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26 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Should turn it into a massive paintball arena

And market it as:

RUN THE GAUNTLET

“The Shopping in America Experience“

Would you take the risk of being in the same shopping mall as a gun-toting homicidal maniac?

 

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  • 'Content creators', vox pop merchants, live vloggers wandering around, auditors etc etc Get in the fucking sea.

  • BobyBrno
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    The Food Hall has opened at Bolton Market. Had a mooch around. Didn’t buy anything but it both looks and smells good. Various stalls with a variety of foods and a small bar.  I’ve said previously, t

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10 hours ago, Marc505 said:

Should turn it into a massive paintball arena

Or a massive man-made active volcano.

Whenever someone gets twatted in town it often seems to be midweek. Is that when all the animals go out?

Walked past this morning at 9am, bobby and photographer in the cordon.

 

1 hour ago, DazBob said:

Whenever someone gets twatted in town it often seems to be midweek. Is that when all the animals go out?

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1 hour ago, tomski said:

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Thought I’d gone back to battlenips!

3 hours ago, MickyD said:

Thought I’d gone back to battlenips!

Haha no. Sadly not.

1 1/2 hour wait at Bolton Station because a woman decided to sit on the tracks this afternoon. About 6 trains stuck in and around the station in both directions. Took about 8 police (eventually) to remove her. 

25 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

1 1/2 hour wait at Bolton Station because a woman decided to sit on the tracks this afternoon. About 6 trains stuck in and around the station in both directions. Took about 8 police (eventually) to remove her. 

I was stuck at horwich park way waiting for airport train, Got on airport train 40 minutes late, pulled the train at Oxford road, just jumped on the 16-13 which is also late… hope the queues aren’t to bad at mcr. 

Alright, where have the fucking elephants gone?

14 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

Alright, where have the fucking elephants gone?

To the same farm as the Arndale budgies. 

49 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

Alright, where have the fucking elephants gone?

They fucked off out of Town 

like Everyone else 

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

Alright, where have the fucking elephants gone?

On the playground outside Bella Pizza.

Just back from a shopping trip into town. The shopping trip involved my wife shopping while I parked myself in the Vaults before she joined me to share a drink.  There was a good singer on who asked for requests. I obviously requested a song for me and my good wife. After saying he didn’t do it, he then surprised us and gave a great rendition of ‘My Girl’ (Temptations) 

The Town Centre is what you make it. It’s our town. Use it or lose it.

This post is for the people of Bolton. 

 

 

 

 

 

Like it Boby. I was with a solid Bolton fan yesterday who told me that he answered some sort of survey on what he thought was missing from Bolton Town Centre. His answer of 'Boltonians' caused quite a furore apparently. Good Knee. Good lad who frequents these parts from time to time.

Now then, the elephants. What a fucking welcome home that was. The plan - off the train at Trinity St, over the walkway bridge (gone) to Great Moor St to see the elephants (gone) outside The Wheatsheaf (gone).Quick pint of Boddies in t'Prince Bill will make up for the disappointment (gone). Fuck it - walk down by Prestons (gone) to Bank St Taxis (gone). Reet then, 507 up Tonge Moor Rd, swift pint of Twats in the Starkie (gone). That's it. Stay on 507 and see if the No Name is still there with good ale and proper Bolton folk. Bingo! A fucking win. Proper beer with proper Boltonians in a proper pub.

Thankful for small mercies.

10 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

Like it Boby. I was with a solid Bolton fan yesterday who told me that he answered some sort of survey on what he thought was missing from Bolton Town Centre. His answer of 'Boltonians' caused quite a furore apparently. Good Knee. Good lad who frequents these parts from time to time.

Now then, the elephants. What a fucking welcome home that was. The plan - off the train at Trinity St, over the walkway bridge (gone) to Great Moor St to see the elephants (gone) outside The Wheatsheaf (gone).Quick pint of Boddies in t'Prince Bill will make up for the disappointment (gone). Fuck it - walk down by Prestons (gone) to Bank St Taxis (gone). Reet then, 507 up Tonge Moor Rd, swift pint of Twats in the Starkie (gone). That's it. Stay on 507 and see if the No Name is still there with good ale and proper Bolton folk. Bingo! A fucking win. Proper beer with proper Boltonians in a proper pub.

Thankful for small mercies.

Hope the rest of the visit is well enjoyed. Obviously you don’t notice changes as much on a day to day as you would in long periods. 
 

Echo @Boby Brno words it’s still a good place for a pint and I’ll be partaking in just that before todays (hopefully) 3 points.

Some of you will have anticipated this. Got my first few hours of solid exposure to Bolton town centre today. Fucking hell, what an utter shit hole.

First problem was missus wanting a toilet. Ended up in the Marketplace vaults after trying a number of places. The bus station expect you to pay FFS!

Newport Street - as I don't speak Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian or Urdu it only needed tents and I would have believed I was in Calais.

The outskirts of Bolton are magnificent. Wildlife, countryside etc. up there with the best. The centre is a cesspit which wants knocking down and redeveloping but we all know that won't happen. Bury is miles ahead of us for a reason.

I always bollock the missus when she tells people in Oz we are from 'near Manchester'. I am beginning to see why she does it. Ashamed of what was once a proud town which people travelled for miles to do their shopping in.

I haven't been in town for knocking on 20 years. Can't say the glowing testimonials on here will ever tempt me back.

2 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Some of you will have anticipated this. Got my first few hours of solid exposure to Bolton town centre today. Fucking hell, what an utter shit hole.

First problem was missus wanting a toilet. Ended up in the Marketplace vaults after trying a number of places. The bus station expect you to pay FFS!

Newport Street - as I don't speak Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian or Urdu it only needed tents and I would have believed I was in Calais.

The outskirts of Bolton are magnificent. Wildlife, countryside etc. up there with the best. The centre is a cesspit which wants knocking down and redeveloping but we all know that won't happen. Bury is miles ahead of us for a reason.

I always bollock the missus when she tells people in Oz we are from 'near Manchester'. I am beginning to see why she does it. Ashamed of what was once a proud town which people travelled for miles to do their shopping in.

You schlepped from trinity St to the market place to save on 20p to have a piss. 

Tighter than cramp you pal! 🤣 

Everything else is accurate as fuck. 

Paying for a piss is frustrating especially as other stations have stopped doing it, but it does at least mean it isn't a crack den in there. Yet.

 

3 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Some of you will have anticipated this. Got my first few hours of solid exposure to Bolton town centre today. Fucking hell, what an utter shit hole.

First problem was missus wanting a toilet. Ended up in the Marketplace vaults after trying a number of places. The bus station expect you to pay FFS!

Newport Street - as I don't speak Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian or Urdu it only needed tents and I would have believed I was in Calais.

The outskirts of Bolton are magnificent. Wildlife, countryside etc. up there with the best. The centre is a cesspit which wants knocking down and redeveloping but we all know that won't happen. Bury is miles ahead of us for a reason.

I always bollock the missus when she tells people in Oz we are from 'near Manchester'. I am beginning to see why she does it. Ashamed of what was once a proud town which people travelled for miles to do their shopping in.

According to some Bolton folk, town went downhill when the whites relocated to Horwich 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Biggest load of shite in the history of Shite! 

46 minutes ago, royal white said:

According to some Bolton folk, town went downhill when the whites relocated to Horwich 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Biggest load of shite in the history of Shite! 

Town went to shite when they built twelvty retail parks all around the town centre. 

What the fuck did they think would happen. 

 

I've not had reason to go into the centre since we left Burnden. Nearest I've got (apart from a couple of ventures to the outskirts for reasons which escape me) is when i had to come up to take me old mam stuff in hospital and then a respite halfway house place a  bit back.

But the thing is, I remember ages back (but deffo at least a few years after the ground move) reading a national press article lauding the future of the town centre. I remember it making me comment to others down here that the town is booming and on a nice new track. I was genuinely chuffed - I remember that. Fast forward...what went wrong? 

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