General Discussion
Many thanks Webmaster for explaining to Nelson, and I think many other posters to this site what a forum is and its purpose.
Firstly, I would be interested to know how you reached this conclusion, and secondly I think it is 'unreasonable', to put it mildly, to cast aspersions on the integrity of the Webmaster, and even if someone logged in to my account they would still have no idea who I was or my 'real' email address as I would never use this information to register on a forum. There is no such thing as privacy, the ...
Yes Nelson, exactly right. I personally refuse to shop on a Sunday but that's my choice, no one is forced to go to Sainsburys or anywhere else on Sundays. And free parking in the streets would mean residents parking up all weekend so blocking parking for weekend visitors and shoppers alike, as indeed is what happened years ago. When Stokes came to Dawlish there were three other Greengrocers, all ...
BUT, despite all this talk about paid parking deterring people there is always a shortage of parking spaces in the Strand, so I still don't understand why 30 minutes free parking is going to change that, it's not the COST of parking that stops people going there it's the LACK of parking and a REASON to go there. Metered parking in Newton Abbott, Paignton, Torquay etc etc is always full, if there ...
Interesting you say that parking on Sundays is 100 times better than weekdays when people on here keep going on about free parking being needed to get motorists into the Strand. Free parking in streets where there is hardly a parking space available seems a strange idea to me.
I do not understand why people keep on and on about free parking, there is always a shortage of parking spaces in the Strand and Brunswick Place, how will making it free create any more spaces??????? . If the parking was not used because people wouldn't pay for it then I might see some point, but there is none. Can someone explain what 30 minutes free parking is supposed to acheive when there are ...
Free parking would mean the car park would be filled up by local residents and traders during that time so ensuring no space for visitors. It isn't the cost of parking that stops people visiting an area it's the lack of parking. I know several traders who park in Coryton Close and other streets who would find it much more convenient to park in the Strand Car park and move their car later in the ...
Someone just told me the Costcutter shop is closing and has a sign up saying the shop is for rent, can anyone confirm this?
Yep, but that was recently, nothing to do with the time that Stokes opened in Dawlish and Teignmouth, at that time Stokes were a big group with 92 stores and a Head Office in Bristol.
Along similar lines, when Stokes arrived in Dawlish there were already 4 Greengrocers, all closed down within 18 months mainly because they couldn't compete with Stoke's prices. Then Stoke's prices increased, quite a few people from Dawlish used to buy from Stokes in Teignmouth as they were cheaper than Dawlish, ie no competition here. Now people 'feeling sorry' for Stokes due the the arrival of ...
