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[Alf Hartigan]

1 minute ago, Alf Hartigan said:

This is spot on, it's on it's way up.

It's on the way up even

[radcliffe white]

Needs a lot of catching up to bury 

[Not in Crawley]

2 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

Needs a lot of catching up to bury 

That's a myth - went to Bury this summer, I've no idea why people go on about it. Its just as bobbins.

Should have seen my middle daughter's face when she was told it 'was good for shopping' 😁

Had to hightail it to Manchester!

[radcliffe white]

1 hour ago, Not in Crawley said:

That's a myth - went to Bury this summer, I've no idea why people go on about it. Its just as bobbins.

Should have seen my middle daughter's face when she was told it 'was good for shopping' 😁

Had to hightail it to Manchester!

Each to their own

for me it’s been improving year on year not just the shops but the accessibility plenty of parking options and food outlets

I can’t be arsed going into mcr as I rarely fail to get what I need in bury but the option is there with 20 min tram journey 

Edited November 4, 2023 by radcliffe white

[Not in Crawley]

Went to a very odd cafe near the market in the indoor shopping bit. Old fashioned, doily sort of place.

[Spider]

Cliff Morris ducking off was the first step towards improvement 

Slowly, very slowly, it’s happening.

But it will never be what it was. It has to offer something manchester doesn’t,

[tomski]

2 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

That's a myth - went to Bury this summer, I've no idea why people go on about it. Its just as bobbins.

Should have seen my middle daughter's face when she was told it 'was good for shopping' 😁

Had to hightail it to Manchester!

Agree on this. It’s shit

[radcliffe white]

9 minutes ago, tomski said:

Agree on this. It’s shit

😀😀

[captainmed]

3 hours ago, radcliffe white said:

Needs a lot of catching up to bury 

You should know by now that nowhere up norf competes with anything down sarf.

[tomski]

34 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

😀😀

Shopping is for women and homos. It’s rubbish for a pint. 

[Casino]

Well......

Ive just parked on a car park, bollings yard and walked to specsavers

Not impressed so far, though most units ARE occupied

Cadets selling poppies are good to see, but beyond that, I will need to explore further

Currently, on a damp winters morning, its not looking on the up

Prob pop to MnS and Debenhams later

[radcliffe white]

35 minutes ago, tomski said:

Shopping is for women and homos. It’s rubbish for a pint. 

It’s not a drinking place I give you that

its very much geared up to restaurants/ wine bar type places rather than lads boozing about

[tomski]

4 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

It’s not a drinking place I give you that

its very much geared up to restaurants/ wine bar type places rather than lads boozing about

Defo. Not my bag at all

[Winchester White]

1 hour ago, tomski said:

Shopping is for women and homos. It’s rubbish for a pint. 

I am lucky, the missus hates shopping as much as I do so it is all done online.

[Not in Crawley]

1 hour ago, captainmed said:

You should know by now that nowhere up norf competes with anything down sarf.

Well that's bollocks. You ever been to Ashford?

[gonzo]

Said it before but if you're after a day out shopping you're just not going to get in to Bolton town centre for a day out.

Trafford Centre kills anything in its wake.

Middlebrook done some damage too.

[mickbrown]

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Said it before but if you're after a day out shopping you're just not going to get in to Bolton town centre for a day out.

Trafford Centre kills anything in its wake.

Middlebrook done some damage too.

A day out shopping ain’t a day out. Can’t thinking owt worse. 
 

Online for me.

[royal white]

7 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Said it before but if you're after a day out shopping you're just not going to get in to Bolton town centre for a day out.

Trafford Centre kills anything in its wake.

Middlebrook done some damage too.

Middlebrook has pretty much everything most folk need, can’t knock it. 

[Winchester White]

10 minutes ago, royal white said:

Middlebrook has pretty much everything most folk need, can’t knock it. 

Needs more car parking and a route out to Horwich.

[little whitt]

15 minutes ago, royal white said:

Middlebrook has pretty much everything most folk need, can’t knock it. 

went to the Bolton Beer Festive  other week at our place 

Middlebrook was rammed at 6.30 on a Sat night 

not a parking space spare 

[BobyBrno]

28 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Said it before but if you're after a day out shopping you're just not going to get in to Bolton town centre for a day out.

Trafford Centre kills anything in its wake.

Middlebrook done some damage too.

Yeh that’s the thing though. Most of the development in the town is housing and offices. Town centres across the country are having to adapt to reflect the change in people’s shopping trends. 

[gonzo]

1 minute ago, BobyBrno said:

Yeh that’s the thing though. Most of the development in the town is housing and offices. Town centres across the country are having to adapt to reflect the change in people’s shopping trends. 

Indeed. Hope the investment works for Bolton. Like you allude to most town centres are in a slow death with failure to adapt.

Midweek office jockeys and weekend moochers are the key now.

They way Blackpool has gone, particularly round the winter gardens has been superb and with loads more to come. Great funding and its really working.

Hopefully Bolton follows suit. 

[BobyBrno]

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Indeed. Hope the investment works for Bolton. Like you allude to most town centres are in a slow death with failure to adapt.

Midweek office jockeys and weekend moochers are the key now.

They way Blackpool has gone, particularly round the winter gardens has been superb and with loads more to come. Great funding and its really working.

Hopefully Bolton follows suit. 

👍 Saw this and thought of you😊

https://www.visitblackpool.com/latest-news/blvd-hotel-named-best-luxury-hotel-in-europe/

[Not in Crawley]

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

Indeed. Hope the investment works for Bolton. Like you allude to most town centres are in a slow death with failure to adapt.

Midweek office jockeys and weekend moochers are the key now.

They way Blackpool has gone, particularly round the winter gardens has been superb and with loads more to come. Great funding and its really working.

Hopefully Bolton follows suit. 

Need to up the food offer in the wintergardens. I wouldn't serve at home what I had there, some god awful noodle thing. 

Also closing at 4 seems a bit odd.

[DirtySanchez]

6 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Well that's bollocks. You ever been to Ashford?

Or Gillingham