what does Burnley need.....

tommy · #16 (**permalink**) 03-03-08, 17:45

personaly i think burnley needs to sort the pub situation out.all the bars down neer the genral post office are all nice to look at and look well from the out side.but the pubs up nr Yates's Wine Lodge are looking quite scruffy especially the old sidewalk.all these buildings are the first thing you see as you get off the bus.i think burnley council needs to look at that area of town as it doesent look very appitzing to new shoppers into the town.

p.s. bring back the famous army store.

jaseyboy · #17 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 00:52

Burnley needs gun squads on the streets at night, just shoot the chavs and its all good.

Col.Kurtz · #18 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 11:33

I'd love to see more use made of the public spaces in the town centre in the evenings - especially in the warmer months, instead of being playgrounds for drunken hooligans. Doesn't have to be some noisy festival type thing, just somewhere for all age groups to gather and enjoy themselves. Maybe the caffs and coffee shops could stay open a bit later with an evening market - take the bias towards drinking establishments away, if there was something else to actually do things might change?

tommy · #19 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 19:38

iagree with you on the cafe and coffie shops opening late.if you go to manchester or liverpool in the city centers the night life is very diffrent with the coffie shops and cafe's and posh bars open late you get a more chilled out atmosphere.not like burnley when all you get is 5,000 people trying to get drunk as quick as thay can between 7:00 and 1:00.

maybe a few posh wine bars might help.with chilled out jazz music playing in the background.(just an idea)

Col.Kurtz · #20 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 21:48

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Originally Posted by tommy

maybe a few posh wine bars might help.with chilled out jazz music playing in the background.(just an idea)

Yeah, that kind of thing, not into wine bars myself but I'm sure they are something that appeals to the more mature punter which would help shift the balance from the "yoof" market.

Angel · #21 (**permalink**) 06-03-08, 18:00

A good book shop which also houses a coffee shop/lounge area. I'd stay there all day lol

terminator · #22 (**permalink**) 06-03-08, 19:25

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Originally Posted by Weehen

I am new to the area so not so well qualified to comment but I'd say...

The town itself needs a clean up, it isn't as bad as some but it could be better.

The busy road, off Manchester Road where it is a sort of crossroads, (see I don't even know the names of the streets yet!) walking into town from Manchester Road station, right goes along towards Tesco and left towards ? with straight on going to town. Know where I mean? WHY is there no pedestrian 'green man'? There are traffic lights but it is practically impossible to cross for a pedestrian!

There is NO BOOKSHOP, well none that I have been able to find apart from a small one on the parade of shops across from Staples. No Waterstones??? Don't people here read?

Does Burnley have any dentists? NHS ones that is? Rare as hen's teeth from what I've been told.

A taxi driver who can understand where I want to go and whom I can understand too would be helpful. No offence to anyone meant and I hope not taken just a plain fact.

As to Burnley Wood, where I am living, WHY don't the council just get their act together and remove all the rubbish instead of leaving it to be tossed around the streets? Why if they are so keen on recycling don't they collect e.g. the glass so conveniently left in small pieces by the roadside and in the park by residents/resident's children?

Well just some thoughts to be going on with...

I accept all of the above comments, why? then is our Council Tax increasing once again? are the things you mention going to be resolved by a miracle from our Council?

Col.Kurtz · #23 (**permalink**) 06-03-08, 23:04

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Originally Posted by terminator

why? then is our Council Tax increasing once again? are the things you mention going to be resolved by a miracle from our Council?

Just read the council propoganda paper "Burnley Now" according to that everything is blilliant!

Angel · #24 (**permalink**) 06-03-08, 23:15

It goes straight into the recycling sack!

katex · #25 (**permalink**) 08-03-08, 17:16

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Originally Posted by tommy

iagree with you on the cafe and coffie shops opening late.if you go to manchester or liverpool in the city centers the night life is very diffrent with the coffie shops and cafe's and posh bars open late you get a more chilled out atmosphere.not like burnley when all you get is 5,000 people trying to get drunk as quick as thay can between 7:00 and 1:00.

maybe a few posh wine bars might help.with chilled out jazz music playing in the background.(just an idea)

Agree 100% with you and the Col. on this tommy ... trying to put this forward for Accy .. but they just laugh at me ..

Loopyloo · #26 (**permalink**) 12-03-08, 22:29

More of the housing areas doing up (the ones already done certainly look nicer), more of the empty boarded up buildings doing up or knocking down, more of the scruffy bits of land landscaped...
The Weavers Triangle canal basin thing to get moving (it's crying out for it).. The Oval to get started..
More youth centres (kept a lot of teenagers out of trouble in my younger days)..
More bobbies out and about, better street lighting, hospital services re-instated..
Also agree that we do need more industry..if we can't get the industry though, we need more tourism - perhaps a large museum to attract visitors to the town from other parts of the country? Preston has a famous football museum, Manchester has the Imperial War museum and that other one (Orbis?), how about a museum of music? Don't think there's one of those anywhere now since the large one in London closed. We have other excellent smaller museums, but a large nationally famous one would be a draw.

Col.Kurtz · #27 (**permalink**) 19-03-08, 14:20

I'm hoping an influx of new students when the uni is built will be a good thing for the town. Like them or not, they have student loans burning a hole in their pocket and demand a broad range of services/facilities/entertainment.

...not sure I'd want to live next door to a houseful of them though.

Kiki · #28 (**permalink**) 23-03-08, 11:17

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Originally Posted by Angel

A good book shop which also houses a coffee shop/lounge area. I'd stay there all day lol

That sounds a good idea. I havent been into Burnley for a while,so havent had chance to see what it its like recently. I think a temperance bar would be a nice idea?