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I've also received the flyer which I've scanned and attached. Malcolm Pritchard is our local councillor but I have to say, from my experience he's not interested in the larger community, just the bits that impact on him. Just my opinion

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If i said my piece to Pritchard i would be ejected.no doubt at all so i will not go near the place.

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Still remember Eric Whalley asking him to vacate the clubhouse (not his exact words of course) :)

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C'mon, Cashy, why not think like Macca, & attend for a bit of balance!

Living nearby, & using Highams on a daily basis,(sorry, Northern Soul, it is to excercise my dogs, & a by-product is that they also cr4p, but, as a responsible citizen, I do clean up!), also being an admirer of what the trust is achieving, I have mixed feelings about this proposal.... I tend to agree with others, that Livingstone road should be the preferred option, maybe it is not too late to convince the current leaseholders that this could also be to their advantage?

I have read & re-read this thread, to try & get a better feel of people's opinions, also read all the comments on the on-line petition, yet, I am still unsure, which is why I intend, as an interested resident, to attend this meeting, &, hopefully, hear both sides of the argument, providing both camps attend!

Hopefully see some of you there! I shall wear my Stanley top with my name on the back, so, please introduce yourself!

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That's probably because he is a Burnley supporter through n through, (despite living in Accy for almost all his life, & expecting the rest of us to keep him in office!) & yet would never say no to a freebie at the Crown!

EW had him sussed!!

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a councillor and a freebie go hand in hand like fish and chips. not just in accrington but anywhere in the country.

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Just 'bumping' this up, to remind anyone who is interested of the 'Public Meeting' at 6:30 tomorrow at St, Joseph's Church Hall.

Wonder if anyone from ASCT will attend?
The flyer received said they would, but Acc Obs last week said they denied all knowledge of the meeting!!

Hopefully a good turnout, whether for or against.

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They have said ASCT will be turning up without inviting them!

So they could turn round and say "They couldn't even be bothered to turn up to the meeting"

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Martin Fearon has repeatedly said that they arent interested in public meetings until the full proposal is prepares. Besides which, he's on holiday I believe!

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This is the kind of meeting the Trust should have organised before putting flyers through people's letter boxes basically saying what was going to happen by the time the full proposal is prepared it will be passed we all know that.

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Ooh its a bit busy

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That's what scaremongering & propoganda does for you - talking to a lady this morning who was under the impression that it was the football club who was moving on to Highams' & would be playing their home matches on there :rolleyes:

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Pritchard is very good at that. i have wiped better off the sole of me shoe.

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Did anybody go along i.d love to know if it was as one sided as i.m told that it was

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Depends how you define 'one sided'!

Out of around 150 in the room, only 3 people, including our 'Council Leader', Miles Parkinson, were in favour of ASCT taking over Highams.

Miles kept on insisting that 'many more people are in favour of the proposal', but, on last night's evidence, I find that difficult to believe to say the least, as only two of the 'many' bothered to turn up!

As I have said before, I am a great admirer of what the Trust is achieving, but I think that they are making a terrible mistake in attempting to take away public space, upsetting local residents etc., and, in the end, the football club will suffer by implication, as their name is being used.

Any goodwill that Stanley have achieved in recent years will be destroyed if this proposal succeeds.