Call to support Accrington shops as closure figure hits an all-time high (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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  maz;0) wrote:
  

  darwen_celeb wrote:
  Market towns have suffered from supermarkets, which are ever popular because they are convenient... shoppers drive up, park in one of an abundance of free parking spaces and then wheel a trolley around and fill it with everything and anything you need. Traditional markets opperated by councils don't take this into consideration. Instead they make ridiculous one way systems, over charge for parking and them charge too much to stall holders so there is little you actually want in the market...
  
  ...is this idea so obvious it's stupid, or is it an easy way to breathe life into markets: make them more like supermarkets? In Darwen I think it would be good to free up the carparks for people who just use the market, give the traders somewhere else to park offsite, then introduce trollies so that you can go to the butchers stall, to the grocers stall, to the cooked meat stall and so on, filling up your trolly with a big shop, then you wheel it to the boot of your car and take it home.
  
  I would use the market more, if this was the retail experience on offer. It might be worth a try, before they are gone for good.?

  I would use the markets more, like I did years ago when you could buy meat, veg and bread. But now I dont want to buy material for making saris, cheap bog roll, and paper towels!! Also cheap and nasty sundries and ''designer'' clothes from Cheetham Hill wholesalers!!

  markets are a thing of the past. high rents mean higher priced goods.and why do councils bring in foreign markets each year? cant understand the buggers trading now the other 50 weeks.if i want cheap tat i go to the 99p store.local town centre shops and markets suffered when they allowed superstores in to towns rather than on the outskirts."
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