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They will of course say they voted against won't they.

thats the problem with them no back bone to stick up for what they belive in.

Peter Dolman · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject:

The sorting office I am told has been reprived at least for a year. A new manager took control just before Christmas and has been given until the end of March to stop the lossess. I am also told that the Bumpers Farms sorting office is at 100% capacity since the closure of the Corsham sorting office and that if Calne does close then its possible that all that business will go to Wotton Bassett.

I went shopping in Chippenham something I have not done for some time and was shocked (perhaps I should not have been) by the number of empty shops.
In Emery Gate, Borough Fields and the High Street I counted 11 empty shops. The recession is not only leaving Calne worst off but hitting Chippenham despite all the money that has been thrown its way for years.

Yes and it cost me 50p to park in an almost empty car park, I could have parked in Calne for free!
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Biggles · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject:

Calne car parks are only free on the north side, us on the south side have to pay (behind the library), even Church street now is only 30 mins waiting and you cant shop in that time

rosco · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject:

Biggles · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject:

not practical with a weeks worth of shopping lugging it all that far though eh, ok for pickign a few odd pieces up though which i do

Peter Dolman · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject:

I fail to see why you cannot park in the Pippen, ok so at certain times of the day there is a delay due to conjustion. Many drivers make the journey without to much hazzle. Sainsburys are open from 7am to 8pm. AT 7:30am or pm there are no traffic problems.
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Biggles · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 8:48 am Post subject:

i can park in the pippen if i can get there, ive timed it last few times i average over 20 mins getting there and parking from my house owing to the so called calming, i can get to Lidl in 6 mins and no sign of a queue or tail back, and Morrisons in 9 mins (admitted sometimes the odd queue in London Road Devizes) and no queues and much more enviromentally friendly if the car is moving and not sat there pumping out fumes.

Block67 · Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject:

I think the quote was from Bear..

Block67 · Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:59 pm Post subject:

whilst I remember, I went into HM furniture today just to have a look at their stock and prices.
I am sorry if this offends, but what a joke! The old furniture in there is fit for firewood and not restoration, the prices are ridiculously over the top, and to top it off, a lot of furniture in there was damaged and grotty, yet still demanded hundreds of pounds!!!
Ok, so some of it was second hand (I think the grime and scratches gave that away!), but even if it were a "junk" shop (which it should be classed as in my opinion), the prices were simply way above what young families, pensioners, unemployed people, etc, could afford.
Therefor, Calne could do with a decent second hand furniture shop!
As for the rest of the town, its like the "average" wage, most people aren't earning any where near that amount, the average is bumped up because of the higher earners, which are fewer than the majority. When the shops realise this and cater accordingly, then they may survive and prosper.

Peter Dolman · Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:05 pm Post subject:

shop keepers have little control over their overheads eg rent & rates.
can't see how this can be resolved, if all the shops close what will become of the town centre and that could happen to Chippenham/Bath/Swindon as well as in Calne.

do we want to see town centres becoming an empty getto, do we?

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