[walkinman221]

Originally Posted by jedimaster

the potential is there it just needs the powers that be to 1. realise it and 2. pull there fingers out and make it work


there seems to be so much negativity towards this town yet no-one is standing up and doing anything about it. maybe the residents should be standing together and acting rather than moaning. there is no such thing as it can't be done or it won't work only we can't be bothered to make it work.

shops and market stalls will only open and stay open if the people support them and spend their money in them. it's no good doing your weekly shop in tescos and then wondering why we haven't got any local butchers/greengrocers!

I use the market every saturday morning and a couple of days in the week for fruit ,veg,t cakes , cooked meat and butchers and also a bit in m&s.But the fact remains if i want to buy a shirt or a suit for example my choice is limited to burtons and originals and when your bigger than the average bear ie 52" chest originals etc only cater for callow youths .You have also only one"new" bookshop wh smith and then your into charity shops which i may add are superb for books, so i do try to do my bit but the local shops are only going to flourish if they are backed up by quality big names Next , river island etc but they dont want to come here it seems.