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wriggler

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I'm amused by being 'pleased' that big supermarkets like the Co-op are supporting this. The Co-op were pioneers in Fairtrade and have been big sellers of such products since Fairtrade started in 1992 and Sainsburys claim to be the World's Largest Fairtrade retailer having also been involved since day one.

Hacker
3 Mar 2012

Thanks again Webmaster, people making allegations then refusing to produce any evidence as to why they are making them is just plain annoying and pointless and I wonder what agenda this poster has in doing this.

Many thanks Webmaster for explaining to Nelson, and I think many other posters to this site what a forum is and its purpose.

Hacker
3 Mar 2012

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 ...

Sunday Trading update
28 Feb 2012

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 ...

Sunday Trading update
28 Feb 2012

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 ...

25 Feb 2012

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 ...

Costcutters closing
25 Feb 2012

Someone just told me the Costcutter shop is closing and has a sign up saying the shop is for rent, can anyone confirm this?