[Margaret Pilkington]

Taddy’s Daughter….we had a vibrant market….we had a town that was busy and that brought in people from outside…..but it was left to deteriorate. It was not looked after…it was not made the most of…the potential was wasted…money was squandered.

They moved a bus station that brought people in to a place away from the market and this further cut off the economic blood supply that the market depended on.

Good quality retailers took flight….and cheap shops took their place….this is what happens in areas of deprivation

The town has had money to invest….but it concentrated on vanity projects.
These have not brought any benefits to the town and they certainly have not brought people into the town.

What are currently projected as plans….are in the same category as the previous ill considered investments..they are pipe dreams…castles in the air. They mean nothing that is relevant to the population of the town.
People spend their money in other towns that have made the most over the years of what they have.
I know I sound like a wet blanket, but we have been down this road before…..and it took us into the wasteland that we are in now.