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Martin
Mr Pink
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 Posted - 29 Jul 2007 : 17:49:13
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| I would like to see what people think of the plans to regenerate Leyland. |
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Spitfire
Persistant
England
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Posted - 29 Jul 2007 : 18:40:27
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Martin, I can see loads of possibilities with this plan - unfortunately, I`ll be pushing up the daisies long before it gets to the drawing board. |
Jim
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Martin
Mr Pink
England
3027 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2007 : 14:28:00
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| What makes you think that it will take so long Jim? |
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Spitfire
Persistant
England
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Posted - 30 Jul 2007 : 18:50:13
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Strange you should say that Martin. I have only just read in tonights Evening Post that Preston`s redevelopment has today been pushed back a further year.
I have a better chance of getting a telegram from the Queen - than seeing Leylands new town square. |
Jim
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Caroline
Regular
France
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Posted - 31 Jul 2007 : 18:01:31
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| How typical- having insensitively torn the heart out of the old centre of town and grafted on Tesco's and its hideous surroundings they're now looking to provide a more attractive option !! they could have left Towngate and the Cross and developed behind the streets without destroying the charming old village area and the ancient road system... eg as in Honiton, Devon. And put the supermarket on the old ROF site. It makes me so angry... I could never go back and live in a place with so little regard for its heritage or its people. |
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ma01
Started
United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Jul 2007 : 19:55:39
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This new proposal could be ok. I suspect it will just be boring though, making leyland look very similar to thousands of other places - just as the victorians did before! It promises to make more space in the centre though, and to be planned to allow easier access via public transport.
I think its been a long, long time since leyland had a "charming old village area and the ancient road system"...
Yep - Leyland International Airport Terminal Building is a bit hideous!
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Caroline
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France
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Posted - 31 Jul 2007 : 21:15:20
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some of the road system round the cross which had existed for hundreds of years was covered over by Tesco's car park.
The properties which bordered it were certainly there till the 70s, some were lovely cottage-shops with steps going down to them.
I agree about the airport! (I'm not some reactionary old fogey, I just think that town councils could be much more aware of the architectural merits of existing structures and not necessarily think that the New is preferable to the old).
And let's not forget about the financial possibilities of prime building land which might outweigh the conservation aspects .... |
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Spitfire
Persistant
England
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Posted - 02 Aug 2007 : 08:14:23
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We get what we deserve, I`m afraid. Whilst I agree wholeheartedly with what Caroline has said, I must put my hand on my heart and say that I`d much rather go into Tesco/Morrisons etc. and buy everything I need in an hour, as opposed to spending all day doing the same thing, as in my youth, when I used to (much against my will) accompany my mother and have to stand in a que at every shop.
Before any of you ladies question my comment about doing the supermarket shop in an hour, let me assure you that it`s quite possible. On the occasions when I accompany Marjorie, it takes just under an hour - that`s to get to the end of the first fruit and veg, isle!!!!!! (I never knew that each potatoe and orange were different to each other). |
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Alan Marsden
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Canada
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Posted - 02 Aug 2007 : 21:47:41
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| Let's hope you don't get a Walmart ! |
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William R
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Aug 2007 : 09:14:19
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| We already have Walmart in the guise of Asda |
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Alan Marsden
Regular
Canada
2054 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2007 : 14:56:11
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| William, do they kiss your feet when you enter like they do over here ? |
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noel
Moderator
England
6795 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2007 : 16:03:15
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You can still get good "fresh" veg at Paul's Farm Shop, peas still in pods ( weren't they always before supermarkets and frozen food) however frozen peas are supposed to be fresher than those still in pods, which is disappointing.
Who kisses who's feet Alan? |
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Martin
Mr Pink
England
3027 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2007 : 21:29:35
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| I don't think that having a Tesco's store is a bad thing for Leyland, it's where they have put it that's done all the damage. It's almost as if it fell out of the sky onto the centre of the town. |
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Spitfire
Persistant
England
3686 Posts |
Posted - 04 Aug 2007 : 08:15:59
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| Martin, In principal one cannot argue with your comments. Reality is far different. If you ask me if I`d rather have a bright building with well laid out (free) car parks or an abandoned, derelict(for 20 years plus), overgrown bomb site - I know which I`d vote for every time. And I suspect you would you too if you lived here. |
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shuffy
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Aug 2007 : 18:24:15
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| I buy all my fresh veg from Chorley market ( as a non driver its easier to get to than Leyland but I prefer Leyland) most of it is locally produced without chemicals. |
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noel
Moderator
England
6795 Posts |
Posted - 04 Aug 2007 : 18:35:20
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| I'm not sure about the "without chemicals " bit Dedrah. How do we know that? |
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Leyland Regeneration Discussion
