who has hte WORST shopping facilities locally?

[TheDaVinciCod]

to them

I still think Bury is lovely am considering moving there as they are closing the 2 middle schools in town, and i am not keen on Newmarket Upper..

they're closing our middle schools too

the Upper Schools in town are better than the village one

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ta! I hear the catholic schools are v good

mid wales is sver so poor too in btoh ways
all the shops are crap

oh god
i dont know
dhs parents are there
ti si TERRIBLE

they are fab Allie, but as the Upper school shares teachers and facilities with the non-catholic one next door there's not much between them!

ILs live in a small Welsh village where half day closing is on a Saturday. Which is a real bummer if you need a pair of granny slippers (faded from the sun because they've been in the window for several years) or a 1000 piece jigsaw of a coach and horses.

or a faded pack of zoo animlas where the tiger is curry red

OR a tatto - oh yes a tatto parlour therer

NOT ME!

Town 3 miles away/5 mins drive has erm House of Fraser, Next, Monsoon, M&S, Boots, WHS, Waterstones, New Look (Mahoosive), Woolies, 'Nasty' (sells Hooch, Bench etc).

Manchester city centre - oooh, about 20 mins away.

Trafford Centre - maybe 10 minutes away.

Handforth Dean - about 15 mins away - has huge M&S, John Lewis, Next, TK Maxx.

Cheshire Oaks - maybe 30 mins away - outlet village place.

I'm surrounded by SHOPPING! Mwahahahahahahaha!

Some of the London outer burbs are fairly crap, though, and do not boast the attractive scenery of Wales, the Marches or Caithness to compensate.
My local shopping area boasts a tattoo parlour, a Carphone Warehouse, a rather mad looking undertakers "From your heart not your pocket" , and a Co-Op with no fresh salad or herbs and its own Community Support Officer stationed 24/7.

well you are ont her wrong thread then CLEARLY

ajd you still chosse ot buy corcs

i loev all these towns wiht weird mish mahses of shops

Moo, the chemist I neglected to mention in our desirable parade of shops has had the same tin of Coty L'Aimant talc in the window for nine years AFAIK
I should also mention the boarded up and long-term empty butchers, green-grocers and two cafes

You didn't mention Macclesfield, GDG - the perfect place for...er...cards and mobile phones. Did ever a town have so many card and mobile phone shops as Macclesfield? I think not.

LOL! Macc was my local town when I was working! It's where we went for lunchtime 'shopping'!

we used to have TWO clinton card shops
enpigh for johaahtan meads to mention it in a column

I had a bottle of Coty Lily of the Valley perfume when I was about 11 - I thought it was the height of sophistication.

Marina, does your chemist sell granny rain bonnets and Constance Carroll make-up?

in pies and prrejudcie ( very good book)
he goes on about Greggs he bakers and high viz jakcets

OMG!! Constance Carroll make up - that wast he first make up I ever bought! Ha - I'd forgotten aaaaall about it!

I LOVE LOV ELOVE old chmsists and small white tubs of own brands tinctures and magsneuim salts and corn plasters

god i love them

Yes, also Amami setting lotion and 4711 cologne stick

Me too, GDG - I had some stonking electric blue mascara.