Market St Floral Decoration

I used to live in Atherton. Bit of a one-horse town but a lovely place, in parts, to live. It's an old mining area which still retains a sense of community. It used to have it's own Council but of course in 1974 this was taken over by Wigan Metro upon the formation of Greater Manchester. This also was the case with Leigh and Tyldesley.

The residents broadly speaking can't stand Wiganers and used to constantly complain that Wigan Council spent all the Council Tax from Atherton Leigh and Tyldesley on doing up Wigan Town Centre.

However in the last few years Wigan has spent a great deal of money on improvements to Market Street Atherton and Elliott and Castle Steets in Tyldesley by pavement railings and floral decoration. This work, more than anything else, has lifted the image of the two towns both to the residents and to visitors who may be passing through.

I've also noticed that the same kind of thing has been happening to parts of Bolton Town Centre and no doubt many other areas. ( I don't get out much)

It would be wrong to say that there isn't even a single Dandelion in Little Lever because the flower beds opposite the LA Diner and in front of the Council offices are excellent. However these are passed by in seconds and for the rest of Market St there is nothing.

Below are some pictures of the kind of thing I'm talking about taken in Tyldesley & Atherton and my question is why can't Little Lever spend some of the money from the Township Grant on this. Attractiveness-wise you get more Bang for your Buck by doing this than by spending £31,000 on relaying the pavement on the Co-op side of the Street - (One of the currents proposals). See what you think - in fact let me know what you think.








Paul