Letter: Do we need new supermarket?
Wednesday 21st October 2009, 8:03AM BST.
Letter: Do we need additional supermarkets in Oswestry? I think not.
I think we should put the building of new supermarkets in the area on hold. Let’s see what Tesco does to the town of Ellesmere.
Maybe if we could concentrate on the filling of the empty shops in our town we would be better off all round and a nicer sight for all.
Wal-Mart arrived in America and desolated towns, we don’t want that.
We want our town to be a busy, bustling area in which to enjoy shopping and entertainment.
In large vacant areas in Oswestry, like Willow Street, we should be encouraging the building of town houses, which in turn would bring in the young and old to utilise local amenities, shops and schools.
We need to maintain our market town; it needs to be a pleasant, pretty town.
Do we really need another supermarket?
Let’s put it on hold for three years. There is no hurry. Better that than risking the destruction of our town.
J R Cadwallader
Oswestry
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Oh come on does tesco need oswestry ? give them aldi or netto as oswestry has a high benefit culture.
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Of course we need a supermarket,people say it would kill the town, But oswestry is practically dead anyway.
all there is in the town are charity shops, why dont you have a referendum and let the people of oswestry vote on what THEY want.
NOT CERTAIN SHOP KEEPERS,SAYING WE DONT WANT THIS,WE DONT WANT THAT
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You’ve got Sainsbury’s,one supermarket that size is enough in Oswestry.
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Yes we need more supermarkets and many other shops. I don’t agree with the “high benefit culture”. There is plenty of earned money in Oswestry, and although I shop at Aldi, I work hard for a living as do many others.
If the rates on the premises were lower perhaps more retailers would come to the town.
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