19-05-2004, 15:52
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Re: Carboots/Flea markets
I grew up on what used to be Grant Street which is quite close to the area Tealeaf refers to. It is astonishing to remember the number and variety of retailers that thrived along that part of Blackburn Road. I think that there is only the chemist shop, the bike shop and Little Paris that are still relatively unchanged. The damage done to independent retailing by the Supermarkets is dreadful. They are the main reason that shopping in any town centre, not just Accy, is such a despiriting experience. There seems to be little now to distinguish one town centre from another. Everywhere you go you see the same shops selling the same stuff. What incentive is there to get out of town and visit another? " Oooh, we must visit Accrington, they have a branch of Netto there." Yeah, that's going to bring em flocking in? I don't think so!
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