Do people still go to Wellington? Last time I went it was Charity Shop City

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To be fair, the said Fruit and Veg shop ‘outside’ display has been getting progressively bigger and bigger and working its way right into the street, same with Tip Top fashions.

I’m all for outside displays but it seems these particular stores has been pushing their luck.

Frankly, if I were J P Fruits, I’d be more concerned in getting the front of your building painted, the paint has peeled and it doesn’t look like its been touched for 30 years. If you don’t care about the presentation of your building how do know you care about your stock?

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In the year 1244 Wellington was granted its Market Charter. Before that we can be quite sure that Celts, Anglo Saxons, Romans and Normans all traded there.
There does not seem to be any record of mishaps occurring – that is until Telford & Wrekin Council have stepped in – now that is a mishap!
Before the Council becomes candidate for Bedlam it should consider other safety issues:
– shopping trolleys in the big supermarkets are pretty formidable: all trolleys should be fitted with bumpers to prevent damage to vehicles and shoppers; a maximim speed limt for trolleys should be applied; trolleys should be fitted with flashing warning lamps and horns.
Come on Telford & Wrekin Council you should be proud that Wellington has a good base of local traders when other towns are dying because traders are closing down – take a look down the road, Market Drayton, Wem, Whitchurch and so on.

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but this street looks like a pedestrianized area. How much space do they need?

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The local council tried a similar thing in Stafford claiming that the trader’s stalls, what there were of them, were causing a hindrance to pedestrians. Shortly after they littered the town centre with metre-high cast iron ‘anti-ram-raid’ decorative pillars which of course did not present any problem at all. ‘Dogs in Mangers’ ?.

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It strikes me that Borough Council employees are too quick to side with complainants and tar all traders with the same brush. Yes, the shop next to the grocer’s has taken liberties but wouldn’t it have been better and more grown up for the council to speak privately with the proprietor to resolve the problem? Other points worth considering are these: 1. Traders have made use of their pavement space to advertise wares for over a century without any problems, even before New Street was pedestrianised. 2. Without ‘pavement’ space being used, the street would look cold and uninviting, with a harsh streetscape comprising concrete, brick and glass … the very thing a market town like Wellington needs to avoid: streets need to be colourful and attractive 3. I see Councillor Shaun Davies says that the authority ‘was considering introducing a policy which would allow traders to apply to display stock outside their stores’ … so, does this mean a) the present victimisation of traders isn’t really anything to do with Highways Acts but rather with raising money by charging traders to obtain licences to encroach on their piece of pavement?; b) if Mr Davies is so much in support of traders, why doesn’t he withdraw these letters and apologise … and make public why he didn’t intervene in the first place; and c) where is the ‘co-operative’ element in this self-proclaimed co-operative council?

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