Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
#1
With more shops closing by the day .
There must be something that can be done to stop it .
The only way I can think of is to make the towns high st smaller I know I and many others have said this before ,but when you start to get four or more shops close in a line then action is needed or we will end up with no town centre it will be great along the front but it will end there when M@S close its doors and moves to the new shopping park on the front it will mark the start of the end, small shops feed off the bigger ones and if there are no big ones then the public will not use the high st.
It might be time to open the whole of the high st to cars again and do away with the walking part of it, the walking part is in need of a lot of repairs it is getting unsafe for us old older ones to walk along it has holes and dips away in a lot of places.
If it is open up again so cars can park along it just like it was in the 1950s1960s that might just safe the day.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
#2
I referred to that under the Market Square discussion.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#3
High Streets are struggling everywhere with the growth of internet shopping and out of town retail parks. I doubt whether any shops will open on the sea front but with the advent of DTIZ the town centre will need to be smaller with shops concentrated together leaving others turned into housing. Town planners love their brand new complexes but don't take into account what happens to the rest of the town. Guildhall Street in Folkestone is almost derelict except for a few stalls ans some of the older Canterbury Streets are dying.
Bob Whysman
- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
- Posts: 1,948
#4
A sad fact of life Vic, as Howard pointed out we are all using the internet a lot more for shopping and many retailers are encouraging it's use too as they save on overheads.
Most of the main multiples offer click and collect and some deliberately make items not available in store to get you to buy online.
Banks have been plugging online banking for ages and now branches are closing down in droves too.
Ordering prescriptions, making appointments and Doctors consultations online are also being gradually introduced. Imagine what might be offered in the future; perhaps step by step instructions for DIY operations at home!
Do nothing and nothing happens.