Not My View of Burnley
Burnley gets a pasting from The Times today. Here’s a flavour.
Burnley has been called “Poundland” land by a councillor because it has so many discount and £1 stores.
The Lancashire town has had its fair share of hard economic times since the Industrial Revolution.
Only last month it was highlighted in a survey as having the lowest property prices in Britain. Four of the top five streets with the lowest house prices in England and Wales are in the town.
Perhaps after my last three years, I tend to see everything half-full rather than half-empty.
I won’t deny Burnley has problems, but it has a lot of things going for it, like the football club and Towneley Hall. And I would say that everybody I met last Saturday was friendly and very welcoming. That includes stewards and police too!
It was definitely an enjoyable day out and I shall be going next year, if we’re both in the same division.
The Anonymous Widower 
30 or so years ago when we were househunting and lived in Burnley, you could get reasonable terraced houses for six or seven thousand pounds – in mortgagable condition, not the ones you buy to do up.
We paid £13,000 for our first house, it was considered rather expensive for first time buyers.
you can still get them for Under £20,000 if they need improving, and for £50,000 you can get a nice house in a reasonable area.
Comment by liz | April 9, 2011 |