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Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:49 pm

...bookshop is closing down now.

Yet another unit that will stand empty on our town centre.

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:38 pm

lets have a sweep on what the replacement will be!!

1) Stay empty
2) Poundplanet (or another pound type shop)
3) Another travel agents
4) Another card shop
5) Another "200% APR" Brighthouse type premise

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22638

It used to be shoe shops. I once took a girl on leave to Hartlepool in the eighties and she came away convinced the town was populated by centipedes with a penchant for cheap and nasty shoes.

parmopooly · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:21 pm

it is

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:27 pm

The number of empty units in the town are a joke. Half of the indoor market has gone, no shops between King Johns and the chemist, various other units are empty.

Rents & rates must be ridiculously high.

parmopooly · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:26 pm

they are

threepintwonder · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:39 pm

well when it closes i think it will open back up as a greggs

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:02 pm

We need another proper music shop in the town

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:17 pm

i RECKON IT'LL BE A pHONE sHOP!!!! :roll:

Fecking caps!!!! banghead

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:35 pm

There is another Greggs opening, on the site of the Garage at the Belle Vue Way roundabout. For anyone who can't make it all the way into the town centre.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37177

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

There is another Greggs opening, on the site of the Garage at the Belle Vue Way roundabout. For anyone who can't make it all the way into the town centre.

The first 'Drive thru' Greggs .... :roll:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37177

Wouldn't it be nice to have some proper shops... a Waterstones... HMV.... I could go on... the shopping centres become a chavs refuelling station.... the potential is there, but nowt's ever done about it. :roll:

Poolsrme · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:50 pm

For what is supposed to be the 3rd largest shopping centre in the North East, Middleton Grange really is a dump. It is on a par with Billingham, Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee etc. There is no 'anchor' store like a debenhams which would attract people. Why on earth anyone would come from out of town to shop here?
Even Washington which is in the shadow of sunderland and the Metro centre has better shops and with 2 big supermarkets the parking is free.
Starbucks, Cafe Nero, Costa Coffee etc have done their homework. No way would a company with a modern image want to set up in the town :evil:

threepintwonder · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:56 pm

greggs is modern we,ll have five when the new one opens,top of the pasty munching league we are,mac donalds is modern only got three of those tho :laugh:

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:16 pm

Snowy wrote:

Wouldn't it be nice to have some proper shops... a Waterstones... HMV.... I could go on... the shopping centres become a chavs refuelling station.... the potential is there, but nowt's ever done about it. :roll:

Waterstones isn't a proper shop, Snowy :evil:

It eats up independent bookshops and has created a situation where only well- known writers (like the egregious Martin Amis)are promoted.

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:58 pm

Our town centre Xmas lights were embarrasing as well. Sticking a few lights on lamp posts. Anyone who has seen Stockton's lights would know how bad ours were.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22638

I blame the mayor. In fact I'm going to write to that nice Mr Wright to complain. :wink:

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:15 pm

Warwick Hunt wrote:

Our town centre Xmas lights were embarrasing as well. Sticking a few lights on lamp posts. Anyone who has seen Stockton's lights would know how bad ours were.

Surely lamp posts already have lights........someone over there has clearly got things wrong.

In Durham, the Christmas lights were mint....tiny little bulbs all mid-night blue :sweeeet:

TickhillPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:18 pm

I like blue mints. They're my favourites.
thrilled

jish · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:18 pm

Sod it! Buy everything off the internet. At least you don't get grief of some rarfs in trackie bottoms tucked into their socks!

Here's some ace links to keep things cheap 'n' easy...

http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/

http://www.find-cd.co.uk/

http://www.hotukdeals.com/

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