buzz" word or summat stupid like that, or i'm totally stupid.

White goods has been around for at least 30 years. But just because you haven’t heard of it until now doesn’t make you stupid.

katex · 30-06-2007, 09:32

I have never heard of white goods either Cashman .. maybe 'cause my oven is Brown ....

WillowTheWhisp · 30-06-2007, 12:07

I think in the olden days when they first invented the term there probably was only the choice of white.