[groove]

Groove agrees with Margaret that this will indeed be the final nails in the coffin of the market/hall....Town centres are struggling in every other town in the country but it seems our council just contribute to the demise. Groove thinks Tesco will benefit from this move and we all know that supermarkets thrive at the expense of the high street. This will make Peel.St, Abbey.St, Church.St and the victorian arcade more isolated from the town centre. Groove is bemused that plans are afoot to spend millions are the arcade, which although a great example of our Victorian past is just a walkway between 2 dying shopping streets and contains a cafe and not much else. The demise of our town centre is shocking, and Groove thinks anyone will travel to Blackburn for shopping instead, unless they only want to use the pound and charity shops.