Originally Posted by
burkhilly
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.
Just generally, even the shops that aren't losing as much business to the supermarkets are gone/going.
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I couldn't tell u where the nearest cobblers, proper pet shop, fish monger, etc are. luckily we've still got a green grocers and butchers here, although the greengrocer now sells liverpool fc pictures, keyrings etc so business can't be too great. Wonder how long before we have Tesco's takeaways
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