Quote Originally Posted by burkhilly View Post
One of the major problems is the big supermarkets. Look at any High Streets. The smaller shops have gone. I live in Old Swan, and while it remains quite busy, we've got lots of charity shops instead of the old type of shops. For instance we used to have about three shoe shops in the Swan - now we've none.



Kensington isn't the only area, West Derby Road, Smithdown Road, Lodge Lane, Picton Road, Park Road etc all used to be busy shopping areas, now they all look rundown. Unfortunately this is progress - different ways of shopping. I try to support our local shops, but it is so much easier and quicker to pop into Tesco.
I don't think that all the blame goes to the big supermarkets. These days we go shopping in our cars, even for a paper. The lack of parking and parking charges have a lot to do with this.