Councillor demands improvements to Darwen Library (From This Is Lancashire)

Darwen Library is fantastic .

The staff are so helpful - and know their stock .

Now - since I have a great interest in books - we (wife and I) - went to Wigtown in Southern Scoland quite recently . (Google it !) .

For a week - Isle of Whithorn - self catering .

Oh my word - did we enjoy ourselves !
We browsed for hours .

And the next day .

Spent a load of money .

The bookshops , and the stunningly good food in local cafes , and let's not forget the camra recommended beer !

An oasis of food - books - ooh - I missed out the toy shops .

Sadly it will never happen here .
It could and should .

Why not ?

1 - Go to Wigtown - number of takeaways ? Nil .
2 - Go to Wigtown - number of
bookies ? Nil .
3 - Go to Wigtown - number of pound shops ? - you guessed correctly .
4 - Charity shops ? - One -full of really nice stuff .

More ?

Architecture - fabulous , but Darwen is just as good .
Scenery - fantastic , but Darwen is just as good .

Parking ? ahh - easy as pie in Wigtown .

Oh - we never heard one foul word in Wigtown . Never saw any louts . Never worried about walking anywhere . Bus service superb - 100% reliable , and the drivers were happy , polite and helpful .

Mind you , Wigtown does not have a nearby Blackburn - sucking the life out of it .

To follow on from the above -

happycyclist - I would like your opinion on the following .

One of my kiddywinks (28 years old , and an expert cyclist - he has cycled across two European countries ) and three of his mates cycled to here from Leeds last week .

Took them eight and a half hours !.
They got stuck in horrendous rainfall , floods , stopped off to admire the countryside .

They got here , bedraggled , soaking , hungry . One of them had had a puncture . One had burnt his brakes out .

Happyc - you want to see their bikes !
You would drool ! - These are very expensive machines .

The point (at last) .

We fed and watered them - each one went for a shower (thank goodness - out of politness they removed their foowea on entering our house - yikes -they stank !!) .

Then they "walked" with their bikes down Kay Street to carry on to Manchester by train . They had had enough .

That is the first time they met aggression . Coupla morons started shouting .

Four fit lads , well they weren't frightened .

Certainly put them off ever coming back to Darwen though .

But there are people who live in Darwen that support the Rovers. So surely something has to give?

So are they going ahead with replacing Blackburn library's facade with the old stone one?

Perhaps some of the local uPVC widow companys would donate a window each!

1:08pm Sun 2 Sep 12
A Darener says...

Perhaps some of the local uPVC window companys would donate a window each!

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fireonthemountain wrote:
To follow on from the above - happycyclist - I would like your opinion on the following . One of my kiddywinks (28 years old , and an expert cyclist - he has cycled across two European countries ) and three of his mates cycled to here from Leeds last week . Took them eight and a half hours !. They got stuck in horrendous rainfall , floods , stopped off to admire the countryside . They got here , bedraggled , soaking , hungry . One of them had had a puncture . One had burnt his brakes out . Happyc - you want to see their bikes ! You would drool ! - These are very expensive machines . The point (at last) . We fed and watered them - each one went for a shower (thank goodness - out of politness they removed their foowea on entering our house - yikes -they stank !!) . Then they "walked" with their bikes down Kay Street to carry on to Manchester by train . They had had enough . That is the first time they met aggression . Coupla morons started shouting . Four fit lads , well they weren't frightened . Certainly put them off ever coming back to Darwen though .

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Message to Stuart Farquar -

Thank you for your comment .

I frequently get "told off" for rabbiting on !

You may be interested to know that a coupla days later - there was a knock on the door .

It was Intaflora with a HUGE bunch of flowers .

Except - we have never seen of heard of anything like this - it was a bunch of flowers in a glass , repeat glass , vase , yep . including water .

Obviously it was from the lads .

It was accompanied by a "thank you" letter , which was so nice , it actually made my wife cry . (With happiness I hasten to say ) .

Incidentally - talking about the lads ,

- One is a paramedic .
- One is a teacher .
- One works in the nuclear industry .
- One works "hands on" to monitor climate control for the government .

They are so interesting to talk to .

But every single one of them is dedicated to making life better .

For all of us .

fireonthemountain, I know only too well the sort of morons that your new cycling friends encountered; most cyclists will. They're lowlife cowards. Never shout anything when they're on their own but like to play the tough guys when there's a pack of them.
I've been known to lift my bike up and smash my front wheel in a scrote's face before now when I've been in a really bad mood. I'd only do that with a hack bike though!

The point you make about your friends being professional people is a point that I often make when discussing people's abuse and contempt for cyclists. I know a doctor who cycles, a dentist who cycles, a number of teachers... why do people think that everyone who rides a bike is a nobody there to be abused?
If it were up to me the population of this country would only be half what it is now, because I'd have all the yobs and scrotes and chavs SHOT!

happycyclist -

Hear Hear !!

I agree with you 100% .

I remember a mate of mine saying that the best way to rid Darwen of the vermin would be to close down "Greggs" - as then they would all starve to death .

I'm not sure if he was joking or not .

There is also a long and involved joke about the a chav who saw an advert on TV about the necessity of having his 5 a day fruit and veg .

He reasoned that apples are fruit .
Cider is made from apples .

The potato is a vegetable .
Chips are made from........

So if he stuffs himself with cider and chips he will be healthy .

Again , unsure if a joke or the sad truth of the scrote mentality .