I find it very sad when any shop closes in the village (with the exception for estate agents!). I totally agree with most of what you say Bob, but I cannot agree with the fact that community support is not partially to blame here.

I totally agree

Is that the chippy Harry? 

Sorry I couldn't resist.

Oh dear, I thought we had put that old chestnut to bed. Either that or you have also been imbibing the Gaelic Juice. If  I could tell you I would but I can't. I can tell you my tale eventually, but the other information you are digging for will go to the grave with me.

When I say in the middle, I mean setting up, not up and running. Still, best not let the facts stand in the way of parochial conspiracy theories.

Oh, and by the way, I think you'll find it is 'with the exception of estate agents'. Just a thought on that subject, how did you, your friends,your parents etc. buy their respective houses? Off the notice board at the corner shop, down the pub (careful who you might bump into down there as well), Del Boy with his suitcase on the corner of Canal Street?

I await your next piece of literary genius with baited breath, meanwhile I'm going for something to eat, in a restaurant if that's alright with you!

Hi

Well I think the veg shop has been making an effort to survive in the last few months.  They introduced fish and most produce I bought was perfectly OK.  It's a bit of a catch22 -you cant buy the stock if you have not got the volume of customers.  And it must be difficult having a perishable stock especially when Tesco has daily refrigerated deliveries.

So, we dont have a fishmonger, petrol station, greengrocer, deli or shoemaker-and it's all OUR fault for not giving them our business and telling them what we want and inviting Tesco in.  We still have two good butchers please don't let them down. 

It's perfectly possible to Buy from Tesco your toilet rolls and baked beans and buy veg, fish, meat, cheese and stationary from local shops.and farmers markets-the choice is yours-well it was until this week

Cheers

High Peak Harry: "Okay, you got me. I was also on a grassy knoll in Dallas, a tunnel in Paris and I filmed the moon landings in a studio in Hollywood. Do you have anymore crackpot conspiracies for us on a glorious Sunday morning?

Oh, I nearly forgot, I told the English batsmen to throw their wickets away. It's a fair cop guv, I'll come quietly."

I bet you wrote the Cllr's beer poem as well...

Edited by user 09 August 2009 10:43:02(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Sorry High Peak Harry, I hear what you're saying and I do apologise - that was taking a joke too far.

Where are the forum moderators when you need them to help mitigate against such defamatory statements?

Full retraction, out of court settlement, pay your legal costs, unreserved apology, written assurance the libel will never be repeated...

HPH had no role whatsoever in the Beer Poem.

Hopefully we can draw a line in the sand now and all move on.

More smokescreens from High Peak Harry.

We do not know of your connections with Dallas, Paris, the Moon or Headingley. What we do know is that you have some involvement with the chippy in Furness Vale. We have no interest in knowing what your involvement is but we would be grateful if you would stop denying that you are in some way involved.

Totally Agree. It seems that the more thriving greengrocers shops around the country offer QUALITY local produce at a price not a lot different from the likes of the corner shop. They don't just stick to greengrocery but also offer interesting and different quality grocery..posh pickes, jams, sauces etc. as well as locally source free range eggs.

I don't think supermarkets are that cheap when it comes to grenngrocery after all err... harvesting veg in Cheshire say, shipping it to possibly Northampton for packing then distributing to Whaley Via say Wigan must have some effect on price. Buying in the Farmers Market at Chelford and bringing it back direct must be better and fresher!

Having said that coming back to an old topic but where do the greengrocers customers park? Ok there is on the street, but a good shop should have more than a couple of customers at any one time and the on street parking is insufficient for a thriving community shopping area.

I did go when the previous owners were there but was not impressed and therefore didn't return much... Sorry!