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Feb 25 2013, 08:42 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Feb 25 2013, 07:22 PM) http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx9R4TquxF8I saw his video on the Newbury and Thatcham Facebook page. What struck me was how little has changed, the empty buildings are still empty, there's not that many shoppers and there's scaffolding up. I wondered if my impression of Newbury once being a great town with loads going was a bit rose tinted? I wonder if age has something to do,with it, or if the video was shot on a bad day? Wont let me open the link
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Feb 25 2013, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Feb 25 2013, 07:22 PM) I saw his video on the Newbury and Thatcham Facebook page. What struck me was how little has changed, the empty buildings are still empty, there's not that many shoppers and there's scaffolding up. I wondered if my impression of Newbury once being a great town with loads going was a bit rose tinted? I wonder if age has something to do,with it, or if the video was shot on a bad day? 8th January 1995 was Sunday; a week after the Christmas week. It was also a bit wet by the looks of it.
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Feb 25 2013, 09:41 PM
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QUOTE (Dodgys smarter brother. @ Feb 25 2013, 07:31 PM) Good to hear The Wall again. Hippie.
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Feb 25 2013, 10:33 PM
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QUOTE (Dodgys smarter brother. @ Feb 25 2013, 07:31 PM) Good to hear The Wall again. I've still got Atom Heart Mother in the car - CD now though, not 8-track.
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Feb 25 2013, 11:17 PM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Feb 25 2013, 10:33 PM) I've still got Atom Heart Mother in the car - CD now though, not 8-track. Saw them do that in Hyde Park (one of the first free concerts).
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Feb 27 2013, 07:43 AM
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QUOTE (Jobet @ Feb 27 2013, 12:41 AM) Any entertainment, markets etc., added to Newbury town centre will not make a lot of difference if folk cannot get anywhere near them and park up. Not everyone is within walking distance of the town centre. Who said anything about cars? Lets be really futuristic, if you have sufficient numbers actually living in the central area, the 'parking issue' disappears. That's probably way in the future; nevertheless, our forbears who actually created the town centres didn't have their own personal transport.
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Feb 27 2013, 09:44 AM
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QUOTE (Jobet @ Feb 27 2013, 12:41 AM) Any entertainment, markets etc., added to Newbury town centre will not make a lot of difference if folk cannot get anywhere near them and park up. Not everyone is within walking distance of the town centre. You have trouble finding a parking space in Newbury, even with Parkway?
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Feb 27 2013, 10:31 AM
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QUOTE (massifheed @ Feb 27 2013, 09:44 AM) You have trouble finding a parking space in Newbury, even with Parkway? Parkway is out of the question for many when they want to go to a restaurant in the Market Place....I mean, it is all of 500 yards
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Feb 27 2013, 10:34 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Feb 27 2013, 10:31 AM) Parkway is out of the question for many when they want to go to a restaurant in the Market Place....I mean, it is all of 500 yards I has a nice birthday lunch in Cafe Rouge the other day - parked for free at Northcroft. I don't really understand what the problem is. Is the Northcroft free parking going?
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Feb 27 2013, 10:40 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Feb 27 2013, 10:34 AM) I has a nice birthday lunch in Cafe Rouge the other day - parked for free at Northcroft. I don't really understand what the problem is. Is the Northcroft free parking going? dunno. You still get 2 free hours at the moment. I always park in Sainsbury's if I take the car to town, or the £5 all day behind the Northbrook multi story. People will aimlessly trudge for hours around a shopping mall where they go because the 'parking is so close', covering miles & miles as they shuffle, but seem incapable of walking half a mile in the open from one part of a town to another. 'oh I won't go shopping there - there is no parking' I think such a misconception should be encouraged as then all people so inclined will bugger off to Amazingstoke, or Reading.
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Feb 27 2013, 11:04 AM
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QUOTE (Dodgys smarter brother. @ Feb 25 2013, 07:31 PM) Good to hear The Wall again. Glad to see Morrisons opening one of their "Local" small store formats in old HMV, as in NWN. That's 2 new food retailers at that end of town, what with Aldi opening next month.
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Feb 27 2013, 11:11 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Feb 27 2013, 10:40 AM) I think such a misconception should be encouraged as then all people so inclined will bugger off to Amazingstoke, or Reading. As will the shops.
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Feb 27 2013, 11:13 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Feb 27 2013, 11:11 AM) As will the shops. Certain shops, and it is dependant on whether you think the view is held by the majority or minority
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