Village.............
Started: 11th Sep 2021 at 11:47
It's not a village anymore, and I can't see how widening School Lane will help. They might want to start with re sequencing the traffic lights before someone gets killed.
Replied: 11th Sep 2021 at 13:15
WN1 we came up Rectory Lane today and the lights changed to green but there were cars still crossing onto the High Street Is this because there is not enough time delay between the lights or cars jumping the red light or both
Replied: 11th Sep 2021 at 14:22
Create off-road cycle routes - extend a public footpath - create 40 parking spaces ?????????
£6.6million ?
I suggest someone keeps a wary eye on that 'funding'!
Replied: 11th Sep 2021 at 15:11
"They might want to start with re sequencing the traffic lights before someone gets killed."
WN1 Standisher, I believe that a girl was killed at those traffic lights.
I knew the girl very well.
Those Standish traffic lights are a nightmare and have been for years; the traffic build-up is sometimes abysmal.
And! What is a solution, build more and more houses!
Replied: 11th Sep 2021 at 15:42
"I believe that a girl was killed at those traffic lights.
I knew the girl very well."
Ian, if you knew the girl very well, you know that she was killed at those traffic lights. If you didn't believe it you wouldn't say it.
As far as the traffic lights are concerned, they are safe if they are used correctly. The problem is the standard of driving.
Replied: 11th Sep 2021 at 16:00
It is simple really .......
If they had built the Northern M6 Link Road, from Wigan to the motorway junction at Standish, then that would have been alright wouldn't it, but they didn't build it did they
Replied: 11th Sep 2021 at 16:17
Tonker, a close friend told me that she was killed at the traffic lights. I wasn't there at the time, but I had no doubt in believing the words spoken to me.
Replied: 11th Sep 2021 at 16:18
It's quite simple really.
If you are in the 'straight ahead' lane, you don't turn right.
If you are in the 'turn right' lane, you don't turn left or go straight ahead.
If the traffic light turns to red, you stop.
Replied: 11th Sep 2021 at 16:36
I've been sat at the lights heading towards Wigan many times and as the lights change to green have seen 2 or 3 cars still coming down School Lane and across the junction. I've no doubt that drivers are running red lights here but lengthening the sequence will keep stationary cars just that whilst the numpties abuse the lights. Alternatively, put cameras on the lights with some of that 6 million.
Replied: 11th Sep 2021 at 18:53
Standish is NOT a village .end off .....GB
Replied: 13th Sep 2021 at 15:42
Is "end off" a new swearword?
Replied: 13th Sep 2021 at 16:43
I wonder how all the 10 bob millionaires, whos lived there for years, feel about Standish now.
Replied: 15th Sep 2021 at 10:11
There are bona fide millionaires living in Standish Basil, I know 2 or 3 myself, so they're not all ' 10 bob millionaires ' as you say. As for Standish, it's a lovely place, where I was born and bred. As for a village, no sorry, wrong description nowadays. Once upon a time. the village feel that it once had with its close knit community was a main reason why people wanted to live there., so property was built. Unfortunately, these developments for people wanting village life have destroyed the ambiance people were looking for if that makes sense. As for Old Standisher's, it's sad to see it now but as they say, that's progress !!
Replied: 16th Sep 2021 at 08:20
Where do you class as your patch Basil ?
Replied: 17th Sep 2021 at 10:11
Pemberton, although one person might beg to differ.
Replied: 20th Sep 2021 at 10:55
Can anyone tell why they will pay double the price to buy a house in Standish ?
Replied: 20th Sep 2021 at 12:54
cos it makes them think that there better than others.
Replied: 20th Sep 2021 at 13:28
TONKER :: "End off "" I do not believe it is a swear word tonker but to clear things up i suppose i should have written end of subject is that ok ??
GB
Replied: 20th Sep 2021 at 14:32
Do you know many Standisher's Basil ? Tommy, if people didn't think the prices being asked was justified for the location, they wouldn't pay it. As the saying goes,' my money will spend anywhere '
Replied: 20th Sep 2021 at 16:42
I know a lot of people from Standish, some of them being family. None of them are 'ten bob millionares' What a stupid, sweeping statement and one that smacks of the green eyed monster. But I except nothing positive from Baaazil.
People want to live there and mores to the point, they can afford to. So get over yourself.
Replied: 20th Sep 2021 at 19:27
My daughters & families both live in Standish.One of them married a Manager of RBS & they've been re located to Edinburgh then Nottingham then Standish because of his position in RBS so no more moves as he's retired. Most of my friends live in Standish & wouldn't live elsewhere,like jathbee says jealousy plays a big part in "some peoples" mind
Replied: 21st Sep 2021 at 06:14
I've known people who have moved up there and then moved away when it started getting congested.
It's a place I wouldn't like to live in.
Replied: 21st Sep 2021 at 08:44
So we don't have to expect you moving up there anytime soon Basil. Where did your friends move to after they baled out ?
Replied: 21st Sep 2021 at 14:48
You don't have much choice, do you Baaazil.
You can't afford to join the 10 Bob millionaire club
Replied: 22nd Sep 2021 at 11:02
Must be awful having lived in a Council House for so long and can't afford to get on the Property Ladder,best thing we did buy our house many years ago
Replied: 22nd Sep 2021 at 11:12
I can't remember where they all went, I know a couple came back over this side to Highfield.
Replied: 22nd Sep 2021 at 11:41
It is just like buying a branded named pair of trainers, in that folk are buying the name, not what the trainer stands for in terms of quality and qualities, people who buy a property in Standish are spending a good portion of the purchase price for the name, the name of Standish, without any regard for the facilities and infrastructure which Standish has to offer.
I hate the phrase "They are concreting over everything" because in most cases it is a stupid remark, when referring to a new road, just go up in a plane and see how much room a motorway takes up, and it is nothing in comparison to the surrounds green areas, but in the case of Standish, when you add up how many houses have been built there in the last 30-40 years, they are indeed concreting over the place, and it is because builders know that if they build houses in Standish, they will get a high price for those houses, because the demand is there for those houses, because they are in Standish, and a builder told me that.
If I was a Standisher now, I would sell me property to some idiot who will pay a silly price for it, and I would go and buy a property somewhere else, and buy a better property, in a place which has better facilities and infrastructure, than what Standish has to offer
Replied: 22nd Sep 2021 at 11:57
well 2 stroke, if I had been daft enough to move up there then I would do the same.
Replied: 22nd Sep 2021 at 11:59
Me name is Tommy
Replied: 22nd Sep 2021 at 12:45
Bet you're glad you kept your money in your pocket eh, Basil
Replied: 22nd Sep 2021 at 17:13
I certainly am WN1
Replied: 23rd Sep 2021 at 10:39
Just think, if you'd have bought one of those 10 bob millionaire houses 30 years ago, you'd have been quid's in now
Replied: 24th Sep 2021 at 16:20
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Last edited by nanajacqui: 24th Sep 2021 at 16:49:36
still glad I didn't end up, up there
Replied: 25th Sep 2021 at 09:52
Each to their own Basil. It wouldn't do if we were all the same and had similar aspirations. Was there a possibility once that you may have ' ended up ' living in Standish ? If so, you had a very close shave
Replied: 25th Sep 2021 at 11:06
Not really, more than happy where I have been, all my life. Close community back in the day.
Replied: 25th Sep 2021 at 11:37
Same up there Basil. I was up there yesterday and only saw a couple I knew. It's a big place now but it still has that vibe to it
Replied: 25th Sep 2021 at 11:46
Buy a house in Standish & buy the tie bars that go with it, Most houses have them,
Replied: 26th Sep 2021 at 16:11
Do they buggery!
Replied: 26th Sep 2021 at 16:21
I've lived in 3 houses in Standish and none of them had tie bars Bentlegs. Where do you get your info from ?
Replied: 26th Sep 2021 at 18:01
Pepper Lane has many properties with tie bars
Replied: 26th Sep 2021 at 19:30
Well that's one street. What about the other 200 odd streets ?
Replied: 26th Sep 2021 at 21:19
Same up there Basil. I was up there yesterday and only saw a couple I knew. It's a big place now but it still has that vibe to it
but not like the old days....eh.
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 09:16
No it isn't like the old days, but then again. where is ?
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 10:27
not many places, ours is the same, new people moving in not many of the old school left.
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 10:34
I remember a few years ago, we went out round Standish on New Years Eve and I remember being struck by how busy the pubs were, and how few people I knew. I could turn out on my own and know that I would run across someone I knew. I'm not sure I could do that these days, that and the fact there aren't as many pubs as there used to be. I've just been informed the new development at the bottom of Rectory Lane/Chorley Road is to be a retail park. What next !!
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 10:43
Most of my orders are from wealthy people in Standish so I'm not complaining how many new houses are built,they all need their gardens to be nice
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 10:48
could be anything next.
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 10:53
"I've just been informed the new development at the bottom of Rectory Lane/Chorley Road is to be a retail park. What next !"
I assume it isn't the development near the bridge on rectory lane.
Do you mean the groundworks near the hotel/ rest home on Chorley road?
Where did you get that from?
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 11:04
Last edited by Don GB : 27th Sep 2021 at 11:10:38
I'm the same mon yet, they need to get the train station opened again to alleviate the traffic problem through Standish. With the increase in properties it may encourage some people to leave the car at home. The Rectory Lane site where it used to be would be perfect but if the new build is a retail park, they couldn't build it there. It would have been ideal.
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 11:08
A friend I was talking to told me. The access seems to be off Chorley Road opposite the Rest Home. If this road was used access wouldn't be a problem. Also Rectory Lane bridge isn't an issue, big traffic already pass under there. Bradley Lane, no chance.
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 11:13
Nanajacqui, I'd sooner be like I am, living in th'Ashton, th'Haydock and t'Spain, owing nowt, than be like them 'wealthy' Staaaarndish people, most of who'll probably die in debt!
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 17:46
Ah Tonker,but you do live in the posh part of Ashton
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 17:52
Tonker
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 17:56
"I'd sooner be like I am, living in th'Ashton, th'Haydock and t'Spain, owing nowt, than be like them 'wealthy' Staaaarndish people, most of who'll probably die in debt! "
Or living in th'Standish, th'France and th'Spain and owe nowt, than that "downmarket" th'Ashton and th'Haydock.
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 20:54
Last edited by Don GB : 27th Sep 2021 at 22:05:21
We have a house in 'downtown' Staaaarndish (not far from Gareth's!) It's got tie bars on it too!
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 22:10
Personally I think tie bars show historical authenticity and character, especially on a row of terraces.
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 22:30
Tonker, fancy buying a long term tenanted rental property in "semi-rural" Standish to add to your portfolio (without tie bars )?
I'll be putting it on the market in a few weeks.
If interested before it gets to market ask admin for my email address.
Replied: 27th Sep 2021 at 22:38
Last edited by Don GB : 27th Sep 2021 at 23:13:49
Ask Basil, he's never lived up there. He may fancy ' a walk on the wild side '
Replied: 28th Sep 2021 at 09:07
Replied: 30th Sep 2021 at 11:55
Brush couldn't afford the 'village life' on his glass collecting wage from the Riverside.
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 14:07
I wouldn't want to try and be someone else, you no like what you are doing.
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 14:11
Pointless you trying anyway you don't have the wherewithal and lack moral fibre.
"you no" See what I mean.
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 14:17
Posted by: basil brush (15799)
I used to glass collect there late 70s, saw some sight's but happy days
Replied: 12th Jan 2011 at 18:34
Can't have been a good wage.
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 19:45
There were some Walsh's in Standish but the business went arse over head as did the marriage.
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 19:49
Will you be going for a 5th Terry?
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 20:40
Terry 5 threads from now on Baz.......so called because he ruined 5 in a single night
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 20:42
so he's back to his normal ways, then.
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 20:43
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 20:45
Who was it who mentioned numpties and thread ruining earlier on?
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 20:45
You be better of pleading insanity Terry.......it would make more sense
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 20:49
Couldn't have been Terry Tiny Tears, or whoever he is, he a nice chap.
Replied: 4th Oct 2021 at 20:50