HERE we go again, yet another sprat to catch a mackerel.
The first thing to catch my eye in the latest Co-op
proposal is that the health centre is shown as being
further away from the town centre and Boots the
Chemist, but still close to their own pharmacy.
Secondly, the library and the community hall are
both very close to the Co-op Food Store. I would think
the retail outlets they show would be for their own
chemist, perhaps one for electrical goods and others for
Co-op Travel, Dorothy Perkins and, of course, a funeral
director.
As you can see they intend to put a path in to bypass
most of the shops still trading in Cinderford. Talk about
kicking people when they are down!
You must ask yourself who is going to pay for all this
work. I can guess.
Like a lot of other people I shop around. I like the
Co-op deli counter and the staff. I think it is the best. But
as for the rest, it's not so good and rather expensive.
What I spend on food is spread around.
We badly need a clothes shop in Cinderford, a fairly
priced one. And let's have a market in the town centre,
putting back much needed cash. People miss the Friday
market.
I think we have enough chip shops and cafes. Let's
create a centre to attract people to come to shop and
spend money in other shops and not just the Co-op.
Maybe if the market was to come back into the town
centre the Co-op would also return to where it used to
be.
I think we have had enough of the arguing between
the big boys.
I do not think that what the Co-op has drawn will
work. People like me will still spend our money in other
shops because we search for the best deal we can get. But
it would be nice if we did not have to travel so far to do
so.
Hopefully the planning people will see through this
pretty, colourful drawing to see what is really going on. –
D. Annetts, Littledean.