tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540307712237528016.post5979704539217969994..comments2023-10-15T02:40:07.722-07:00Comments on Random Ray: FOOTFALL.Ray Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419773892500598045noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540307712237528016.post-19126686251558116542015-03-03T04:16:34.590-08:002015-03-03T04:16:34.590-08:00My home town is much the same with the lovely indi...My home town is much the same with the lovely individual shops I remember from my youth being long gone, though one or two are hanging on in there, by a thread.. I miss C&A and Littlewoods store with its restaurant, alas no more. <br /><br />Charity shops, cheap stores and pound shops taking their places, but even they look better than boarded up empty premises! <br /><br /> We have so many cafes in Bedford now, you really can take your pick, with new ones opening every other week it seems, whilst more pubs are closing. .<br /><br /> We used to have a shop in my village that closed yonks ago, but still have the post office. Also one of the two pubs is closed too and houses being built on the car park.<br /><br />Feeling quite melancholy now, Ray!<br /><br /><br /><br />ann.wilson3942@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173915355033255391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540307712237528016.post-20936566945014518292015-03-01T09:49:24.182-08:002015-03-01T09:49:24.182-08:00I love a good charity shop for a bargain but it...I love a good charity shop for a bargain but it's a great shame that these stores - which rely on reduced rates - are the only shops that can survive on today's high street. I walk around my hometown and it's just depressing to see how many shops are boarded up, gathering dust whilst the charity shops and pound stores thrive and the big supermarket and retail chains prosper on these satellite retail estates. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569732807130090838noreply@blogger.com