Guest Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 21 hours ago, tomski said: You wouldn't compare Victoria square with New York? :-) Bryant’s Park or Bryant’s Farm?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 On 08/11/2018 at 13:07, Traf said: Another new bar opening on Nelson Square. Its cheap as fook. Pint was not great, but it will get people im. Loads of screens for footy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Hilly Wallaby is looking delicious on this programme,she has a wonderful rack and is fantastically English rose looking to boot. Has she had a breast reduction btw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Popped into town last Friday - first time in yonks. Lot of places in lower Bradshawgate boarded up. Quite sad. Drove up Great Moor Street.... wow! Didn't expect to see the shiny new interchange to look so impressive. Its a start!!! What's happening with Moor Lane now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 12 minutes ago, Smiley said: What's happening with Moor Lane now? Was originally going to be a multi storey and more market. Last news was student flats no idea how true that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, frank_spencer said: Was originally going to be a multi storey and more market. Last news was student flats no idea how true that is Student flats is what it will be. And my prediction.....what is now the Market will become a big Tesco....and those now in the Market will move to what was Whittakers. ITK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embankment Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Now that could work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Pablo said: Student flats is what it will be. And my prediction.....what is now the Market will become a big Tesco....and those now in the Market will move to what was Whittakers. ITK Tesco was going off Bark Street on the car parks. That plan stalled even before the recession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Believe the student digs (or what used to be the old college) off Radcliffe Road are being cleared (or have been) for a few hundred houses. And the empty space at the top of Bromwich Street will be a new school (or rehousing of Parish Church school which is sinking). Any truth in those rumours FS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Smiley said: Believe the student digs (or what used to be the old college) off Radcliffe Road are being cleared (or have been) for a few hundred houses. And the empty space at the top of Bromwich Street will be a new school (or rehousing of Parish Church school which is sinking). Any truth in those rumours FS? The old institute land? That's been down for housing for years AFAIK. As for moving the school I've no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 2 hours ago, frank_spencer said: Tesco was going off Bark Street on the car parks. That plan stalled even before the recession. Tesco currently own the Market building, and property its on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 21 minutes ago, Pablo said: Tesco currently own the Market building, and property its on. That I did not know but they have been after a more central store for years. The other big 3 have a store in or very close to the town centre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, frank_spencer said: That I did not know but they have been after a more central store for years. The other big 3 have a store in or very close to the town centre They are currently making it harder and harder for current tennants to make money. reduced opening hours, removing paid security, wont extend long term tenancy, no give at all. No push to fill current empty units. very much a feeling then they want it empty.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Didn't know the council had sold it tbh. Then again it's over 4yrs since I worked there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfc2003 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 23 hours ago, Burndens Bogs said: Hilly Wallaby is looking delicious on this programme,she has a wonderful rack and is fantastically English rose looking to boot. Has she had a breast reduction btw? Been on a big feck off diet - shame really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Of coke if rumours are to be believed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Folk moving into units at the former Whitaker’s building shortly. One is Slaters so that leaves an empty building at their current site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted December 3, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 3, 2018 this seems like the most relevant place to post this Sunderland got voted best town to live for under 30s for some reason bloke on talkradio was having none of it, so they got Andy Dawson (Athletico Mince) to come on and talk about it... (he didn't last long) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 The new bar in the old Little Town Hall is very nice indeed. Whether it lasts, purely due to its location, is another matter. I hope it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 3, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 3, 2018 Where is the little town hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter victor meldrew Posted December 3, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, Casino said: Where is the little town hall opposite what was the foundary pub ,where your daughter used to frequent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 hour ago, victor meldrew said: opposite what was the foundary pub ,where your daughter used to frequent Oh heck. I hope she didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 8 hours ago, DazBob said: Oh heck. I hope she didn't. Ha I was gonna say similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 17 hours ago, ZicoKelly said: this seems like the most relevant place to post this Sunderland got voted best town to live for under 30s for some reason bloke on talkradio was having none of it, so they got Andy Dawson (Athletico Mince) to come on and talk about it... (he didn't last long) 'Ladies and gentlemen - please be aware that crates of blue drink are limited to 5 per customer' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrob76 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) Hopefully this is the most relevant place to post this as well My uncle has recently completed his first book , about the history of Bolton, called 'The Town That Vanished' I'm sure it will appeal to a lot of you on here - some details below and it can be bought here www.ypdbooks.com/biography/1899-the-town-that-vanished-the-rise-and-fall-of-lancashire-s-biggest-mill-town-YPD02078.html Might make a good xmas stocking filler too ! Synopsis: In 1937, Bolton was the centre of a groundbreaking investigation into the daily lives of ordinary working people. For two years wherever Boltonians went - the pub, the shops, the cinema, the football match- they were secretly observed. The result: 40,000 documents and 800 photographs which provide an unparalleled, vivid record of one Lancashire mill town at its peak. The investigators called Bolton "Worktown" - a type of industrial town defined by working class communities and a particular way of life. At the time, Worktown seemed permanent and enduring but before the twentieth century ended, it had all but disappeared. In The Town that Vanished, Ian Robinson uses the Worktown investigation to frame the story of what the town of Bolton once was and, just as compelling, what it has become. This book is for anyone who feels a nostalgic yearning for Worktown's cobbled streets, corner shops, pubs, cinemas, towering mills and smoking chimneys; who wants to know more about why they all vanished; and who is inclined to believe when landmarks like the Odeon cinema, the Palais dance hall and Burnden Park were demolished this once proud northern town lost its soul. Edited December 4, 2018 by adrob76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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