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Broken Britain.
- Thread starter glen quagmire
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Yes, it was a great market too wasn’t it. Manchester City Council let it go to the dogs, like they have done with everything but let's not go down that road.No way! I used to get my Lee jeans from there back in 1981. You had to go to the bogs to try them on.
Bill Walker
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I think I bought some Lee Riders from there in the 70's.No way! I used to get my Lee jeans from there back in 1981. You had to go to the bogs to try them on.
Imagine that now though, "yes you can take them to the public toilets and if they fit you can bring them back to pay"
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You couldn't do it now. If you dropped your trousers in any public toilets in Manchester drone would be gobbling you like a turkey and demanding his £2.I think I bought some Lee Riders from there in the 70's.
Imagine that now though, "yes you can take them to the public toilets and if they fit you can bring them back to pay"
No way! I used to get my Lee jeans from there back in 1981. You had to go to the bogs to try them on.
Civic market we called it when I was growing up in Benchill. Great it was and cheap as chips. Do you remember the indoor market as well? Great seafood stall in there.
DT King of all Geordies
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Was it Dave's Trouser Stall? I remember getting some Caribou Jeans from there. Never seen them elsewhere. I remember the indoor market but only the egg stall really as would have been very young going with my mum. Once Shopping Giant came along I think my mum just went there.Civic market we called it when I was growing up in Benchill. Great it was and cheap as chips. Do you remember the indoor market as well? Great seafood stall in there.
Which is exactly the point I was making which provoked the usual predictable response from the usual morons such @Mr Kobayashi and @denislawsbackheelThe system is set up wrongly. You have to magnify your issues to score enough points to qualify, which goes against genuinely disabled people, who downplay their issues.
You will always get people that abuse any system implemented, so why not make it easier for the genuinely infirm, rather than making them jump through hoops to survive?
Unfortunately the whole system has become a complete bastardisation of what it was supposed to be, it's now far easier for the piss takers to abuse it as a lifestyle choice whilst those most genuinely in need of support find it the most difficult to access and the least generous if they do.
Was it Dave's Trouser Stall? I remember getting some Caribou Jeans from there. Never seen them elsewhere. I remember the indoor market but only the egg stall really as would have been very young going with my mum. Once Shopping Giant came along I think my mum just went there.
There was a bloke sold fashion on there might have been Dave. Mid thirties, stocky bloke, a character.
People still living in Wythenshawe lament about the market to this day. Shopping giant, now an Asda I believe.
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Which is exactly the point I was making which provoked the usual predictable response from the usual morons such @Mr Kobayashi and @denislawsbackheel
Unfortunately the whole system has become a complete bastardisation of what it was supposed to be, it's now far easier for the piss takers to abuse it as a lifestyle choice whilst those most genuinely in need of support find it the most difficult to access and the least generous if they do.
I posted you a link and you didn't seem to want to read it.
If child benefit stops at two children, how are families of "the great unwashed" incentivised to have children?
Will it bump them up the housing list?
Yes. But when housing lists are massively oversubscribed and families are on those lists for years without gaining a property or spending a long time in temporary accommodation it's not much of an incentive.
You're falling into the trap that was set by Tory politicians who decided they were going to tax bedrooms and make disabled people with degenerative conditions have repeated tests to get their benefits.
I expect this to go completely over your head.
Marklr
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Yeah...and i remember a little sports shop just on the outside of the precinct. I used to buy my Adidas Jogger trainers from there. Ten/Twenty quid I think. Civic was always a bit rough but I liked it. Loved living in Wythenshawe.Civic market we called it when I was growing up in Benchill. Great it was and cheap as chips. Do you remember the indoor market as well? Great seafood stall in there.