Sainsbury’s could help restore old building

I would refer Cllrs Wilkinson and Dulay to your letters page of the previous week.

Two letters in support of Sainsburys came from Leam Terrace - the area from the which shoppers would have gone to Old Town, in its hey day. To shop at Francis and the diverse range of local and national businesses there made for a vibrant shopping 
experience.

Sadly those days are long gone. Apart from a few specialist shops there is very little to encourage your writers. I have viewed the decline over the years and look forward to seeing the results of the attempt to regenerate the area.

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The Portas Pilot has been dismissed by retail experts as a sticking plaster. I would have thought a good start would have been to encourage Sainsbury’s to restore a building that has been a eyesore for years. On the back of them perhaps other national names and enterprising locals may have been tempted to set up stall.

The first step should be to put a bright welcome to Old Town, on the hideous railway bridge. As for the lap dancing clubs, the best thing would have been to ignore them. - Graham Beattie, Odingsel Drive, Long Itchington

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