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Post by scriptman on Jun 10, 2008 21:31:55 GMT 1
What's happening in Barnsley....are they rebuilding it? I used to work in Dodworth...but when I came off the M1 (J37) the other day..I hardly recognised the Barnsley side of Dodworth. And what's with all the cranes in Barnsley town centre..... what are they building?
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Post by animallittle on Jun 11, 2008 10:55:45 GMT 1
They are totaly re-building the town centre Script,we are having a new market,new retail area's office space,we are also set to see a new town centre park complete with lake. Work was completed last year on the new bus station and this now links up with the rail inter-change,made a decent job of it too. The problem at the moment in Barnsley town centre is all the low life's and smack heads who congregate in the town complete with cans of strong lager in their hand at 9 oclock in the morning,selling whatever substance's they can to fund their own habit's no doubt,they are very intimidating and muggings and pickpocketing are rife and it put's alot of people off going into town,i shop in Wakefield now,cleaner,better retail and you dont see anything like the scum bags you get in Barnsley despite the fact that Wakefield and Barnsley house the same kind of people and have had the same economic difficulties.
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Post by scriptman on Jun 12, 2008 9:13:20 GMT 1
It's seems to be happening all at once though doesn't it? Donny have a 15 year plan and we're about half the way through it.
Of the developments in Barnsley, the Gateway Plaza looks as though it's going to be a nice place.
As for the chavs etc..... what's happening in Donny is that the security...especially at the Frenchgate Centre and Interchange are coming down pretty hard on them. It actually makes for a pleasant stroll around.....and I can't abide shopping. You'll find that Barnsley will want to protect itself from putting visitors off from visiting the town centre once the developments are complete......so you will see an extra security presence. The only problem is though, is that the chavs don't disappear, they merely get displaced to other nearby areas. This happens a lot in big cities (Liverpool, Leeds, Nottingham) and popular foreign holiday resorts.
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