Tesco for ossy?

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by cherokee

When i was younger it was a pleasure to walk along union rd to shop at various type of stores that once stood there .

Although i dont live in ossy now when i drive through i dont see the choice that was once available . so correct me if im wrong .

when i lived back there the co op was awful i hated going in .
now I would have thought that a tesco extra/express would have been ideal for that site in ossy, as for the council saying ("There are also concerns about a lack of customer parking, and "inadequate" access for delivery vehicles.)
How can that be the case , if the shop had been built further back on the site parking and access would have been available from the front of the store.
Blimey if the site can house a fire engine and delivery wagons from breweries then im sure tesco wouldnt have had problems.
just my twopenoth

It said in the Telegraph that there were only going to be 9 parking spaces.

[cherokee]

Originally Posted by Lilly

It said in the Telegraph that there were only going to be 9 parking spaces.

It would be thought that more could have been created with the right planning .

[cashman]

well for me a tesco would be Far better than the Co-op its crap, so close that down,replace with a tesco, no differance can make to small business, easy sorted.

[panther]

Originally Posted by cashman

well for me a tesco would be Far better than the Co-op its crap, so close that down,replace with a tesco, no differance can make to small business, easy sorted.

I agree with that one cashman,

Ossy is turning into accy...all the ruddy shops are shutting!
Everytime someone opens a shop in ossy i always know whether it will last or not, and im usually 90% right, maybe its because iv lived in ossy all my life and know what works and what doesnt

Tesco would have been good for ossy

I always keep saying they should have built a shop like tesco where the old petrol station used to be nr ossy mills....but nooooo they go and make it into another bloody carpark!!!

[Lilly]

[quote=panther;546421]I agree with that one cashman,

Ossy is turning into accy...all the ruddy shops are shutting!
Everytime someone opens a shop in ossy i always know whether it will last or not, and im usually 90% right, maybe its because iv lived in ossy all my life/quote]


And you think that this situation of shops shutting would be helped by bringing a Tesco in? I think it would have made things worse.

Believe me because I live near there, all that car parking near Ossy Mills is required.

[cashman]

why if it replaced the Co-op?

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by cashman

why if it replaced the Co-op?

I was interested in Panther's comment about a lot of shops shutting in Ossy, which is true, and I feel that Tesco would have been the final nail for a few more.

It wouldn't make a difference if Tesco replaced the Co-op as it would still mean one supermarket in Ossy but that was never part of the plan.

We would have had both.

[garinda]

I'm in two minds about Tesco's non-arrival in the town.

I hate the delapidated Fire Station, and can't wait for something to be done with the site.

However I simply loathe supermarkets with a vengence.

Every town, in every county of England, looks exactly the same. Full of the same big multi-national stores, and hardly an independent shop left.

I fear Ossy, and many other once thriving small towns, will become like the satellite towns outside of London, and the south-east. No more high streets with a butcher, baker, and candlestick maker. Just estate agents, hairdressers, and off licences, that serve the transient population, who commute to work, and do their shopping once a week by car, at the dreaded supermarket.

I doubt that anything can be done to halt this decline, as people's lifestyles have changed forever.

[lindsay ormerod]

Would imagine a Tesco would have done some damage to your families business too Big G.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

Would imagine a Tesco would have done some damage to your families business too Big G.

I know my brother wasn't too keen on the idea of a Tesco, with an instore bakery, coming to Ossy, but it's far enough away for it probably have not made much diffence, though I presume it would have to the two sandwich shops just yards from the old Fire Station.

[MargaretR]

The uphill walk up Tinker brew would put off some people from buying much there

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Lilly

I was interested in Panther's comment about a lot of shops shutting in Ossy, which is true, and I feel that Tesco would have been the final nail for a few more.

It wouldn't make a difference if Tesco replaced the Co-op as it would still mean one supermarket in Ossy but that was never part of the plan.

We would have had both.

then panther, you n and i are in agreement on that. we know it was never part of the plan, but panther was agreeing with my comment, that if it was,there would not be a problem, hope yer not confused now.