and the Orange Grove veg shop and evrything for the home shop
I think you are right, it was wool and Habedashery. Perhaps we ought to get the Gazette to do a now and then article of the last 30yrs so everybody can see how much the town shops have declined
omg how could I forget thorpes, the shoe shop was where Take the Bait is now and Grahams Shoe Repairs was in King St, what was in his shop where he is now?
My problem has been phone continual interuption to network sometimes 24hrs at a time, they promised me it was now fixed, we will see three contract might be terminated soon!!!!!!!!
But I dont shop at Tesco or Asda!!!!! Ryders Bakery, Stokes, Lloyd Maunder and Coop, also Londis Stores and occasionally Costcutters, thats what I call shopping locally and sharing my cash around
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When I moved here in 80s we had starting with Old Town Street Red Lion Pub, Hairdressers , Old Town News, Davis General Store, Prince of Wales Pub, Park Rd - Paint Shop/Greengrocers, small Coop, another pub which changed to F&Radiator , Wet Fish Shop, Janes Sweet Shop, Park Rd Pharmacy, Martins Butchers, Queen St Rowes (Costcutters) Taylors Fruit and Veg Alexanders Insurance Brokers/hHalifax ...
Tell me Nelson , why did you move to Dawlish?
You misunderstand me I said quite clearly that I was lured into buying more than I needed MY FAULT, but its easy to buy or spend more than you would because of marketing ploys. Everybody is entitled to shop where they like but dont talk to me about vested interests all you Sainsbury huggers do the same as if Sainsburys is the best thing to happen to Dawlish. When they have wiped out all the ...
I can go down the town pay 40p to park get everything I want in 30mins. Went to Sainsburys a week ago browse around picked up more than i should after being lured by offers, took 1hr 20mins by time I queud and got through checkouts, drove home total time out 1hr 35mins phew. Through the week threw away at least £10 of things I bought because dates were short and we hadnt ate them, these items were ...