whats all this in the telegraph that they are removing the lamp at ta library?
Removing The Lamp
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big meeting going on , is that all the people you voted for do?talk drivel they are talking about something going back years not yesterday (but that would be too quick)and you have to let the ar..oles argue about it and come up with nothing!
leave history aS IT STANDS.
leave history aS IT STANDS.
Why do they want to remove it? That's a serious landmark that lamp
WillowTheWhisp said:
Perhaps it's going to be the new site for the Arndale clock?
Remember the success? Arndale clock Looks like the clock, wherever it is, will be moved over so the lampost can be stored in the same place!
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They're talking about moving the lamp across the road to the Jubilee gardens. Think the idea is so that it would become a centre point and people would be more likely to see it. Got to admit I'm a bit puzzled because it's a little bit like moving the North Pole or the flag on the moon - the point with the lamp is that 'x' marks the spot. It's not really the lamp that matters, it's where it is that matters.
Oswaldtwistle Area Council have it on tonights agenda to discuss.
Oswaldtwistle Area Council have it on tonights agenda to discuss.
the one they put there in 1970, they put it in front of the library where the original gas lamp used to be,anyone who lived above the lamp was more than likely to work down the pit. Them who lived below the lamp worked in textile!they nicknamed them above the lamp gobbiners,so if you live past the library you are a gobbiner.
will you be attending gayle?
Yes, I went along. A lady Nichola Cook from the Regeneration Team presented the new positioning of the lamp (Jubilee Gardents) and then PB asked everyone what we thought. He stressed at that point that none of the Council had expressed an opinion. Not unsurprisingly public opinion was against moving the lamp. Then the councillors all said that they too agreed and were not in favour. Doesn't look like it will happen! It was also mentioned that they should make a feature of the existing lamp in its current site - the land is owned by Lancashire County Council and not HBC, so the Area Council is now going to write the LCC and ask them to do something.
I missed the item on the agenda about the proposed work in Rhyddings Park. Did anyone else go and can they update us?
I did notice in the notes that there is going to be a Friends of Rhyddings Park meeting at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre on 28th June - I think it said 7.30pm (but it might be worth checking if you were thinking of going).
I did notice in the notes that there is going to be a Friends of Rhyddings Park meeting at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre on 28th June - I think it said 7.30pm (but it might be worth checking if you were thinking of going).
where did you expect to go gail at your age of the game, you think you are old now!!!! AVITTTT
now who do you think WHO SAID MOVE OUR TRY TO------- Name starts with P and ends with B LIKES MESSING THINGS UP DOE'S A GOOD JOB OF IT 2 == Leve the Lap whats it done to you PETER AND AFTER ALL THIS TIME CAME TO IS HEAD E THINK I WILL MOVE THE OSSY LAMP SILLY ASS.
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For once Ossygobbin I don't think this one was PB's idea if you check, and HBC are in favour of it staying put and becoming more of a feature in situ. Now that makes sense for a change ......... which is scary.
well theres one for the book thanks for telling me willow )------sorry Peter
ossygobbin said:
I know.
Bit of a shock isn't it? Mind you, he did wait first to see which way the wind was blowing.
gayle thank you for the report on the lamp, one more favour....... theres another next week can you make it........lol