Talking Shop

How often do you use small independent shops near your home?

  • Daily, I do the majority of my shopping there.

    Votes: 3 15.8%

  • Daily, for one or two items

    Votes: 10 52.6%

  • Weekly, for my main shop

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Weekly, for one or two items

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • Monthly

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Less Frequently

    Votes: 3 15.8%

  • Never

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • Total voters
    19
  • Poll closed .
lol I'll take a look if I'm up that way working, or if I go to a meet I'll have to come up during the day.
 
Well, it looks like I'm going to have good weather to start the project tomorrow. I was dreading having to walk up and down Union Rd in the rain.
 
Well, I had a fantastic day on Thursday, despite being called a flasher. We took some brilliant pictures and everyone was so friendly and generous - if we'd have taken everyone up on the free food that they offered we'd have needed wheeling home.

Out of about 35 shops we only had two people who declined and both for very different reasons.

We're going back some time later in the week to talk to a few people we missed.

The drama part of it is going to be performed on 2nd September at 2pm. More details to follow soon.
 
Well, I just had a thought about that and I wonder if we'll need some sort of performance licence from the council to do it at Jubilee Gardens. I'm going to look into it. I'd hate to have to cancel it or move it at the last minute.
 
Jubilee Gardens is an odd place, it is not HBC land but privately owned. HBC appear to keep it tidy as the owner does not. I am not sure who does own it.
 
I'm going to talk to the Co-op and I've already sent a quick email to the Area Council bods.
 
You'll see I've added a poll to this thread to try and guage how often people use their small independent stores.
 
No, I'm not counting the Co-op as a small independent shop. When I said I was going in to talk to them it was to ask if I could put the exhibition truck on their carpark and whether Jubilee Gardens belonged to them to do the drama thing there.

It's council land though and I've spoken to the person who can give me the permission.
 
Neil said:
I said weekly for a few items but I almost use the Co-Op daily.
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Could you get me a pint of milk then?

I'll leave the money on the sideboard.

Thank you.
 
Just had some of the pictures back from the photographer - they are fab! Really looking forward to the exhibition now.
 
1st to 7th September at Oswaldtwistle Mills then on the 8th September it will be transferred into the Architruck and moved to the top end of Ossy. I'm just trying to find somewhere to park it at the moment - hoping for Co-op's car park.
 
how often do I use small independant shops? we haven't got a lot of non small independant shops to use. somerfield, co-op, Aldi-tsssk, and martins, thats about it.

Does the londis garage shop count as a local independant though?
 
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The shops that could be classed as local to me are too far away from me to walk without experiencing extreme discomfort – OK pain then – and too near to justify driving to them. So I tend to use just Asda and Iceland. Of course the cost comes into the equation too.

But if Asda carries on discontinuing branded products in favour of their own *!!* brand then I will be forced to stop using Asda.

Yesterday I wanted some spaghetti but they only had their own brand. No more Buttoni or the other brands.

Asda is getting too greedy!
 
Can I bring everyone's attention to the first post in this thread about the competition. We've only had one entry so I'm going to extend it a little and allow any shops into the competition.

So, all you need to do is post a shop related photo.
 
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