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[Casino]

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

This supposed new scheme on the area between churchgate and the A666 needs to happen.

Get the type of housing right, maybe for younger, commuter types, and a few independent shops may make a return/continue.

Got to make the area feel safe, and pleasant though.

still half a mile walk through shite

[Tonge moor green jacket]

14 minutes ago, Casino said:

still half a mile walk through shite

Indeed. Hence my last sentence. 

The arndale replacement area should be decent, if and when it's delivered.

 

[little whitt]

Just seen 

Amir Khan 

as put his wedding place up for sale in DEANE 

£12.5 Million 

if you want a laugh 

look at the Comments 

on Twatter and Bolton news 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

52 minutes ago, little whitt said:

Just seen 

Amir Khan 

as put his wedding place up for sale in DEANE 

£12.5 Million 

if you want a laugh 

look at the Comments 

on Twatter and Bolton news 

The sales pitch:

The reality:

[gonzo]

Wouldn't mind the window job there.

Someone drop my number in.

Allan's snackbar

[boltonboris]

Looks incredibly tasteful and classy...

[Casino]

is gibraltar st visible?

[little whitt]

5 minutes ago, Casino said:

is gibraltar st visible?

The Street is in with the

Price 

[FrancisFogarty]

Out of the Gilnow Arms and straight to the venue. What a do.

[tomski]

4 hours ago, FrancisFogarty said:

Out of the Gilnow Arms and straight to the venue. What a do.

6/10 for the Gilnow

[MancWanderer]

Had a wander through the food festival this morning. It was very busy by 11am. Parked in the Octagon and walked through and have to say that part of town looks good now. Made all the better by the Town Hall and Le Mans Crescent. Noticed how clean the buildings on Le Mans Crescent are. Guess that’s due to the amount of filming done there?

Sadly even the stalls couldn’t hide the utter shitness outside WH Smith’s and that part. Bulldozing that will make a huge difference.

The Food Festival? Copy and paste from last year. Enough decent stalls to make it worthwhile. The fresh food stalls were very, very busy so fair play. Did my usual. Came home with a lorry load of cheese, pies and coffee beans 

[FrancisFogarty]

6 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

Had a wander through the food festival this morning. It was very busy by 11am. Parked in the Octagon and walked through and have to say that part of town looks good now. Made all the better by the Town Hall and Le Mans Crescent. Noticed how clean the buildings on Le Mans Crescent are. Guess that’s due to the amount of filming done there?

Sadly even the stalls couldn’t hide the utter shitness outside WH Smith’s and that part. Bulldozing that will make a huge difference.

The Food Festival? Copy and paste from last year. Enough decent stalls to make it worthwhile. The fresh food stalls were very, very busy so fair play. Did my usual. Came home with a lorry load of cheese, pies and coffee beans 

Apart from the prices ? I don'tknow, I've not been this year.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

The stalls cost a fortune to rent.

Can understand the high prices they charge.

[little whitt]

11 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

Had a wander through the food festival this morning. It was very busy by 11am. Parked in the Octagon and walked through and have to say that part of town looks good now. Made all the better by the Town Hall and Le Mans Crescent. Noticed how clean the buildings on Le Mans Crescent are. Guess that’s due to the amount of filming done there?

Sadly even the stalls couldn’t hide the utter shitness outside WH Smith’s and that part. Bulldozing that will make a huge difference.

The Food Festival? Copy and paste from last year. Enough decent stalls to make it worthwhile. The fresh food stalls were very, very busy so fair play. Did my usual. Came home with a lorry load of cheese, pies and coffee beans 

i had a wander at 12ish for a hour 

was too busy 

most of the food places were a rip off 

[MancWanderer]

4 minutes ago, FrancisFogarty said:

Apart from the prices ? I don'tknow, I've not been this year.

Prices were pretty much what I’d expect to pay at any food market tbh. Like anything that you could label ‘craft’. As my wife would tell you I’m a fucking weirdo when it comes to cheese and coffee beans. I’ll pay a higher price for them than what you can get in the supermarket because I like them. A lot. 

[MancWanderer]

3 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

The stalls cost a fortune to rent.

Can understand the high prices they charge.

Indeed. Carrs have a new chicken curry pasty on offer. They can fuck off with the prices on their stall so didn’t bother trying. Not their fault I suppose for the reason you say

[Tonge moor green jacket]

3 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

Indeed. Carrs have a new chicken curry pasty on offer. They can fuck off with the prices on their stall so didn’t bother trying. Not their fault I suppose for the reason you say

You've met the lady at the farm- she said they couldn't even consider a stall.

As a small scale producer, its a lot of product to make, and try to sell.

[BobyBrno]

Away this weekend so for the first time  since it began, I’ll miss it. Like all festivals of this type, prices are higher than supermarkets. (Where most people shop) I’d rather pay a little bit more to a small business though than a large multi national type thing. 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 minute ago, BobyBrno said:

Away this weekend so for the first time  since it began, I’ll miss it. Like all festivals of this type, prices are higher than supermarkets. (Where most people shop) I’d rather pay a little bit more to a small business though than a large multi national type thing. 

No doubt about that.

Problem is that sometimes, the same product can be found cheaper elsewhere!

It seems geared up to producers who are a bit bigger than "small businesses".

[MancWanderer]

54 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

You've met the lady at the farm- she said they couldn't even consider a stall.

As a small scale producer, its a lot of product to make, and try to sell.

Yeah. Completely understand that. My ‘copy and paste’ comment above alluded to the fact that it’s the same folk each year who can probably shift enough stuff to make it worthwhile. 

53 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Away this weekend so for the first time  since it began, I’ll miss it. Like all festivals of this type, prices are higher than supermarkets. (Where most people shop) I’d rather pay a little bit more to a small business though than a large multi national type thing. 

Not even that though. Happy to pay the price for better quality which it is at these markets/festivals. Even just the local routine markets. Spend a lot of my money on ‘fresh’ stuff at Ashton Under Lyne market these days. Eggs, meat, veg. Supermarket quality is shite. Utter bland shite

And like you, I’d rather put a few quid a local business’ way 

[Sweep]

1 hour ago, MancWanderer said:

Happy to pay the price for better quality which it is at these markets/festivals.

I remember a few years ago, in one of our local towns (Baldock) they had a French Farmers market, it was really popular, plenty of nice artisan cheeses and the such like. Anyway one of the steak holders ran out of his baguettes, so he went to the local Tesco, and bought loads more and sold them as well, for a very handsome profit. He was banned from the next event they had 😁

We go to a lot of these farmer market things, as Mrs Sweep loves them in fact only a few minutes ago, she advised me that we're going to one in the morning. My experience is that things like pies, sausages and cheeses are always expensive, but worth paying for, as they're generally pretty tasty. Anything like jams, pickles, biscuits and breads are no better than you can get in a supermarket, yet they cost twice as much. 

I always keep sweaty from the alcohol stalls as well, as they really are a massive rip off

[Sweep]

@MancWanderermentions eggs above, we have a local bloke who has a load of chickens, he asked me a few weeks ago if I like eggs. I wish I'd told him I didn't. He won't stop dropping them off now. I got home earlier, and there were 24 of them left on the door step. He only dropped off 12 yesterday, and 12 last Wednesday. I'm going to have to tell him to just fucking stop shortly

 

[Zico]

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

The stalls cost a fortune to rent.

Can understand the high prices they charge.

I can understand food made by independent producers costing more than a supermarket 

I'd always be happy to pay it too because of the effort that's gone into making it and the fact that as a result it's way better than the norm 

It's disappointing though to think that prices are being driven higher by the costs to rent a stall 

Just doesn't seem in the spirit of a local festival to promote local produce to me

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

3 minutes ago, Sweep said:

@MancWanderermentions eggs above, we have a local bloke who has a load of chickens, he asked me a few weeks ago if I like eggs. I wish I'd told him I didn't. He won't stop dropping them off now. I got home earlier, and there were 24 of them left on the door step. He only dropped off 12 yesterday, and 12 last Wednesday. I'm going to have to tell him to just fucking stop shortly

 

Take a trestle table with you to the market tomorrow and flog them as arty-farty, specialist free range ones

[MancWanderer]

18 minutes ago, Sweep said:

 My experience is that things like pies, sausages and cheeses are always expensive, but worth paying for, as they're generally pretty tasty. Anything like jams, pickles, biscuits and breads are no better than you can get in a supermarket, yet they cost twice as much.

Agree on all that