What's going on? Had to venture into our Town Centre yesterday, Cattle Market has bit the dust, The York was shut and on Bradshawgate, all the block from the Bookies on the corner to the old BMW place is empty (Including The Leena - no great loss, the new indian restaurant up the road is good).

 

Over the road the news stand that's been there since forever has also shut up shop. Perhaps the declining sales of 'toddy mags', due to the internet, was the final nail in the coffin?

 

Is this sommat to do with the new bus/rail interchange they're planning? It's going to be almost as welcoming as the current 'Gateway to Bolton' (you know, the one way street leading out of town...)

 

It's embarrassing when the likes of Bury and even Wigan, are showing us up as a right shithole.

Edited July 6, 201213 yr by Youri McAnespie

last time i contacted my councillor, he gave me the number of some useless bint at the townhall

 

her voicemail said she was off til some date or other

 

said date was about a week earlier than the day i called

 

i've had a boss who would have sacked me for having an out of date message or no out of office turned on

 

anyway

 

said flexiabuser couldn't see why my wife couldn't take our youngest to school - the alternative being a 2.9 mile walk along wooded, muddy paths at the side of a river at gioing to and coming home from school time - ie in the dark

 

so out of fcuking touch, its unreal

 

and said councillors reply...sorry, but they have rules

 

fcuk off

 

just, fcuk off

Credit where it's due, the farmers market & a stroll down to Chorley New Road to watch the Ironman was an enjoyable afternoon.

I went to look at the butterflies.

 

Good do.

Had a meeting in town today and got my times mixed up, so had a wander round to kill time...It really is in rapid and noticeable decline - shops must be shutting every week. Today I noticed the greasy spoon on Newport Street precinct (the one that always seemed to have Eccles cakes in the window), another place that seemed to have been around forever, had shut down

 

The rot of the near deserted/empty old Market Hall seems to be spreading into the Market Place proper, a lot of units empty in there now. I wonder what would happen if Debenhams or M+S were to pull out of the town centre?

 

Is there not some sort of by-law to prevent all these Payday Loan shy-lock shops springing up everywhere? It's disgraceful and depressing and in future I'm not going to be such a masochist, by taking a promenade

 

On the plus side, The Cattle Market seems to have had a stay of execution.

Edited August 23, 201213 yr by Youri McAnespie

its the food festival this weekend

 

might have a wander down tomorrow

its the food festival this weekend

 

might have a wander down tomorrow

 

Don't bother. Over hyped and over priced.

 

 

Don't bother. Over hyped and over priced.

You miserable fucker.

 

The food festival is one of the few things in recent years the town can be proud of.

You miserable fucker.

 

The food festival is one of the few things in recent years the town can be proud of.

 

Enzo; I have left my phone at home, if you or Jay Jay need to contact me about the match then PM me on here.

You miserable fucker.

 

well, yes

 

i'm as guilty as the next man for saying this is shit and that is shit

 

i'll give it a coat of looking at

 

then i'll say it's shit

Cattle Market is still open?!? I thought it closed a couple of months back...

The food festival is one of the few things in recent years the town can be proud of.

 

You need to get out more!

Just been for a mooch round the food festival.

 

Beef patty from the Jamaican stall outside Alliance and Leicester on deansgate was top notch.

 

Cider slushy from outside the O2 shop was good too.

 

The Chili Jam Man nearly killed me and my mate with some concoction he called 'Ginger Ninja'. I've never had owt as spicy.

excellent

 

not cheap but nice n busy

 

just shows what the wankers could do with our town if they put some effort in

 

and now the suns out

 

should be a good do

excellent

 

not cheap but nice n busy

 

just shows what the wankers could do with our town if they put some effort in

 

and now the suns out

 

should be a good do

 

Is the fat councillor there to take the credit? chuck a fancy flavoured pie at him

Looks like Williams BMW has gone, that was the only thing left proping up that end of town. No word from the BN as obviously it's not on Churchgate.

Looks like Williams BMW has gone, that was the only thing left proping up that end of town. No word from the BN as obviously it's not on Churchgate.

 

didn't that move up to the former greyhound track a while ago ?

The Mini bit did, thought they'd kept the BM bit.

The Mini bit did, thought they'd kept the BM bit.

 

Not really, Williams kept that as somewhere to flog trade ins and for servicing.

 

Not making any money so all shifting to burnden.

 

Town is dead, long live town

They could turn the Williams place into a massive poundshop.

It would be out of the pricerange of people round there.

They WILL turn the Williams place into a massive poundshop.

It says a lot that it's took Carlos so long to realize, it shut up shop ages ago, but there's no real reason for anyone to venture into town - hence it takes nearly 4 months to even register...

 

Ye olde pastie shop and Bella Pizza - if they ever go, than that's it, they've been going so long they're like the canaries in the cage.

 

What's going on? Had to venture into our Town Centre yesterday, Cattle Market has bit the dust, The York was shut and on Bradshawgate, all the block from the Bookies on the corner to the old BMW place is empty (Including The Leena - no great loss, the new indian restaurant up the road is good).

 

Over the road the news stand that's been there since forever has also shut up shop. Perhaps the declining sales of 'toddy mags', due to the internet, was the final nail in the coffin?

 

Is this sommat to do with the new bus/rail interchange they're planning? It's going to be almost as welcoming as the current 'Gateway to Bolton' (you know, the one way street leading out of town...)

 

It's embarrassing when the likes of Bury and even Wigan, are showing us up as a right shithole.

Noticed that La Tasca had shut, when i was in town last week. Shame really, there are hardly any restaurants left in town now....

when i was last in bolton a few months ago, i was horrified at the disgrace the town centre was in. . the buildings are in such a bad state of repair they want knocking down.an utter tip. it was clear most of the better shops had moved away to nicer towns. this is what the council has done with its parking fines, rates, criminal mismanagement and all sorts of other council mess. i will never return there again.

when i was last in bolton a few months ago, i was horrified at the disgrace the town centre was in. . the buildings are in such a bad state of repair they want knocking down.an utter tip. it was clear most of the better shops had moved away to nicer towns. this is what the council has done with its parking fines, rates, criminal mismanagement and all sorts of other council mess. i will never return there again.

 

I live approx, 7 miles away and rarely have a reason to go there, so if you live overseas, I can't blame you.