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Lighting Centre Closing, Whatever is going to happen to Bartholomew Street? |
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Apr 19 2011, 08:01 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Apr 19 2011, 08:49 AM) So another Bartholomew Street shop closes. What is going to happen to this once vibrant street? This end of town is being allowed to go down the toilet. QUOTE Already frequented by lowlife, will it degenerate even more when Parkway opens? Yes. QUOTE Can anything be done? Yes, but the authorities are choosing to deal with ASB problems after they happen rather than before and I guess this is all about available finance.
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Apr 19 2011, 09:41 AM
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QUOTE (Darren @ Apr 19 2011, 09:03 AM) Very simple.
Local people start shopping there again instead of out-of-town. Yes it will cost you more but you'll also get that warm feeing inside from helping. No-one wants to shop in a place where you are constantly accosted by alcoholic drug riddled beggars asking you for cash. The Pound Street end of Bart Street is a truly awful place. It seems to have gone downhill since they opened up the drop in centre for alcoholics and drug addicts and thought it a good idea to house them all in the vicinity. Would not want the poor sods from having to walk too far. Still I expect the Chemists does a roaring trade in methadone. Probably the busiest shop in the area.
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Apr 19 2011, 10:53 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Apr 19 2011, 10:41 AM) No-one wants to shop in a place where you are constantly accosted by alcoholic drug riddled beggars asking you for cash. They must come out and target you specifically then, because I often walk down there, have shopped in the lighting centre for hard-to-find bulbs etc., have bought Chinese takeaways, use one of the hairdressers in Pound Street and so on, and have never had a problem. I just don't recognise your description of the part of town you so often go on about.
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Apr 19 2011, 11:23 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Apr 19 2011, 11:53 AM) They must come out and target you specifically then, because I often walk down there, have shopped in the lighting centre for hard-to-find bulbs etc., have bought Chinese takeaways, use one of the hairdressers in Pound Street and so on, and have never had a problem.
I just don't recognise your description of the part of town you so often go on about. You should've gone to Specsavers then. Seriously that end of town is plagued by undesirables. I seem to find myself always saying "ah it's good to be home" when I come back from holiday and drive down Bart St, as every time I spot one of Newbury's finest.
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Apr 19 2011, 11:38 AM
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This is sad to see, I always went there and the service and products were brilliant, good old school customer service that lacks today in so many stores
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Apr 19 2011, 12:44 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Apr 19 2011, 01:34 PM) A police priority eh, says it all.
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Apr 19 2011, 01:01 PM
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QUOTE (Newbury76 @ Apr 19 2011, 12:38 PM) This is sad to see, I always went there and the service and products were brilliant, good old school customer service that lacks today in so many stores Yes, I agree but they certainly knew how to charge and with competition from B&Q and Homebase it was inevitable that they would struggle.
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Apr 19 2011, 01:03 PM
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I'd just like to report that I am back home safe and sound after venturing down to Pound Street to get my hair cut, and then on to Hetherton's for a baguette for lunch. The only mild ASB I witnessed was 3 young kids having a whale of a time on a mobility scooter near the top of Argyle Road The Lighting Centre also have a lockup in Hampton Road, next to the Red House. I believe they do a lot of electrical work for special events etc. I don't know if that side of the business is closing down as well as the retail shop. Edit: Ah - I have just found the original story here, where it says the electrical contracting and events side of the business will continue.
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Apr 19 2011, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Apr 19 2011, 02:03 PM) I'd just like to report that I am back home safe and sound after venturing down to Pound Street to get my hair cut, and then on to Hetherton's for a baguette for lunch. The only mild ASB I witnessed was 3 young kids having a whale of a time on a mobility scooter near the top of Argyle Road The Lighting Centre also have a lockup in Hampton Road, next to the Red House. I believe they do a lot of electrical work for special events etc. I don't know if that side of the business is closing down as well as the retail shop. Edit: Ah - I have just found the original story here, where it says the electrical contracting and events side of the business will continue. This Argyle Road...?? http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=12827
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Apr 19 2011, 02:32 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Apr 19 2011, 02:26 PM) This Argyle Road...?? The key comment is by a resident in that article: "People cut through Argyle Road to get home after a night out and that’s when it all happens." As I suspected it's mainly people from elsewhere passing through - probably the same drunks that go past my house at three in the morning on their way to wherever they live. (This is getting a bit off topic now.)
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