Single hen

[Cinnamon]

They are generally big site, the old Woolies spots, so I wondered if anyone else knew what theres was going to be next?

 

We are finally getting a Sainsburys in Henley

[redfrock]

2 Icelands and a Wilkinsons!

Shows you the difference in quality of the area - meant in the nicest possible way!

[Krysia]

Don;t know yet but we are hoping for a primark or TKmax

[Old Speckled Hen]

Ours is supposed to become a discount store......OUCH

Meanwhile it stands forlorn and forsaken with the detritus of a shop with a broken heart strewn all over the floor inside; shelves on their sides,empty boxes,dust and in the middle of it all a few pick 'n' mix sweeties lying on the ground.

So

[Tessa the Duchess]

Ours is supposed to become a discount store......OUCH

Meanwhile it stands forlorn and forsaken with the detritus of a shop with a broken heart strewn all over the floor inside; shelves on their sides,empty boxes,dust and in the middle of it all a few pick 'n' mix sweeties lying on the ground.

So

 

 

Ours is looking very sad too It is fast becoming covered in bill stickers, not a good look

[Mrs Frugal]

There's talk of ours becoming an Iceland but as it's in the middle of a pedestrian zone with no parking nearby, I can't see how that's going to work . We're hoping that our small Wilkinsons will move into the site and expand their stock as we only have half the things for sale that the Peterborough and Oakham branches sell. It's still empty and sad with no sign of anything happening to it at the moment though. Such a shame.

[chickencam]

Ours is still empty with no plans announced yet

 

We already have an Iceland a couple of doors away from the empty Woolies and we already have a large Wilkinsons so it is anyones guess.

[The Dogmother]

Ours was also empty last time I looked, but rumour is that it will be a Te$co Metro

[Tina C]

Iceland on its way here too. Which is funny because we used to have an Iceland - that site is now an M&S food store.

[little chickadee]

I don't know of any plans for ours at the moment. Our town is in the situation that a new shopping centre is just opening up, so there are a lot of Shops to Let in the main town centre anyway. I'm hoping we will not just be full of discount fireworks shops

[abwsco]

Ours has opened already as the discount store B & M's. There's hell on amongst the wealthy OAP's for it lowering the tone of the town as it's now on a big corner plot and not hidden away. Mind you they were the same about Home Bargains when that opened where Iceland used to be and as for their views on the Conservative Club being turned into an Aldi

[Guest]

Billericay is getting an Iceland - which is barking 'cos "Ooops, word censored!"ody wanted it and the town council protested. There are already 2 supermarkets on the high street, Somerfield does little business compared to Waitrose. Apparantly it was the only Woolies in South East Essex to be bought by Iceland.

[Geoid]

One nearby me has already been turned into a Waitrose.

[ubereglu]

Ours is still an empty shell, it's one of the biggest stores in town and it doesn't look like it's going to be taken over in a hurry. There are loads of empty shops down here at the moment.

[Tiggy]

a pound shop, we'll have no nice shops soon it's all charity shops and restaurants/takeaways/chippy

[jlo]

Last time I looked, ours was still contibuting to the general ill health of the town centre

[Karen & co.]

Ours has opened already as the discount store B & M's. There's hell on amongst the wealthy OAP's for it lowering the tone of the town :

 

Same here In fact there are only 4 or 5 shops between B M's and Home Bargain

 

Karen x

[bluekarin]

Last time I looked, ours was still contibuting to the general ill health of the town centre

 

Same here Someone on our local papers letters page suggested they put in an indoor market which I think is a fab idea. I did hear that one in Bournemouth/Poole was taken over by the former manageress and she has called it Well Worth's or something like that.

[carrie]

We too have a B&M, I went in yesterday and was a little surprised as it isn't as cheap and tatty as some B&M's but a mini M&S would have been better.

[ubereglu]

Last time I looked, ours was still contibuting to the general ill health of the town centre

 

Same here Someone on our local papers letters page suggested they put in an indoor market which I think is a fab idea. I did hear that one in Bournemouth/Poole was taken over by the former manageress and she has called it Well Worth's or something like that.

 

Dorchester! It was on the local news.

[hillfamily]

No sign of anything yet

 

It's the biggest retail site on our high street and we already have an iceland, morrisons and 2 tesco express so I expect it will be yet another cheapy shop to go along with all the others

[..lay a little egg for me]

Iceland on its way here too. Which is funny because we used to have an Iceland - that site is now an M&S food store.

 

Iceland here (Malvern) too I believe. Don't know about Worcester.

[craftyhunnypie]

Nantwich is B&M. Bet the Dabbers (Nantwich people) don't like that! Ha ha. They think they are quite posh you see & go round with their wicker shopping barrrrrskets (baskets).

 

Not really sure what we need on the high streets, as every town is the same these days...

Greggs

Claires

Monsoon

Accessorize

BHS

M&S

River Island

Evans

New Look

Dorothy Perkins

Topshop / Topman

Burtons

Home Bargains

Poundland

 

To name just a few. Bring back the little independent shops! Who these days is lucky enough to have...

1. An independent bakery

2. A fruit & veg shop

3. A wool shop ( very rare these days)

4. A non - chain butchers

 

We in Sandbach do actually have a fruit & veg shop & 2 butchers, but where I live - all the shops have gone apart from a hairdressers, a chemist & a newsagents (now run by Indians). It's terrible. We used to have a fab chippy, a lovely corner shop with pies & fresh cream cakes, a gorgeous flower shop & lots of other shops before I moved here.

 

Emma.x

[Mrs Webmuppet]

Our old Woolies is still empty with no sign of anything happening. I counted 8 empty shops between the bus stop and Sainsburys the other day ( I was on my way to work and it passed the time on an otherwise tedious plod)

[Tessa the Duchess]

To name just a few. Bring back the little independent shops! Who these days is lucky enough to have...

1. An independent bakery

2. A fruit & veg shop

3. A wool shop ( very rare these days)

4. A non - chain butchers

 

Emma.x

 

I feel incredibly lucky in where I live. We have 3 independent bakeries, 2 non chain butchers one of which is organic only, which I can't really afford. 2 really amazing fruit and veg shops and a fresh fish shop, no wool shop though. The only chains that we have are Boots, KFC a Tesco Metro and a Starbucks We the residents have fought tooth and nail to keep chains away, so far it's working, but who knows for how long given the current economic situation, it is only the chains that can afford the astronomical rents and rates

 

Tessa