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Originally Posted by cashman
Shopping habits certainly have changed without doubt, But a vibrant Market will always attract punters, as Accys once did, Thing is from my viewpoint, if yeh got that,then yeh got a far better chance of attracting decent retail stores to town, slong as its attractive to em! That also means "NOT" screwing em wi high rates. Its a nice thought, but gone down to far now to ever happen IMHO.
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Yeah, I also think it's past the point of no return..but..
I'd love to buy a decent pork pie or sausage that wasn't pre packed and full of water and sawdust to bulk it out, without having to travel 30 miles.
I'd love to be able to buy the grandkids the equivalent of a sixpenny toy (plastic man with a parachute, balsa wood gilder, jacks and bobs)
I want a craft shop where I can introduce the grandkids to model planes, ships, train sets, scalextric, subuteo and plasticine.
What I don't want are numerous pound shops selling screwdrivers made out of metal that are softer than screws, padlocks that can be opened with a paper clip and batteries that have less storage charge than a prepacked Tesco lemon.
As I see it, markets need to cater for all ages, tripe and pork pies for us old gits, clothing for the early teens, toys for the kids and trending stuff for the late teens (currently informed that the selling market is in 70's,80's vintage stuff).....of which Accrington has.....Nada!
P.S. if 70's and 80's are considered vintage does that make me dinosaurian?
