Town Centre Latest

[royal white]

It’s the Same folk that moan about churches and pubs closing who are moaning about M and S closing. 

 

Those that never use them 

Edited January 17, 2023 by royal white

[Spider]

Bolton’s death warrant was signed the day they let Cliff fat fucking dribbly chinned spazzycunt Morris take charge.

He strangled the town centre and all that’s left is a twitching corpse.

Maybe inn20 years it can be restored to something to be proud of again, but there’s more chance of Brexit creating benefits than it happening any sooner 

[royal white]

I still don’t get how people say town  died when the Club moved to Middlebrook. 🤷🏻‍♂️ who went to do their shopping before going to the game? 

[Spider]

12 minutes ago, royal white said:

I still don’t get how people say town  died when the Club moved to Middlebrook. 🤷🏻‍♂️ who went to do their shopping before going to the game? 

It died when Fat Cliff got hold of it.

Fat Cunt. Died of pastry 

[Not in Crawley]

1 hour ago, Sweep said:

Town centres up and down the country are dead now. The last two M&S that have opened near here, have been on out of town retail parks, where it seems most people do their shopping these days

Our m&s is in a town centre and is rammed. Food court and the clothes section - oh and the cafe.

Go to Greenwich retail park but that's only for ikea. Love the fact the centre is well used and we've got funding for the Mayor's town centre evening plans to create more nighttime economy.

[Spider]

3 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Our m&s is in a town centre and is rammed. Food court and the clothes section - oh and the cafe.

Go to Greenwich retail park but that's only for ikea. Love the fact the centre is well used and we've got funding for the Mayor's town centre evening plans to create more nighttime economy.

How many penniless locals and non locals do you have just gormlessly wandering around your town centre?

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, Carlos said:

Migglebrook and Traf.

They've already got them though. 20 new stores according to the Guardian. 

Or is it a bit of a fudge?

[Roger_Dubuis]

1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

And also a slot/fruit machine shop on Newport Street.

I rather be wrong, I can't see the vaults lasting very much longer either unfortunately.

There are two slot machine shops on Newport St and another one near McDonalds

And reading the Bolton News report  M and S are advising Bolton people they can use the stores in Horwich, Bury amd Walkden.

Walkden! how on earth can that support a Foodhall and Bolton can't

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 minute ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

There are two slot machine shops on Newport St and another one near McDonalds

And reading the Bolton News report  M and S are advising Bolton people they can use the stores in Horwich, Bury amd Walkden.

Walkden! how on earth can that support a Foodhall and Bolton can't

Presumably theyve worked out that some from Bolton and the area between the two will use it, just don't need both.

Having one in the west side of town and one to the east in Bury presumably gives them enough coverage. 

[Casino]

1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

And also a slot/fruit machine shop on Newport Street.

I rather be wrong, I can't see the vaults lasting very much longer either unfortunately.

Like i said, i went in couple of fridays back about 9

I know its post christmas, but we arent in recession

It was dead, inc the ale place and tbh, sadly, i couldnt make a case for ales

Very poor offering

[Casino]

13 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

They've already got them though. 20 new stores according to the Guardian. 

Or is it a bit of a fudge?

Some are closing, some are opening

I think most new ones are food halls

Cant remember were but one recently shut, re opened a mile or two away and turnover has sky rocketed

[tyldesley_white]

20 minutes ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

There are two slot machine shops on Newport St and another one near McDonalds

And reading the Bolton News report  M and S are advising Bolton people they can use the stores in Horwich, Bury amd Walkden.

Walkden! how on earth can that support a Foodhall and Bolton can't

Free parking for a start, not much but it's a start.

[royal white]

29 minutes ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

There are two slot machine shops on Newport St and another one near McDonalds

And reading the Bolton News report  M and S are advising Bolton people they can use the stores in Horwich, Bury amd Walkden.

Walkden! how on earth can that support a Foodhall and Bolton can't

How dare you! Worsley is only a mile away, it saves them going to the TC 

[Sweep]

1 hour ago, Spider said:

It died when Fat Cliff got hold of it.

Fat Cunt. Died of pastry 

Didn't the people of Bolton keep voting him in year after year though presumably....

[Sweep]

23 minutes ago, Casino said:

Some are closing, some are opening

I think most new ones are food halls

Cant remember were but one recently shut, re opened a mile or two away and turnover has sky rocketed

The huge new one in Stevenage is food hall based, its ace. 

[FrancisFogarty]

3 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Didn't the people of Bolton keep voting him in year after year though presumably....

It seem so, but I don't know of one person who voted for the fat fourble chinned deceased councillor. Voting for him came before him getting deceased obviously.

[Spider]

16 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Didn't the people of Bolton keep voting him in year after year though presumably....

Yep

And now they’re all moaning like fuck

The thick wankers

[bolty58]

Sad reading all of this. The councillors of Bolton for the last couple of decades should all hang their heads in shame. An embarrassment. 

Somewhere along the way a white knight must emerge to get us back on the rails? Hate to say it's a decaying. decrepid dump but that is the truth.

Get the big developers in and fuck all the pound shops off for a start. Not likely to be high on the priority list for many current councillors but needs to happen. 

[leigh white]

You know your towns fucked when the railway station gets closed down.

[royal white]

Just now, bolty58 said:

Sad reading all of this. The councillors of Bolton for the last couple of decades should all hang their heads in shame. An embarrassment. 

Somewhere along the way a white knight must emerge to get us back on the rails? Hate to say it's a decaying. decrepid dump but that is the truth.

Get the big developers in and fuck all the pound shops off for a start. Not likely to be high on the priority list for many current councillors but needs to happen. 

Keep the town hall, Market Place and Le Mans Crescent and flatten the rest. It’s a fkin disgrace. 

[Spider]

2 minutes ago, royal white said:

Keep the town hall, Market Place and Le Mans Crescent and flatten the rest. It’s a fkin disgrace. 

100%
 

 

[bolty58]

Just now, royal white said:

Keep the town hall, Market Place and Le Mans Crescent and flatten the rest. It’s a fkin disgrace. 

...and down around the Parish Church etc. Some great history around there. The rest can go.

Was told some years ago that Bolton would not strike a deal with developers along the lines of what revitalised Bury. No way of knowing if that is true or not but something radical needs to be done.

[Spider]

2 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

...and down around the Parish Church etc. Some great history around there. The rest can go.

Was told some years ago that Bolton would not strike a deal with developers along the lines of what revitalised Bury. No way of knowing if that is true or not but something radical needs to be done.

Need to flatten all remnants of the 60’s 70’s and 80’s buildings 

Hate to say it but modern residential buildings probably need to go up. Decrease the footprint of the town centre, make it concentrated but focussed on quality.

Man Hester is spreading outwards at a massive rate, eventually maybe possibly the suburbs may become popular again.

[jmjhb]

1 hour ago, Casino said:

Like i said, i went in couple of fridays back about 9

I know its post christmas, but we arent in recession

It was dead, inc the ale place and tbh, sadly, i couldnt make a case for ales

Very poor offering

It has massively gone downhill there lately, haven't been in for months 

[MickyD]

The Arndale Centre and the whole block it stands on are just about to be flattened. M&S is the next block so I wonder if the council will expand the plans they already have in place to include that block too and perhaps the one across the street where Spencer’s once was. This could actually signal the start of massive improvements to Bolton town centre.