[WillowTheWhisp]

That artist's impression looks totally incongruous. If they do expand I too hope they do it in a way which blends with what we already have. However, just building more shop premises isn't going to improve anything if they end up empty. Look at Peel Street and the empty shops there in the "Wilkinson's block". They have changed hands umpteen times since being built and still ended up empty.

I would love there to be a supermarket in the town centre though. I think that would be a great asset for people without transport.

I would like to add a few words of praise for Boots pharmacy. Until recently I had been getting our repeat prescriptions from a particular chemist's because it was handy for me, being located near the bus I catch. Annoyingly nearly every time I go they had run short of something and could only give me some of one or other item and an IOU for the rest. I also seemed to have to wait an eternity, even if I'd left the prescription with them and called back later. An added complication is that our doctor will not issue a new prescription until you are almost out of the supply you have so it's a fine balancing act to ensure you don't run out. This last time I went to collect the stuff the pharmacy told me that they didn't have ANY of one tablet and it would be a couple of days before they got any in. That would have meant actually missing taking a repeat medication as we had completely run out by then. Just an unfortunate combination of doctors, chemists and my ability to get into town. They gave me the prescription back and suggested I try somewhere else so I went to Boots. Not only did they have the items in stock, the pharmacist assured me that they would always have them in stock and suggested that I left the re-order counterfoil with them and they would get the repeat prescriptions from the doctor and have them ready for me to collect every 4 weeks. I had made an attempt to do the re-order palaver through the previous chemist but it was only a half job because it still meant me taking the re-order into the doctors myself, on top of getting other forms filled in by each member of the family who needed repeats, and having to list what the current medication actually was (which is impossible as it can change month to month with some items only being required every other month) Boots made it so simple - all I do when I collect the next lot is tick the boxes for the following month's requirement. Couldn't be simpler.