Cornershops

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maxwell silver

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What would we do without them.Fancy a drink but can't afford the pub,run out of bread/eggs/milk before the weekly shop at Asda,fag supply running low,new washing line in a hurry,lottery,bills to pay but can't be bothered to queue at the bank & whats a £1.50 charge at the ATM if your drawing out a weeks money but don't have to go into town.And its all on your doorstep.Okay it does become a hang out place for the local youth after dark but hey! go during the day.Maybe a bit more expensive but if needs must.......wonderful places,lets have more.Do you agree or do you think they're sometimes just too convenient....i.e drink:rolleyes:
 
Could not do without em....I have 2 shops within 5 mins walk that are 24hrs.. and they both sell alcohol 24hrs :D... but never seen any problems with gangs or kids, thing is "kids" arent interested in getting drunk at 4am .. it's a myth.
 
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no i dont think they are too convinient, i adore my 'cornershop' ALL HAIL CORNERSHOPS:bow8:
 
id be lost without the corner shop.. im always needing something that ive forgot from asda..
 
We need the corner shop up here, especially for those without convienence of a car or like sundays for the emergency milk, bread & for kids to spend their spends:D
 
Goes to show how times change.. years ago (I do mean years) one Sunday night I called into a shop that was near the top of Omerod st and asked for a tin of tomato soup.. the owner said he could not sell it because it was "non perishable" goods and against the law!.. he did sell it to me in the end.. was he taking the **** or was that the law at the time?
 
Yes, I think was the law at the time. I think corner shops are vital but sadly we've lost far too many of them. There used to be some really good ones up here.
 
we will always have corner shops because there is a need for them...I would lost without ours...even if some of his stuff is out of date:eek: or priced more expensive than other shops:mad: ...
 
there was a shop near us who used to sell all sorts - we were real good friends with the guys who owned it but nothing special - last yr he sold up and hte new guys really ran it down - and its only then u think bloody hell they were doin a good job
 
Our corner shop was bought by the Co-op, about 10 years ago, and became a supermarket style Late Shop. It also now has a Post Office on the premises. It's convenient but it's not a patch on what it was before when, as well as selling the usual items, it was also a deli and sold lovely fresh cooked meat and fresh cheeses. You also had the personal service from the owners. If you wanted something that Gerry didn't have in stock he would order it for you, unlike now when you get, "We don't stock it, there's no demand for it".

Long live the good, old-fashioned corner shop.
 
Corner shops also have their uses in the community - if they know someone who goes in there every day for milk or bread etc and they dont see them for a day or two then if they are part of the community they might ask someone if theyd seen such abody because they havent been in for a day or two or go and knock on their door.
 
Corner shops are great, there's 3 near me but must admit, now its only a five minute walk to Tesco I tend to go there, fresher bread etc.
 
I got a Christmas present of the guys in my corner shop, even though they are Muslim.

I'd be lost without them.
 
mani said:
there was a shop near us who used to sell all sorts - we were real good friends with the guys who owned it but nothing special - last yr he sold up and hte new guys really ran it down - and its only then u think bloody hell they were doin a good job
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That sounds like our corner shop - I wonder if you live near us.

shillelagh said:
Corner shops also have their uses in the community - if they know someone who goes in there every day for milk or bread etc and they dont see them for a day or two then if they are part of the community they might ask someone if theyd seen such abody because they havent been in for a day or two or go and knock on their door.
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Our post office is the same. My daughter went in there the other day and as they haven't seen me for a while the chap behind the counter asked her if I was OK.
 
Whilst individual items may be slightly dearer by the time you add up the petrol/time and also the fact that in the supermarkets you tend to pick up stuff you didn't go in for(heh, How many times do you hear I only came in for a loaf and spent £20) Its 'cheaper' to go to the corner shop and buy just what you were short of.
 
entwisi said:
Whilst individual items may be slightly dearer by the time you add up the petrol/time and also the fact that in the supermarkets you tend to pick up stuff you didn't go in for(heh, How many times do you hear I only came in for a loaf and spent £20) Its 'cheaper' to go to the corner shop and buy just what you were short of.
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That is a good point and so true. I use the corner shop/grocer when I need to but sadley I do more often than not hit the local supermarket. There is that friendly personal touch at the local corner shop that you can never match at Asda Tesco Morrisons Sainsbury's etc. Maybe it could be seen as a damning inditement of what we have become ie slaves to big stores.
 
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