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Saturday, October 18th, 2008When I was a kid growing up in Cheadle Hulme, a post war suburb of Manchester, there were shops everywhere. Within just 10 minutes walk of a fair sized shopping centre in the village, was another conurbation of shops based around the Kenilworth pub. On one t-junction there was a chemist, a newsagent (RS McColl), a greengrocer, a post office, two bakers, two butchers (Breens’ and Pimlott’s), a toy shop (Playland), a Chinese takeaway, a Shell garage (gas station), a hardware shop, a small grocer and, rather bizarrely, a garden centre (Spreadboroughs – donkey’s years ahead of its time).
Thinking back, it’s amazing that we allowed Tesco and the other major supermarkets to put virtually all these businesses out of business.
Stumble It!