Signatures #1400 through #1500 for the Keep Afflecks Palace open petition
Tommo The Great said 02/25/07, 10:16 pm (verified)
This is crazy shiz yeah, you close down Afflecks you close down like 3/4's of the teenage community in Manchester and sooner or later some absolute jocky who wanted to change this place into flats will start complaining about too many kids in Manchester, well then if we had Afflecks we wouldn't be on the streets drinking alcohol and getting off our faces through boredom cos we'd have a place to go. If it's not one it's the other so choose wisely. Also there is gonna be a protest. Trust me, I'm like a mental doctor...
#1500

Jennifer said 02/25/07, 10:15 pm (verified)
How can you close afflecks???? So many people travel into mancs primarily to go to afflecks and It provides so many people with work.Most importantly - its a truly unique part of the centre of manchester....think about this.
#1499

Saul Good said 02/25/07, 10:10 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1498

leah said 02/25/07, 10:09 pm (verified)
KEEP AFFLECKS!!!! please :)
#1497

Abi said 02/25/07, 10:09 pm (verified)
Afflects is a huge part of manchester culture. Its like knocking down the town hall.. it wouldnt happen! So dont knock it down as it means so much to so many!! x
#1496

matt L said 02/25/07, 10:09 pm (verified)
its proper mosher but keep it ye
#1495

Adrian O'Sullivan said 02/25/07, 10:08 pm (verified)
A crime against mancunity!
#1494

Helen said 02/25/07, 10:08 pm (verified)
seriously you cant close Afflecks...where we meant to go, i mean its amazing and town wouldnt be the same without it...so keep it open!
#1493

olLiE said 02/25/07, 10:08 pm (verified)
KEEP IT OPEN!!! seriously just think wot wud happen!!!!
#1492

elli said 02/25/07, 10:05 pm (verified)
been going going since i was three. not going to stop.
#1491

Christian said 02/25/07, 10:04 pm (verified)
lmao this is crazy, why the fuck would they close afflecks its amazing!!! so many people go and its one of those places you wont find anywhere else... it's part of manchesters culture aswell!!! boo to those who are shutting it down!!! x GO AFFLECKS!!!
#1490

mullet said 02/25/07, 10:00 pm (verified)
there will be uproar if it is closed so like they really want that i mean tink bout it where else we meant to shop??
#1489

Lizz Ashton-Miller said 02/25/07, 9:56 pm (verified)
Keep it open! its the best place, and has so many memories and everyone should hav a chance to experience it!
#1488

raych said 02/25/07, 9:55 pm (verified)
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#1487

Teresa*L* said 02/25/07, 9:52 pm (verified)
My friend works there and I've known this place since I was a kid. Don't get rid of our childhood haunts what else can we show our children.
#1486

Ciara-x said 02/25/07, 9:46 pm (verified)
dnt close cos if u do sarah will cry!! xxx stay open!!
#1485

Laurargh XD said 02/25/07, 9:40 pm (verified)
Afflecks has to stay open because its the most decent place for unique people to go and be themselves with no one judging them. I love it, my friend loves it THEREFORE KEEP IT OPEN. i live in brum and have to come to Manchester once in a while and need to go to afflecks.
#1484

Beki! said 02/25/07, 9:29 pm (verified)
KEEP IT OPEN! c'mon.. even my grandma likes it for gods sake!! xx
#1483

raychul said 02/25/07, 9:29 pm (verified)
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#1482

tahlia said 02/25/07, 9:20 pm (verified)
keep it open its the only place i EVER shop. i dont go anywere else for clothes i dont like shoppin. i love it there PLEASE DONT
#1481

Daffbeans said 02/25/07, 9:17 pm (verified)
Ayeeeeeeeeee i agree with these people
#1480

Haylz said 02/25/07, 9:14 pm (verified)
for aj x x
#1479

SOPHIE wharton said 02/25/07, 9:11 pm (verified)
CANNOT HAPPEN!!! evryone luffs afflecs its the best . . .were exactly are cool people ment to go if it closes? hmm?. .ItS The reasssson people go 2 manchester. . .x x xX
#1478

miranda said 02/25/07, 9:09 pm (verified)
KEEP AFFLECKS OPPEN, or you will get bombed!! afflecks is one of the bestest places you can be yourself, and express yourself through the things they sell! the world need individuality, ad afflcks helps contribute to this SO KEEP IT OPEN!
#1477

ME. said 02/25/07, 9:07 pm (verified)
It would be a huge loss to manchester to shut down afflecks palace. Its the main reason why i go to Mnachester, there is no other place anywhere like it. Its somewhere where all differnt people and all different cultures can go to just to hang out and buy things. There are flats everywhere anyway and aflecks gets so much buisness. Its pathetic.
#1476

Tanya Morris said 02/25/07, 9:07 pm (verified)
Afflex is by far and away the best shop in Manchester. There would be no point to shopping in Manchester if it closed.
#1475

Hannah said 02/25/07, 9:05 pm (verified)
Emilie made me do this
#1474

millie said 02/25/07, 9:03 pm (verified)
keep it open coz i said so
#1473

Amy said 02/25/07, 9:03 pm (verified)
There's no place the same as afflecks, it just can't close!! :(
#1472

Laura said 02/25/07, 9:03 pm (verified)
Afflecks is an amazign starting place for so many small individual businesses. Its one of the only shops anybody can find something they like. SAVE AFFLECKS!!!
#1471

Aiymiee said 02/25/07, 9:03 pm (verified)
i reli aint bothered if it stays or goes..bt ma m8s wnt it open..so i do 2.. lol
#1470

beth said 02/25/07, 9:03 pm (verified)
you can't close afflecks, its total madness even suggesting it, hey where else are us "dirtymoshers" supposed to go? it makes a huge part of manchester you can't get rid of it....
#1469

lizzie harper said 02/25/07, 9:02 pm (verified)
you really cant close this place ! its something to be proud of and im sick of seeing flats everywhere i want to know who is living in them all theres more than enough!
#1468

Emilie said 02/25/07, 9:00 pm (verified)
Dontt closeee!!!.. me luffs afflecks!! its one of the only places that people can truly be who they are!! Xx
#1467

Sophie Bunce said 02/25/07, 8:59 pm (verified)
u cant close afflecks thts just ridiculous :@
#1466

Joe said 02/25/07, 8:59 pm (verified)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOO. Right guys...this is serious....you cannot atchually close Afflex Palace...Afflex is like the focal point of like...a third of the youths social life!!! We like...go there all the time and buy almost everything we OWN!!!.... Pease...to the people who are in charge...maybe you're closing it down because your're not making enough profit or otherwise...but PEASE...we will all continue to buy stuff from the shop!!! =[...Think about what iv said...on behalf of everyone in and around Manchester. xxxxxxxx
#1465

lynette said 02/25/07, 8:59 pm (verified)
this is sacraligious,who the hell do these fat cat developers think they are? Afflecks is as important to the vibe that is manchester as the opera house is to Sydney...leave it alone and let the creativity thrive man.
#1464

Wendal said 02/25/07, 8:57 pm (verified)
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#1463

Seh! said 02/25/07, 8:57 pm (verified)
Afflecks is one of the main reasons for going to Manchester and thers nothing else like it anywhere!!! It should stay!
#1462

danny said 02/25/07, 8:56 pm (verified)
keeeeep it open its the heart of manchester !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!1!!!
#1461

Mark said 02/25/07, 8:56 pm (verified)
Afflecks can't close! Where would all us weirdo's go without it!? =P
#1460

CK said 02/25/07, 8:56 pm (verified)
DO NOT CLOSE THIS PLACE DOWN, the most awesome, amazing, most perfect, holy place on this earth, it would greatly damage the youth culture of manchester!
#1459

Louis Prince said 02/25/07, 8:55 pm (verified)
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#1458

Conor said 02/25/07, 8:53 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1457

Cass. said 02/25/07, 8:52 pm (verified)
like the below say. flex is shit hot :] keep it open for us 'dirty moshers'
#1456

Tomm Corcoran said 02/25/07, 8:52 pm (verified)
Afflecks can NOT close, it's such an awsome place, where would we all go if it was lost? It's just THE place.
#1455

Andy said 02/25/07, 8:50 pm (verified)
OH MY GOD U REMS!! keeps it open, stupid silly people its a well good shoppe!! everyone will hate u otherwise
#1454

Rosie said 02/25/07, 8:48 pm (verified)
Please don't close! I save up months of crappy saturday job wages and travel for 2 hours on the train just to go to this one building! It's amazing!
#1453

Helen said 02/25/07, 8:47 pm (verified)
dont close afflecks-like it says major blow to the clutural heart of manchester-and its so unique-u can go to london,birmigham anywhere-and never find sumwhere like afflecks-its just gt manchester written all over it-its sucha cool place !pleasee dont close it
#1452

Kim said 02/25/07, 8:45 pm (verified)
:O !! keep it open! you get lots of business... so why close?!?!
#1451

Matt said 02/25/07, 8:44 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1450

Dave said 02/25/07, 8:43 pm (verified)
Although i no longer go to Afflex, i used to spend hours on a saturday there, just looking through everything. It would be a huge loss to Manchesters alternative scene if Afflex (like collosium) were to shut. IT might be over pirced in there. but people need to make money because of the increasing rent on stall holders. Also Colin from the studio dances like nobodys buisness. And where else would i get free roach material (Y)
#1449

Josiah Read said 02/25/07, 8:43 pm (verified)
Don't close. They sell designer toys in there, not only that bt its just full of cool things like Lionel Richtea and Condoms. Keep it open.
#1448

mez said 02/25/07, 8:42 pm (verified)
im getting loads of people on thios because i know so many people that go to afflecks, it should stay open its not hurting anyone, and it made me who i am! its one of the few places id class as sane! KEEP IT OPEN!
#1447

Mike said 02/25/07, 8:40 pm (verified)
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#1446

Ru said 02/25/07, 8:36 pm (verified)
WHY!? HOW!? how can you think of closing aflecks. soooo many people go there. its the only place (apart form urbis but thats outside and cold)thats a place for kids like us. Chavs dont go there. Its our heaven. =[. Please dont close it. Think it throught for the kids yh =]
#1445

Lisa Wong said 02/25/07, 8:36 pm (verified)
Afflecks is the main reason I became who I am now. I realised there was more than being a scally and saw the brilliant vibe in afflecks. It's what makes manchester better than the other cities. Besides Manchesters got enough flats thanks!
#1444

zozzle said 02/25/07, 8:35 pm (verified)
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#1443

mez said 02/25/07, 8:33 pm (verified)
AFFLECKS IS THE BEST AND CANT, SHOULDNT CLOSE! it means alot to me and my mate and alot of people so it shouldnt close! manchester need alternative people not flats or offices or whatever they plan on making afflecks! AFFLECKS SHOULD STAY OPEN! its keeping the world different!
#1442

abby said 02/25/07, 8:32 pm (verified)
blaaah dont close thousands of kids a week go ther same of them its all they look forward to dont take that away
#1441

Jennie said 02/25/07, 8:31 pm (verified)
don't close it, my friends travel miles to go to it. its famous
#1440

James Grant said 02/25/07, 8:31 pm (verified)
Dont Close one of the few decent shops left in Manchester.... Please?
#1439

madeleine worthington said 02/25/07, 8:26 pm (verified)
dont do it you numptys
#1438

Amy said 02/25/07, 8:24 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1437

David Williams said 02/25/07, 8:23 pm (verified)
Keep it open, why on earth would you want to close this place down!?!?!?
#1436

Vicky said 02/25/07, 8:21 pm (verified)
how can yu think of closing afflecks? people from all over the country come 2 manchester to go there. afflecks is amaze. and has been open for years! chavs dont go there, its bliss. dont close it. stop being silly&&closing it. it has good business, a good reputation. and how can yu even think about changing it or closing it, when so many people go there, and worsip the place. think properly!
#1435

Victoria Rossiter said 02/25/07, 8:19 pm (verified)
I love this place!
#1434

Ben Stott said 02/25/07, 8:11 pm (verified)
How can you think of changing somewhere people hang out out, shop and have a laugh for boring flats. I have friends from leeds rochdale oldham all over that love Afflecks so don't remove somewhere where people can have fun, stay off the streets and feel safe. KEEP IT OPEN!!!!!
#1433

doddy said 02/25/07, 8:10 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1432

aprile said 02/25/07, 8:10 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1431

sam dearden said 02/25/07, 8:08 pm (verified)
Don't close afflecks...It is one of the only chav free places we can go!!!!
#1430

Oliver Marshall said 02/25/07, 8:05 pm (verified)
Afflecks is a part of Manchester's cultural soul. This closure cannot be allowed to happen!
#1429

Kerri said 02/25/07, 8:00 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1428

Serena said 02/25/07, 7:48 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1427

Rachael Tyler said 02/25/07, 7:48 pm (verified)
#1426

Jake Attwood-Harris said 02/25/07, 7:45 pm (verified)
it has been getting less rock and alternative for years, but theats no reason to close it, maybe it needs some new, less comercial shops and a bit more of an attitude again. but if you close it then i have no real reason to go to manchester anymore
#1425

Matthew Lomas said 02/25/07, 7:41 pm (verified)
I agree with the general sentiment of everyone else here; it's about culture! Lose Afflecks - "ON THE SIXTH DAY GOD CREATED MANchester" et al. - and Manchester will become the ever-increasing carbon-copy of every other city centre. Drab and faceless. No!
#1424

Tom Corrigan said 02/25/07, 7:36 pm (verified)
In Manchester, Afflecks is the one genuinely cool and interesting place to shop. Without it, the Northern Quarter would die a horrible death. Manchester would take a step towards becoming a drab, cultureless city.
#1423

Woolfie said 02/25/07, 7:35 pm (verified)
Keep Afflecks or lose the culture of manchester
#1422

Charlotte Kenwright said 02/25/07, 7:24 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1421

Nell Wimpenny said 02/25/07, 7:17 pm (verified)
The Hacienda now this!It was a huge part of my teens! How many flats do we need! Its also a very important tourist attraction! What exactly does Manchester want to do, totally lose it's identity
#1420

Claire said 02/25/07, 7:03 pm (verified)
Awful decision! Liverpool got rid of Quiggins and it was awful...dont do the same mistake!
#1419

Laura Sprawson said 02/25/07, 6:40 pm (verified)
You cant shut afflecks, it's too cool a place. There are so many cool shops in there all of thrm original and different. it's been part of manchester for like eva. to shut it down would be an absaloute discrace. PLEASE, KEEP IT OPEN!!!
#1418

ian mcdonald said 02/25/07, 6:38 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1417

Dani said 02/25/07, 6:33 pm (verified)
manchester has enough bloody flats!!!
#1416

Sarah Pipping said 02/25/07, 6:24 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1415

Kim said 02/25/07, 6:22 pm (verified)
I know a load of people complaining won't change the fact that its getting harder to afford the place's rent, but Afflecks is surprisingly important to alot of people!
#1414

Trundlepants said 02/25/07, 6:14 pm (verified)
Keep it open :'(
#1413

Kat said 02/25/07, 6:11 pm (verified)
Afflecks is amazing, please dont close it, its one of the only truly original places left in this world of sheep we live in. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!! It's so cool!!! Its what gives Manchester it's edge, makes it beat Birmingham, 2nd city all the way!
#1412

Danny Clark said 02/25/07, 6:07 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1411

Nick Gilbert said 02/25/07, 6:02 pm (verified)
Please don't close Afflecks. This will piss a lot of people off.
#1410

Stephanie Scott said 02/25/07, 5:58 pm (verified)
You cannot close afflecks palace, its part of manchesters culture and charm! Who needs yet another lot of posh flats? Can't believe you would close it down, where else shall i shop?
#1409

Kay Bassett said 02/25/07, 5:57 pm (verified)
Keep Afflecks!!!!
#1408

Sara-Jane Winch said 02/25/07, 5:55 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1407

Aidan said 02/25/07, 5:52 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1406

Carly Forbes said 02/25/07, 5:50 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1405

Amy Grace said 02/25/07, 5:50 pm (verified)
!!!!!!!
#1404

Helen said 02/25/07, 5:45 pm (verified)
KEEP IT OPEN!!!!!
#1403

emma gornall said 02/25/07, 5:45 pm (verified)
OMG afflecks is the heart of the manchesters culture its the best place ever! the nobs are trying to commercialise everything..no ones wants to be average n manchster will be without afflecks
#1402

Lawrie Doran said 02/25/07, 5:32 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1401