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Letter: Boarded-up shop spoiling Bridgnorth High Street & a charabanc outing – picture throwback

Readers share their thoughts on keeping high streets alive, supporting local businesses, tackling global water shortages, and the ironies of politics.

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By Tania Taylor
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Supporting image for story: Letter: Boarded-up shop spoiling Bridgnorth High Street & a charabanc outing – picture throwback
PICTURE FROM THE PAST: An outing in a charabanc from the Black Horse pub in Low Town, Bridgnorth, to Church Stretton, with no date but 1920s or 1930s. This picture was from the collection of John Dixon, of Low Town, who died in 2017. He originated from Wednesbury and came to Bridgnorth in 1978.

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My dismay at empty shop unit

When I was driving down Bridgnorth High Street I couldn't believe my old shop Gadsbys jewellers was still boarded up after years of being empty. 

Surely Bridgnorth District Council could put pressure on the owners to repair and re-let the property. 

It used to be a smart busy retail outlet.

But now it is just a blot on the High Street, and is spoiling the look of this lovely market town.

Simon Green, Stourbridge

Support retail with new tax

As the obscenely large rise in the business rating system comes into effect in addition to the NI increase, laying waste to our pubs, restaurants and high street shops, it’s time for a radical revamp of our taxation system if our towns and cities are to remain vibrant retail centres.