Town Centre Changes

BERNADETTE said:
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That's not really surprising Bernie really I've got Sky on demand and there are thousands of films for free, nobody has any need tramp down town to rent films anymore, they can do it without moving out of their homes
 
westendlass said:
Very rarely use the outside market (apart from getting the dog a bone ) . It's a pickpockets paradise, everyone pushed together in a small space. I tend to walk around it to get where I want to go. Always seems full of junk and empty stalls.
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the full of junk bit is spot on for a Monday and Wednesday.... which is why I personally feel they should scrap it full stop.... however it is quite safe on the market there are shed loads of first class CCTV and they really are good: but I do know what you mean...
 
jaysay said:
That's not really surprising Bernie really I've got Sky on demand and there are thousands of films for free, nobody has any need tramp down town to rent films anymore, they can do it without moving out of their homes
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Got to agree with that, who wants to spend a couple of quid hiring a DVD which you have to pick up, then return, when you can get it for part of the price.

Without moving from your screen or your choccy bars?
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My son used to work there on and off for a few years. Sign of the times as people seem to download films these days. Same with the shops that are disappearing, more people are buying online. Touch of a button and you can compare prices and get a better deal.!
 
magpie said:
what they need to do is scrap the Monday and Wednesday market and Sunday and go back to the market days //// tues fri and sat: and maybe ( just maybe keep the Thursday one)
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magpie said:
the full of junk bit is spot on for a Monday and Wednesday.... .
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Mondays & Wednesdays are an embarrasment. If they insist on carrying on with them maybe they should introduce benefit checks, and while I'm at it stop convicted criminals trading on council markets
 
westendlass said:
Very rarely use the outside market (apart from getting the dog a bone ) . It's a pickpockets paradise, everyone pushed together in a small space. I tend to walk around it to get where I want to go. Always seems full of junk and empty stalls.
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Well, on proper market days there aren't enough people to make a crowd...you could hold a dance in the aisles.
 
When I was little in the early seventies I remember Broadway buzzing with people. The. Pelican crossing beep beeping as loads of people crossed the road, the market was heaving and my dad driving round and round the big car park to find a spot (where the Arndale is now ) look at the state of Accy now!
 
jaysay said:
That's not really surprising Bernie really I've got Sky on demand and there are thousands of films for free, nobody has any need tramp down town to rent films anymore, they can do it without moving out of their homes
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Yep but it means one more empty eyesore for the town:o When are the powers that be going to get their act together?
 
westendlass said:
When I was little in the early seventies I remember Broadway buzzing with people. The. Pelican crossing beep beeping as loads of people crossed the road, the market was heaving and my dad driving round and round the big car park to find a spot (where the Arndale is now ) look at the state of Accy now!
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Have a walk around Peel St tomorrow afternoon around 2-00, yeh will probably have it to yerself.;) Sat used to be the main day, when i worked on Market early 60s.:eek:
 
cashman said:
Have a walk around Peel St tomorrow afternoon around 2-00, yeh will probably have it to yerself.;) Sat used to be the main day, when i worked on Market early 60s.:eek:
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Problem is, walk around most other town centres at 2pm tomorrow and they'll be busy, despite the recession and the rise of on-line shopping. That's the worrying thing.

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In town early this morning, i noticed some guys taking all the fitments outa the "Currency Converter" Shop across from the O2 shop in town, looks like "Another One Bites The Dust"?:eek:
 
Is Currency Converter a type of pawn shop?

It's a sign that times are ultra bad when pawn shops close.
I suppose that they took plenty of goods in, but no-one had the money to buy them back.
 
Bernies nailed it, i have used it very occasionally. it was usually better rate than travel agents n post office when i have checked.
 
BERNADETTE said:
Yep but it means one more empty eyesore for the town:o When are the powers that be going to get their act together?
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Businesses like that have a very short shelf life Bernie, not sure what the powers that can do about it now, the time to take action was the late 80s early nineties not waiting till the town centre is like a ghost town and is filled with dropouts wandering round driving the shoppers away
 
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