Deal - chipboard fetishists on the march?
- 13 August 2008 15:354863A new topic, people...
Is lovely Deal (where I am generally very happy to live) about to fall victim to Dover-style chipboard fetishists...ie: the onset of lots of boarded-up shops in the High Street, a la Dubris Hubris?
I hear very worryingly that an absolute raft of major stores (including two or three serious High Street anchors) - and smaller shops too - are all set to close in the coming weeks as the chill, credit crunchy wind of Grim Gord McBroon's basket case economic mismanagement sweeps locust-like across our region.
Any news? Any answers? If not, I fear Deal will tumble swiftly into charity shop meltdown like its near, ailing neighbour that we struggle so hard to love.
(And before I get a forum brickbat or two from the pointlessly-optimistic out there accusing me of being a doom-monger, I'd just like to say that, frankly, I'm not, and I hope I'm wrong about all this).
Last one to leave Blighty please turn out the lights - there's a good chap... - 13 August 2008 16:514864Its obviously a good time to be in the timber industry.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 13 August 2008 19:234875It's not chipboard it's OSB.
- 13 August 2008 19:434882What's OSB
for us plebs who for years thought that B&Q only sold charcoal and firelighter fluid for summer al fresco eating.. 
Thank God for ''Look no Nails''Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 14 August 2008 10:254895I stand corrected. Obviously my inquiry was all about the grain of the wood involved in boarding up businesses. Glad I've been put right on the matter!
Regards all,
Andy - 15 August 2008 12:394979It would be a shame if Deal went the same way as Dover, but there is not much anyone can do to stop businesses closing if that is their wish.