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Saving Burnley Town Centre
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:33 am
by Mala591
The post-apocalyptic feel of our town centre is both sad and disturbing. The beginning of June as a reopen target might be too late for many small businesses. There doesn't appear to have been any local spikes of infection from our ever open supermarkets, so why are our town centre shops still closed?
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:41 am
by ClaretAndJew
Why do you think they are still closed?
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:42 am
by SammyBoy
Burnley's had a post-apocalyptic feel about it for years
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:42 am
by ClaretTony
Mala591 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 11:33 am
why are our town centre shops still closed?
Have you been in a coma for the past two months?
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:44 am
by Steve1956
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 11:42 am
Have you been in a coma for the past two months?
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 12:02 pm
by Volvoclaret
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 11:42 am
Have you been in a coma for the past two months?
No, a Korma, he's Indian.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 12:06 pm
by Burnley1989
The only places I’ve visited in Burnley town centre for probably 5-10 years are the pubs, coffee shops and Next.
Are there actually any other shops these days apart from book makers & pound shops
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 12:32 pm
by kentonclaret
Social distancing could well be the death knell for many High Street bookmakers already feeling the impact of new legislation limiting the size of bets on FOBT's. While the vast majority may be happy to join a 2 metres queue to enter the supermarket there are many that will be unwilling to queue to enter a High Street bookies. Most want to pop in, place a bet, and leave.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 12:59 pm
by TVC15
kentonclaret wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 12:32 pm
Social distancing could well be the death knell for many High Street bookmakers already feeling the impact of new legislation limiting the size of bets on FOBT's. While the vast majority may be happy to join a 2 metres queue to enter the supermarket there are many that will be unwilling to queue to enter a High Street bookies. Most want to pop in, place a bet, and leave.
Every cloud and all that
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 1:04 pm
by Enty1974
Burnley asda is definately an avoid area
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 1:05 pm
by mikeS
Oddies open again now. Haffners pie factory open on Marlboro Street but no pork pies or steak n kidney yeSterday. Meat and potato, chicken and mushroom and chicken curry available.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 1:09 pm
by tiger76
Burnley Poundland reopening tomorrow with new safety measures in place.
Poundland to reopen in Burnley with these new safety measures
Marshals will be stationed at the door to limit the number of customers while floor markers will help customers maintain social distancing.
Britain's leading discount retailer will return to Burnley tomorrow (May 20).
Poundland will bring another batch of stores out of hibernation as it steadily reopens those that were temporarily closed.
Some 15 stores, including the the Charter Walk Shopping Centre store in Burnley, will be back open after 34 stores welcomed customers through their doors on Monday (May 18) for the first time in weeks.
Poundland has kept most of its stores open for essential shopping, but in March it placed one-in-nine stores in hibernation, largely where it had another store close by or was in a shopping centre that had difficulty remaining open.
Poundland retail director Austin Cooke said: “We’ve been encouraged by the response from customers hearing about our stores coming out of hibernation this week.
"Our colleagues are glad to be back at work in their stores and we know customers are reassured by the protection measures we’ve put in place so their local Poundland can open again.
“We’re moving to reopen all hibernating Poundland stores steadily and carefully, making health and safety for customers and colleagues our top priority, just as we have in all the stores that continued to remain open throughout the last few weeks.”
'Operation Sleeping Beauty' was launched this week to reawaken stores that were temporarily closed.
The latest batch of stores stretches from the South West of England to the North East and includes stores in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Subject to agreeing final details with a handful of shopping centre landlords, Poundland intends to reopen the final batch of hibernating stores as early as next week.
Robust health and safety measures will operate as they do in all Poundland stores that have remained open. Measures customers can expect to see include:
Marshals at the door to limit the number of customers in store at any one time
Floor markers to help customers maintain social distancing
Perspex screens at manned checkouts to protect colleagues and customers
The closure of every other self-checkout to make appropriate social distancing easier
Rigorous hygiene routines that include colleagues washing their hands every 20 minutes and key surfaces being wiped down every hour
In normal times, Poundland attracts seven million shoppers a week to its stores across the UK.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 1:44 pm
by ClaretTony
mikeS wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 1:05 pm
Oddies open again now.
The two town centre Oddie's both remain closed though
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 1:50 pm
by Tribesmen
Look don't travel that much at all within England but is there anywhere that has more £ shops than Burnley town centre ?
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 1:53 pm
by TheFamilyCat
Tribesmen wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 1:50 pm
Look don't travel that much at all within England but is there anywhere that has more £ shops than Burnley town centre ?
Wakefield
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 2:08 pm
by Pimlico_Claret
Queuing to get into Poundland, welcome to the future!
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 2:55 pm
by ChrisG
Tribesmen wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 1:50 pm
Look don't travel that much at all within England but is there anywhere that has more £ shops than Burnley town centre ?
Common sight everywhere tbh. Even "best town centre in England" as per all the news reports, Altrincham, has several alongside the fancy food places.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 2:58 pm
by rob63
tiger76 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 1:09 pm
Burnley Poundland reopening tomorrow with new safety measures in place.
Poundland to reopen in Burnley with these new safety measures
Marshals will be stationed at the door to limit the number of customers while floor markers will help customers maintain social distancing.
Britain's leading discount retailer will return to Burnley tomorrow (May 20).
Poundland will bring another batch of stores out of hibernation as it steadily reopens those that were temporarily closed.
Some 15 stores, including the the Charter Walk Shopping Centre store in Burnley, will be back open after 34 stores welcomed customers through their doors on Monday (May 18) for the first time in weeks.
Poundland has kept most of its stores open for essential shopping, but in March it placed one-in-nine stores in hibernation, largely where it had another store close by or was in a shopping centre that had difficulty remaining open.
Poundland retail director Austin Cooke said: “We’ve been encouraged by the response from customers hearing about our stores coming out of hibernation this week.
"Our colleagues are glad to be back at work in their stores and we know customers are reassured by the protection measures we’ve put in place so their local Poundland can open again.
“We’re moving to reopen all hibernating Poundland stores steadily and carefully, making health and safety for customers and colleagues our top priority, just as we have in all the stores that continued to remain open throughout the last few weeks.”
'Operation Sleeping Beauty' was launched this week to reawaken stores that were temporarily closed.
The latest batch of stores stretches from the South West of England to the North East and includes stores in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Subject to agreeing final details with a handful of shopping centre landlords, Poundland intends to reopen the final batch of hibernating stores as early as next week.
Robust health and safety measures will operate as they do in all Poundland stores that have remained open. Measures customers can expect to see include:
Marshals at the door to limit the number of customers in store at any one time
Floor markers to help customers maintain social distancing
Perspex screens at manned checkouts to protect colleagues and customers
The closure of every other self-checkout to make appropriate social distancing easier
Rigorous hygiene routines that include colleagues washing their hands every 20 minutes and key surfaces being wiped down every hour
In normal times, Poundland attracts seven million shoppers a week to its stores across the UK.
When did they close? I was in the town centre one a few weeks ago & they had markings by the till & a guard on the door then. Seen people going in the one up by Asda too.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:10 pm
by Devils_Advocate
Tribesmen wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 1:50 pm
Look don't travel that much at all within England but is there anywhere that has more £ shops than Burnley town centre ?
Not been in Burnley centre for a bit but if they've got more than Bradford Id be surprised
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:18 pm
by LeadBelly
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:25 pm
by Devils_Advocate
How come the Sunday Sport didn't run the story too?
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:31 pm
by Bosscat
Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 3:25 pm
How come the Sunday Sport didn't run the story too?
They did but the poundland branch was on Mars next to the WW11 Bomber and Elvis`s Car
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:37 pm
by LeadBelly
Bosscat wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 3:31 pm
They did but the poundland branch was on Mars next to the WW11 Bomber and Elvis`s Car
I hope Elvis didnt transfer any droppings on his shoes to my local chippy when he came to work there.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:52 pm
by Billy Balfour
Staff at a Poundland shop resealed packets of biscuits with Sellotape after they were gnawed by mice and put them back on sale.
Yuck.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:55 pm
by Steve1956
Billy Balfour wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 3:52 pm
Staff at a Poundland shop resealed packets of biscuits with Sellotape after they were gnawed by mice and put them back on sale.
Yuck.
Nothing new that really,i used to work at a bakery in Rossendale were the first job of the day was arming my self with an hand brush and sweeping the mice droppings off the trays of pies...
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:58 pm
by Bosscat
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 3:55 pm
Nothing new that really,i used to work at a bakery in Rossendale were the first job of the day was arming my self with an hand brush and sweeping the mice droppings off the trays of pies...
Luxury ..... we used to tell the kids the mouse droppings were 100's and 1000's in our bakery .... sweeping them off huh
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 4:00 pm
by Billy Balfour
Steve1956 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 3:55 pm
Nothing new that really,i used to work at a bakery in Rossendale were the first job of the day was arming my self with an hand brush and sweeping the mice droppings off the trays of pies...
The fines need to be much higher for putting public health at risk. Some companies don't give a toss about pest control and they cheap-out on putting safeguards in place that can clampdown as soon as any infestations occurs.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 4:01 pm
by Steve1956
I used to work at a cooked meat factory in Waterfoot the pork came in big plastic boxes ready to be tenderised and cooked the tubs had slugs climbing up the sides were this is food there is vermin
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 4:12 pm
by Steve1956
I used to work at Ross Poultry in Aldershot from live birds to being frozen solid about four hours.....the place was teaming with vermin....its the nature of the beast.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 4:57 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
Went in for first time in two or three months last week. Didn’t look too lively.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 6:06 pm
by Pimlico_Claret
cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 4:57 pm
Went in for first time in two or three months last week. Didn’t look too lively.
It's a disgrace how long the Adelphi has been stood looking like that.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 6:30 pm
by jrgbfc
Pimlico_Claret wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 6:06 pm
It's a disgrace how long the Adelphi has been stood looking like that.
Is the Adelphi the one up near Burnley Central station? Doesn't exactly give the best first impression of the town as the train pulls in.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 6:42 pm
by bfcjg
Burnley was doing well, however let's slag the place off.
https://burnley.co.uk/huge-footfall-inc ... k-opening/
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 6:58 pm
by NewClaret
Government need to very quickly implement measures to stop retailers closing up.
Cancel rates from retailers for 12 months minimum, introduce online transaction tax immediately.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 7:11 pm
by ecc
This government?
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 7:15 pm
by ksrclaret
Last few match days when I've walked through the town centre it seemed to have been through a bit of a face lift which made the place look so much better. There were also some nice little cafes and shops popping up. It'd be a terrible shame if this pandemic set the clock back on that improvement.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 7:33 pm
by benbfc
I work on Charter Walk with the current owners and management team - so much work is going on behind the scenes to get the centre open, safely and as soon as possible. Its going to be a different experience but it will come back and will need the towns residents behind it.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 10:53 pm
by gawthorpe_view
When everything opens up again, the town centre will be one big Petri Dish.
Could be the first time in years we've had a bit of culture in Burnley Town Centre.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:02 pm
by tim_noone
Pimlico_Claret wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:08 pm
Queuing to get into Poundland, welcome to the future!
It did Mark's n Spencer's no harm when everything was a penny.except the Bene.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:14 pm
by tim_noone
Pimlico_Claret wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 6:06 pm
It's a disgrace how long the Adelphi has been stood looking like that.
A great watering hole back in the seventies..along with the coach makers and the reindeer all on one little street. It could be put to good use... and you've got ask yourself why it's been left in such a sad condition.
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 11:28 am
by Volvoclaret
Ah Coachmakers my first pub, only 14 at the time
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 12:09 pm
by Vintage Claret
Talking of pubs from the 70's didn't there used to be one near where Aldi is now off Active Way? Can't remember what it was called though.
Also one across the road, corner of Standish Street (ish). Prince Albert?
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 12:19 pm
by Burnley Ace
tim_noone wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 11:14 pm
A great watering hole back in the seventies..along with the coach makers and the reindeer all on one little street. It could be put to good use... and you've got ask yourself why it's been left in such a sad condition.
You have to ask the owners! Possibly some sort of planning issues as in they may want to knock it down but can’t do they are waiting for it to fall down?
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 12:30 pm
by colner
I wonder where this current situation leaves Burnley town centre's prospective developement on Curzon St?
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 6:50 pm
by claretfern
Vintage Claret wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 12:09 pm
Talking of pubs from the 70's didn't there used to be one near where Aldi is now off Active Way? Can't remember what it was called though
Queen's Head ?
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 7:21 pm
by JohnMac
Pimlico_Claret wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:08 pm
Queuing to get into Poundland, welcome to the future!
I would prefer that rather than queue to get into say, Pret a Manger and pay a Kings Ransom for a posh butty full of leaves
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 7:25 pm
by Pimlico_Claret
JohnMac wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 7:21 pm
I would prefer that rather than queue to get into say, Pret a Manger and pay a Kings Ransom for a posh butty full of leaves
Pret a manger in Burnley, that was a hard drug induced psychedelic dream you had
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 8:52 pm
by Vintage Claret
claretfern wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 6:50 pm
Queen's Head ?
That might be it, had an inkling there was something in the name to do with royalty.
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:13 pm
by bfcjg
tim_noone wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 11:14 pm
A great watering hole back in the seventies..along with the coach makers and the reindeer all on one little street. It could be put to good use... and you've got ask yourself why it's been left in such a sad condition.
Having a few beers in them and jumping onto the special trains, great times.
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:34 pm
by Rileybobs
Sorry to hear this. Did it have any underlying health issues?
