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1 hour ago, adrob76 said:

Hopefully this is the most relevant place to post this as well

My uncle has recently completed his first book , about the history of Bolton, called 'The Town That Vanished'

I'm sure it will appeal to a lot of you on here - some details below and it can be bought here

www.ypdbooks.com/biography/1899-the-town-that-vanished-the-rise-and-fall-of-lancashire-s-biggest-mill-town-YPD02078.html

Might make a good xmas stocking filler too !

 

 

Thats my dads gift done.

 

Nice one

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6 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Also read Worktown, I’m still surprised to find Boltonians that haven’t.

I heard of this for the first time on here, probably mentioned by you

Just grabbed it for a couple of quid

Will go down nicely with some mince pies and baileys

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On 04/12/2018 at 11:53, adrob76 said:

Hopefully this is the most relevant place to post this as well

My uncle has recently completed his first book , about the history of Bolton, called 'The Town That Vanished'

I'm sure it will appeal to a lot of you on here - some details below and it can be bought here

www.ypdbooks.com/biography/1899-the-town-that-vanished-the-rise-and-fall-of-lancashire-s-biggest-mill-town-YPD02078.html

Might make a good xmas stocking filler too !

One copy purchased

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Went in Northern Monkey last night. Had a few pints of their IPA 5%. Was lovely. Nice friendly staff, hope it does well. Would recommend.

Walked in and straight out again of the other Northern one. Shithole!

Went in Spoons, tired looking pub but San Miguel was ok.

Finished off the night with a Curry in Achari. Top grub! 

 

A nice pleasant evening in Bolton town centre.....

 

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50 minutes ago, jeep said:

Went in Northern Monkey last night. Had a few pints of their IPA 5%. Was lovely. Nice friendly staff, hope it does well. Would recommend.

Walked in and straight out again of the other Northern one. Shithole!

Went in Spoons, tired looking pub but San Miguel was ok.

Finished off the night with a Curry in Achari. Top grub! 

 

A nice pleasant evening in Bolton town centre.....

 

Enough of the positive talk!

It's a third world shithole full of beggars. Every other town centre is better.

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2 hours ago, jeep said:

Went in Northern Monkey last night. Had a few pints of their IPA 5%. Was lovely. Nice friendly staff, hope it does well. Would recommend.

Walked in and straight out again of the other Northern one. Shithole!

Went in Spoons, tired looking pub but San Miguel was ok.

Finished off the night with a Curry in Achari. Top grub! 

 

A nice pleasant evening in Bolton town centre.....

 

You're doing it all wrong. You're supposed to just walk up Bank Street - say it's a shithole and then silently wish you were lucky enough to be born in Bury.

I don't care what anybody says - I love Bolton and I love Bolton folk.

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7 minutes ago, kent_white said:

You're doing it all wrong. You're supposed to just walk up Bank Street - say it's a shithole and then silently wish you were lucky enough to be born in Bury.

I don't care what anybody says - I love Bolton and I love Bolton folk.

I think the point is that you walk up bank street, you turn around and don't even find out if it's shit

Brilliant our council

I've just been in town for 2 hours and it's just what it is

Highlight is definitely the brass band

 

Author of the book is in the market place

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1 hour ago, Casino said:

I think the point is that you walk up bank street, you turn around and don't even find out if it's shit

Brilliant our council

I've just been in town for 2 hours and it's just what it is

Highlight is definitely the brass band

 

Author of the book is in the market place

The council haven't got a limitless pot of money - and I think they've done a great job attracting investment into the town given how tough things are at the moment.

The vaults, Newport St Interchange, The University etc. At this rate there's every danger we'll have quite a vibrant town centre in a decade or so.

I suppose they could have spent the money doing up Bank Street so that people would walk into the town centre and then realise there's nothing changed there since 1985 :)

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There isn't a nice end of town

You can't approach the town centre without it being a shithole

Bank street is shit, bradshawgate is shit, the gateway is shit

 

And it's not all down to money

Anyway, you think it's ok, spaz thinks it's ok

I disagree

That's about the end of the discussion

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I heard work had started on the old Odeon cinema. Then it stopped.

 

With the emptiness of the old Moor Lane bus station it's becoming a very empty part of town. I hear the bus station is to become student accommodation. Odeon was supposed to have been a hotel but not much investment in that area.

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In Northern Monkey now. Off to the Vaults later when my son turns up and then we’ll try the new bar at LBTH. 

Ive said before that Bolton Town Centre has a great infrastructure and character but like all towns, it’s suffering from shop closures. 

The proposed new developments in Crompton Place and the Trinity St area offer hope for the future.

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1 hour ago, Casino said:

There isn't a nice end of town

You can't approach the town centre without it being a shithole

Bank street is shit, bradshawgate is shit, the gateway is shit

 

And it's not all down to money

Anyway, you think it's ok, spaz thinks it's ok

I disagree

That's about the end of the discussion

I completely agree with your point about every approach being shit. Bank Street especially needs flattening, it has done for years.

 

That's doesn't mean all the rest of it is shit, which is what is usually said and which is pretty much what you've just said too. You should stick to Bury.

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1 hour ago, Casino said:

There isn't a nice end of town

You can't approach the town centre without it being a shithole

Bank street is shit, bradshawgate is shit, the gateway is shit

 

And it's not all down to money

Anyway, you think it's ok, spaz thinks it's ok

I disagree

That's about the end of the discussion

I think most approaches to most major towns and cities are Through shitholes. Manchester being a perfect example 

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Glad to hear some positive stuff for once

It’s still a shithole from what I’ve seen on my occasional forays into Bolton, but it does seem that an effort is being made, and given time, and decent thinking could return to being brilliant, which it was in my younger days. Days when I never saw the need to drink, eat or shop in Manc 

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