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Post by nelly on Jul 10, 2024 19:58:49 GMT
Surely it would be cheaper for TV companies to film in Burnley. They are genuinely still living in the 19th century Yes, but filming requires electricity Just pay for the family to go on holiday and the whole town would be your's.
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Post by herbiedumplings on Jul 10, 2024 21:19:20 GMT
It has indeed. I live just up the road (literally), and have been through a few times this week. Oh, is that the reason for the “Road Closed” signs, then? [edit:] When I was at Laco the other day, there was a guy wandering about in a Panaflex t-shirt. Duh.
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Post by vicar on Jul 11, 2024 8:22:26 GMT
It has indeed. I live just up the road (literally), and have been through a few times this week. Oh, is that the reason for the “Road Closed” signs, then? [edit:] When I was at Laco the other day, there was a guy wandering about in a Panaflex t-shirt. Duh. As you were down there recently how's that new building looking on the corner near Winters? I hope it's in keeping.
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Post by herbiedumplings on Jul 11, 2024 8:25:06 GMT
Oh, is that the reason for the “Road Closed” signs, then? [edit:] When I was at Laco the other day, there was a guy wandering about in a Panaflex t-shirt. Duh. As you were down there recently how's that new building looking on the corner near Winters? I hope it's in keeping. There’s literally nothing there but Heras fence ATM, so I couldn’t say I’m afraid.
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 11, 2024 9:31:42 GMT
Surely it would be cheaper for TV companies to film in Burnley. They are genuinely still living in the 19th century Yes, but filming requires electricity and extras that look slightly human unless you are filming a zombie movie.
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Post by vicar on Jul 11, 2024 14:08:19 GMT
As you were down there recently how's that new building looking on the corner near Winters? I hope it's in keeping. There’s literally nothing there but Heras fence ATM, so I couldn’t say I’m afraid. On a related not has anyone seen how Weir Mill is looking, I was speaking to a bloke from Hartlepool who was working on it and he says it's impressive but a nightmare to work on, any walls they're knocking through are about 50cm thick and they have to save and clean the bricks to reuse around the building.
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 12, 2024 8:01:53 GMT
There’s literally nothing there but Heras fence ATM, so I couldn’t say I’m afraid. On a related not has anyone seen how Weir Mill is looking, I was speaking to a bloke from Hartlepool who was working on it and he says it's impressive but a nightmare to work on, any walls they're knocking through are about 50cm thick and they have to save and clean the bricks to reuse around the building. Us buggers seem to get everywhere.
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Post by mattyovrio on Jul 12, 2024 8:49:01 GMT
As you were down there recently how's that new building looking on the corner near Winters? I hope it's in keeping. There’s literally nothing there but Heras fence ATM, so I couldn’t say I’m afraid. Indeed - they have put some hydraulic jacks in to support Qinters and the bank of the brow going up the hill. Always pronounced brow as brew when I was growing up - anyone else the same?
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Post by Bredburyhatter on Jul 15, 2024 21:02:41 GMT
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Post by vicar on Jul 15, 2024 21:44:13 GMT
There’s literally nothing there but Heras fence ATM, so I couldn’t say I’m afraid. Indeed - they have put some hydraulic jacks in to support Qinters and the bank of the brow going up the hill. Always pronounced brow as brew when I was growing up - anyone else the same? Google Albion House Underbank and the plans look impressive and more in keeping than the previous eyesore.
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Post by Henry Pratt on Jul 16, 2024 9:04:55 GMT
There’s literally nothing there but Heras fence ATM, so I couldn’t say I’m afraid. Indeed - they have put some hydraulic jacks in to support Qinters and the bank of the brow going up the hill. Always pronounced brow as brew when I was growing up - anyone else the same? Yep. Took me ages as a kid to realise that what I called "market brew" was actually spelled "brow" and wasn't in fact a different thing.
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Post by voodooray on Jul 16, 2024 13:49:19 GMT
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Post by vicar on Jul 16, 2024 16:45:14 GMT
That's definitely not grey belt in High Lane, if we were to build on those fields you could drive the length of the A6 from Manchester and not see a field until Cheshire East, I do admit to a bit of nimbyism here but it's true.
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Post by scfc73 on Jul 16, 2024 18:17:08 GMT
That's definitely not grey belt in High Lane, if we were to build on those fields you could drive the length of the A6 from Manchester and not see a field until Cheshire East, I do admit to a bit of nimbyism here but it's true. I thought the original plan was for 400-500 houses? which would put enough of a strain on the current infrastructure but 4-5000 as mentioned in the article would be catastrophic! That section of the A6 grinds to a standstill at certain points of the day & would also have a knock on effect on other already overcrowded roads, anyone who lives in Marple for e.g. knows about the dreaded 'Marple crawl'. I live Offerton but used to work in Poynton, depending on which shift I was on sometimes it could take me an hour to do a 4 mile journey either there or back. I now work in Marple & have got rid of my car & use the bus, it works well for me as I'm going in as everything is coming out & vice versa on the way home but I pity people who have no other option than to sit in that traffic day in day out, not a localised problem I know, nationally there's too many cars, not enough road or reliable, efficient, cheap, public transport links. People say build the houses & the infrastructure & facilities will follow but that's not the case at all. When they pulled the old Dialstone rd. School down near me the original plans stated there was going to be a new medical centre built as part of the new housing development, surprise surprise the new estate got built, no medical centre. Stepping hill is at breaking point already, adding another 4-5000 homes isn't going to ease that situation, & when was the last time the borough had a new secondary school built or even a significant capacity extension to an existing school? It's catch 22, more houses are needed to ease the shortage, & it creates jobs, & more people in an area will be spending in shops, cafe's, pubs etc, but that usually come at the expense of losing green space (or grey in this article, but the area they're talking about looks pretty green to me!) & extra strain on roads, schools, & medical facilities. Building new stuff is great if it comes with joined up thinking associated with all the problems of population increase.
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Post by orkneyhatter on Jul 16, 2024 21:41:50 GMT
That's definitely not grey belt in High Lane, if we were to build on those fields you could drive the length of the A6 from Manchester and not see a field until Cheshire East, I do admit to a bit of nimbyism here but it's true. I thought the original plan was for 400-500 houses? which would put enough of a strain on the current infrastructure but 4-5000 as mentioned in the article would be catastrophic! That section of the A6 grinds to a standstill at certain points of the day & would also have a knock on effect on other already overcrowded roads, anyone who lives in Marple for e.g. knows about the dreaded 'Marple crawl'. I live Offerton but used to work in Poynton, depending on which shift I was on sometimes it could take me an hour to do a 4 mile journey either there or back. I now work in Marple & have got rid of my car & use the bus, it works well for me as I'm going in as everything is coming out & vice versa on the way home but I pity people who have no other option than to sit in that traffic day in day out, not a localised problem I know, nationally there's too many cars, not enough road or reliable, efficient, cheap, public transport links. People say build the houses & the infrastructure & facilities will follow but that's not the case at all. When they pulled the old Dialstone rd. School down near me the original plans stated there was going to be a new medical centre built as part of the new housing development, surprise surprise the new estate got built, no medical centre. Stepping hill is at breaking point already, adding another 4-5000 homes isn't going to ease that situation, & when was the last time the borough had a new secondary school built or even a significant capacity extension to an existing school? It's catch 22, more houses are needed to ease the shortage, & it creates jobs, & more people in an area will be spending in shops, cafe's, pubs etc, but that usually come at the expense of losing green space (or grey in this article, but the area they're talking about looks pretty green to me!) & extra strain on roads, schools, & medical facilities. Building new stuff is great if it comes with joined up thinking associated with all the problems of population increase. I used to live on Dialstone Lane. When they were building on/converting Battersbys I spoke to one of the areas councillors about the increase on traffic which might occur, as in rush hour it was always bad, even before adding another 100 cars to it from the new homes. He said the 3 councillors for the ward had all objected to the development on that and lack of infrastructure, waiting times for appointments at Offerton Health Centre just down the road, lack of school places but it was pushed through because the houses were needed. Unfortunately there's such a demand for housing that infrastructure seems to get ignored or the houses are built and then the money runs out so the planned doctors surgery, shops etc never materialise. One reason I moved away was Stockport just got too busy and I could see it getting worse.
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