Members bolty58 Posted November 17, 2016 Members Share Posted November 17, 2016 (edited) It was a busy one even earlier than that. Place was pounding in the late 60's and 70's. Nightclubs all over the place and I am now reminded of that awful fire disaster at the Top Storey Club. Edited November 17, 2016 by bolty58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 (edited) Me & No Balls have ruffled him Not in an XHamster way. his grubby little world is falling apart on line Edited November 17, 2016 by no balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted November 17, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2016 My gran used to get the 400 bus from Ashton t come shopping in Bolton. Numerous similarly aged folk would get on at Oldham Rochdale etc to do likewise. Fish market etc was popular. Not now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Fish market etc was popular. The fish market was always excellent....I've not been to it for about 25 years now though. Is it still very good, or a bit poo now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 The fish market was always excellent....I've not been to it for about 25 years now though. Is it still very good, or a bit poo now?The Hairy Bikers love Bolton market. It's pretty good since the overhaul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big City Girl Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Just been onto the page. Has he deleted his comments? If so, what was his response? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 See that's the problem in one. Why the fuck would you go to Bolton market for the same fish they sell in Morrisons on the fish counter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 See that's the problem in one. Why the fuck would you go to Bolton market for the same fish they sell in Morrisons on the fish counter?One of the fish stalls on the market always seems to have something out of the ordinary just to nosy at. Pretty sure he had a full tuna or something equally huge at one point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 He had a 7ft halibut t'other week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 See that's the problem in one. Why the fuck would you go to Bolton market for the same fish they sell in Morrisons on the fish counter? You've obviously never been in Morrisons in Bolton - pencil in half an hour just to buy a pint of milk... It's dear too, the fish counter, fairly good, but dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted November 17, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2016 See that's the problem in one. Why the fuck would you go to Bolton market for the same fish they sell in Morrisons on the fish counter? Better choice and can get some decent deals too. Not the greatest fish eater but I enjoy going round the fish market and my lad woukd live on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 It'd be cowd in winter for him, stinks a bit too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 See that's the problem in one. Why the fuck would you go to Bolton market for the same fish they sell in Morrisons on the fish counter? Morrisons only have limited lines. There's a fish shop in Htown sells halibut and monkfish. You'd struggle to get shit like that and samphire in your common or garden supermarket. I'm not a fan of the big supermarkets though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter fatolive Posted November 17, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2016 on the radio this morning they were discussing M&S closing 31 stores as part of a cost cutting measure, no mention of which ones, but they had roving reporters in Bolton interviewing folk about what they think. be another bad blow to the town centre if the M&S closed, more so for it'll be another big building empty and i think its the type of shop that attracts people specifically who may then have a mooch elsewhere,and would only really leave Debenhams as a " big player " in town i think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted November 17, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2016 If the council had any sense (I know, this has been discussed and they probably haven't) they'd use the closure of New Look (former C&A), M&S, Beales and BHS as a great reason to redevelop the whole town centre shopping experience. Modernise all the buildings and create more shopping malls but with rates cheap enough to attract the shops. As a town we can't sustain closure after closure because the more big shops close down the less attractive it is to shoppers and thus the more smaller shops will close. By 2030, unless they do something, they'll be wondering where everyone went. (And I'm giving them 14 years generously but think it'll be half of that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted November 17, 2016 Moderators Share Posted November 17, 2016 I can see Bolton M&S going, they are moving away from clothing after fuck up upon fuck up, focusing on food. You don't need 4 storeys for that. It'd make a cracking pound shop, mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted November 17, 2016 Moderators Share Posted November 17, 2016 However: t a glance | M&S stores at risk of closure Source: Local Data Company Aberdeen Ayr Banbury Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Boston Bournemouth Brentwood Bridlington Brierley Hill Bristol Buxton Carlisle Chichester Coventry Darlington Dundee Durham Fareham Hereford Hull Kettering King’s Lynn Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Liverpool Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Northwich Nottingham Peterborough Preston Rochdale Sheffield Southampton St Albans Stockton-on-Tees Stoke Swansea Swindon Sunderland Tunbridge Wells Warrington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 M&S will still have migglebrook unless that's the store they might close. As bolton TC store is always busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydee Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Just been onto the page. Has he deleted his comments? If so, what was his response? Looks like it, or maybe he's just 'hidden' it ..it had his email address on Briefly looked this morning and thought I'd have a proper catchup over lunch ..snooze you lose is the phrase! Fair play to Akram , 6 Lambo's on a declared remuneration from his sole directorship at Asons Solicitors of £7968 for the year to 05/15 ..maybe he qualified for tax credits. Familiar figure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whites man Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Dublin, Dundee, Humberside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 If the council had any sense (I know, this has been discussed and they probably haven't) they'd use the closure of New Look (former C&A), M&S, Beales and BHS as a great reason to redevelop the whole town centre shopping experience. Modernise all the buildings and create more shopping malls but with rates cheap enough to attract the shops. As a town we can't sustain closure after closure because the more big shops close down the less attractive it is to shoppers and thus the more smaller shops will close. By 2030, unless they do something, they'll be wondering where everyone went. (And I'm giving them 14 years generously but think it'll be half of that) The thing is all these buildings are in private ownership, business rates are set by central government and the costs to do the work are WAY out of the councils reach. Without private developers coming up with a series of massive ambitious plan similar to those pre recession then nowt major is going to change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted November 17, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2016 I would expect the council to have PFI partners who would bankroll the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 M&S will still have migglebrook unless that's the store they might close. As bolton TC store is always busy. But Middlebrook is busier than the town centre. I'd imagine more likely scenario is M&S having a bigger one on the Middlebrook. Unless, Cllr Morris wants to sort out £300k to help keep it open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Looks like it, or maybe he's just 'hidden' it ..it had his email address on Briefly looked this morning and thought I'd have a proper catchup over lunch ..snooze you lose is the phrase! Fair play to Akram , 6 Lambo's on a declared remuneration from his sole directorship at Asons Solicitors of £7968 for the year to 05/15 ..maybe he qualified for tax credits. Familiar figure: So ASONS got £300k from fat Cliff? And ASONS might owe HMRC £300k? fishier than a Grimsby whore's knickers after a night on the docks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I would expect the council to have PFI partners who would bankroll the project.They had plenty of developers involved pre recession.The town would look very different if the plans had gone ahead. Housing, apartments, hotels, cinema, restaurants etc down the bottom of churchgoers and bank street. By a revived river croal. LeMans crescent pedestrianised with an expanded museum, performance spaces and bars in the actual buildings round there. New magistrates court where Morrisons put the petrol station. Hotel and offices on the old ode on site opposite the market. An expanded market at ashburner street. Cliff and his cronies had plans but his anf the councils problem has been failing to get any of them done. And stories like the Asons one aren't putting the town and the council in a positive light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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