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Archive => Archived Boards => Local Issues => Topic started by: amazon on October 05, 2013, 02:04:32 PM
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Autoden in marple is it now closed .the bookies allso gone not as though I ever used it .bookies I heard money troubles or bad management .
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Is it any surprise ? Shut on Sundays yet open all week ?
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Well spotted amazon.
It shut a week ago.
Along with the dog groomers opposite nat west and the dress agency on market st.
The bookies were a small private chain.
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Well spotted amazon.
It shut a week ago.
Along with the dog groomers opposite nat west and the dress agency on market st.
The bookies were a small private chain.
Marples heading for a ghost town no wonder it's quite weekdays .
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Hi Amazon, I'm really not sure why you think Marple is 'heading for a ghost town'? 3 shops does not make a ghost town!
Consider all the shops that have opened in the last year or so & are doing well:
The Zipyard, Claudio's, La Petite Maison, The Linen Room, the electricians on Stockport Road. There is a mobile phone shop just opened on Derby Way & I've heard that 'The Attic' has finally been sold & will be a shop. There is work being carried out in 'Mulligans' & it's looking very smart.
Have you been in Marple on weekdays? Tried to get a table in All Things Nice? Queued at either of the butchers? Or even been in my shop? Marple is far from quiet!
In fact we are busier than we've ever been!
It would be really nice to hear good things about Marple shops rather than negative for a change!
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Hmm. I hope Stationery Supplies is right, but we know from recent experience that new shops opening have a habit of closing after a few months. Hopefully this new wave will be different - but don't bank on it.
Maybe what we need is a proper supermarket to bring some much needed footfall to the town. ;)
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Hi Amazon, I'm really not sure why you think Marple is 'heading for a ghost town'? 3 shops does not make a ghost town!
Consider all the shops that have opened in the last year or so & are doing well:
The Zipyard, Claudio's, La Petite Maison, The Linen Room, the electricians on Stockport Road. There is a mobile phone shop just opened on Derby Way & I've heard that 'The Attic' has finally been sold & will be a shop. There is work being carried out in 'Mulligans' & it's looking very smart.
Have you been in Marple on weekdays? Tried to get a table in All Things Nice? Queued at either of the butchers? Or even been in my shop? Marple is far from quiet!
In fact we are busier than we've ever been!
It would be really nice to hear good things about Marple shops rather than negative for a change!
would this be littlewoods butchers which is shut from 1pm on a saturday and doesn`t open till Tuesday! what a way to run a business!
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Hi Amazon, I'm really not sure why you think Marple is 'heading for a ghost town'? 3 shops does not make a ghost town!
Consider all the shops that have opened in the last year or so & are doing well:
The Zipyard, Claudio's, La Petite Maison, The Linen Room, the electricians on Stockport Road. There is a mobile phone shop just opened on Derby Way & I've heard that 'The Attic' has finally been sold & will be a shop. There is work being carried out in 'Mulligans' & it's looking very smart.
Have you been in Marple on weekdays? Tried to get a table in All Things Nice? Queued at either of the butchers? Or even been in my shop? Marple is far from quiet!
In fact we are busier than we've ever been!
It would be really nice to hear good things about Marple shops rather than negative for a change!
lets quote facts,
hewitts shut down on stockport road marple but the romiley branch is still open.
snobby dogs last 5 minutes in marple but its woodley branch is still open.
is there a problem with shop rents in marple?
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would this be littlewoods butchers which is shut from 1pm on a saturday and doesn`t open till Tuesday! what a way to run a business!
That is entirely up to them, they seem to do pretty well and Butchers always used to close early on a Saturday in the same way fishmongers do. Usually on account of them being up at 3 a.m. to purchase fresh stock. Fresh meat & fish is something alien to cling filmed, dipped in blood rubbish from supermarkets,
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snobby dogs last 5 minutes in marple but its woodley branch is still open.
Snobby Dogs is a franchise so work separately from each other. I have heard that the lady from the Marple shop is very seriously ill and that is why she has had to close the shop.
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Blossom, I have heard the same, very sad news.
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Hmm. I hope Stationery Supplies is right, but we know from recent experience that new shops opening have a habit of closing after a few months. Hopefully this new wave will be different - but don't bank on it.
Maybe what we need is a proper supermarket to bring some much needed footfall to the town. ;)
All new businesses are at risk, that is why I have tremendous respect for those who are prepared to try. Far better than the lilly livered public servants who will go on strike at a drop of hat (or in the case of teachers, on account of being at work for 3 whole weeks)
As mentioned, the dog grooming place was doing well but something beyond control meant she had to close. Autoden is still doing Ok in Glossop. There is an issue about the rents demanded, in addition, the business rates system is no longer fit for purpose.
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It's quite a depressing read when Marple residents are attacking the small businesses that are keeping the price of their houses up. Don't bite the hand that feeds you or you really will end up with a ghost town. I always use our shops on my day off and if you bothered to try them out rather than hide behind your keyboard, you would find that there are some fantastic offerings locally. We need to build a community rather than be so negative to destroy it.
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I agree about the quality of the two butchers and the fish stall. They are a good example of what you can achieve by staying the course, building up a loyal customer base, and providing good quality, even if you are not particularly cheap.
As for this....
All new businesses are at risk, that is why I have tremendous respect for those who are prepared to try. Far better than the lilly livered public servants who will go on strike at a drop of hat
...it's a handy reminder, in case we've forgotten after a few quiet weeks, of Duke's wacky obsessions. What on earth have shops going out of business got to do with people who go on strike? You could just as easily write 'far better than the greedy payday loan sharks and buy-to-let investors who are exploiting the poorest people in the country'. But that makes no sense either, of course! :D
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Hi Amazon, I'm really not sure why you think Marple is 'heading for a ghost town'? 3 shops does not make a ghost town!
Consider all the shops that have opened in the last year or so & are doing well:
The Zipyard, Claudio's, La Petite Maison, The Linen Room, the electricians on Stockport Road. There is a mobile phone shop just opened on Derby Way & I've heard that 'The Attic' has finally been sold & will be a shop. There is work being carried out in 'Mulligans' & it's looking very smart.
Have you been in Marple on weekdays? Tried to get a table in All Things Nice? Queued at either of the butchers? Or even been in my shop? Marple is far from quiet!
In fact we are busier than we've ever been!
It would be really nice to hear good things about Marple shops rather than negative for a change!
Wrong sort of shops .what is your shop .
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Wrong sort of shops .what is your shop .
What sort of shop do you think Stationery Supplies will be Amazon? (great minds eh! )
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Would it surprise you, Amazon, that we sell STATIONERY?? ;D
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What sort of shop do you think Stationery Supplies will be Amazon? (great minds eh! )
Thank you I do use your shop .
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That's good to hear Amazon! Please introduce yourself next time you're in my shop. It would be nice to put a face to your name :)
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What sort of shop do you think Stationery Supplies will be Amazon? (great minds eh! )
One to you mark .
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Mr z is a fan of the marple fish shop.
Has anyone had any dealings with the egg man?
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Come on everybody!!!!!
Join in and post.
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There is a new photo shop near the Goyt Chippy.
http://www.tjcanvas.co.uk/
I used them and got my order very quick. They are a very fair price, hope they do well and stay around.
I use lots of the local shops mentioned. It's great when you see lots of people shopping/enjoying being in Marple such as the food and drink festival.
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There is a new photo shop near the Goyt Chippy.
http://www.tjcanvas.co.uk/
I used them and got my order very quick. They are a very fair price, hope they do well and stay around.
I use lots of the local shops mentioned. It's great when you see lots of people shopping/enjoying being in Marple such as the food and drink festival.
So where do you shop .
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It's quite a depressing read when Marple residents are attacking the small businesses that are keeping the price of their houses up. Don't bite the hand that feeds you or you really will end up with a ghost town. I always use our shops on my day off and if you bothered to try them out rather than hide behind your keyboard, you would find that there are some fantastic offerings locally. We need to build a community rather than be so negative to destroy it.
Thank you for your comment re keyboard .i shop in marple most days .my gripe with Marple is we don't have a alternative supermarket .we have to go to the Coop .there is to many charity shops cafés .iuse the marple website a lot because it's a dam good way of trying to get my message across .that Marple is going to struggle
Without something different . The new aldi at oferton is not going to help I know everybody is not a aldi fan but people from that area will now shop there and possibly not come into Marple .I'm sorry if I getup peoples noses but I don't want to see marple die
I've lived hear to long ..
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So where do you shop .
I have the same views about Supermarkets as you so do my main shop online at tesco/sainsburys etc. Top up at Iceland. Use local Marple shops for lots; Hollins (when have to), stationary (find it great and cheaper than supermarkets-better choice), pound plus, Thornton's card shop, Boots, Pet Shop, hairdressers, barbers (kids not me!), Superdrug, Coop (when i have to), Art Shop, American Sweetshop, Uniform shop, Gregs, Costa, Portobello, charity shops, M&Co (when sales are on), Health food shop (occasionally), Coop garage (night time).
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That is entirely up to them, they seem to do pretty well and Butchers always used to close early on a Saturday in the same way fishmongers do. Usually on account of them being up at 3 a.m. to purchase fresh stock. Fresh meat & fish is something alien to cling filmed, dipped in blood rubbish from supermarkets,
Butchers in Marple (and other places) have always closed on Mondays due to (historically) slaughterhouses being closed on Sundays and with Monday being Eat-Up-The-Sunday-Joint-Left-Overs Day and most house-wives being too busy with the washing on Monday.
In this day and age it isn't beyond the wit of man to buy enough meat when the butcher IS open and put it in the 'fridge!
There used to be a by-law in Marple which said that certain shops had to close on Monday - Hairdressing establishments were one such, perhaps butchers were too.
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So no ones used the egg man then.
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Hi Amazon, I'm really not sure why you think Marple is 'heading for a ghost town'? 3 shops does not make a ghost town!
Consider all the shops that have opened in the last year or so & are doing well:
The Zipyard, Claudio's, La Petite Maison, The Linen Room, the electricians on Stockport Road. There is a mobile phone shop just opened on Derby Way & I've heard that 'The Attic' has finally been sold & will be a shop. There is work being carried out in 'Mulligans' & it's looking very smart.
Have you been in Marple on weekdays? Tried to get a table in All Things Nice? Queued at either of the butchers? Or even been in my shop? Marple is far from quiet!
In fact we are busier than we've ever been!
It would be really nice to hear good things about Marple shops rather than negative for a change!
Quite right, Stationery Supplies.
Many of the shops which have closed in recent years have done so because the proprietors fell ill, died or retired. Other businesses folded because the proprietors didn't know what they were doing and in some cases didn't do their homework properly beforehand. And as for the dress agency mentioned by Amazon, when they featured second-hand products in their window at twice the price they cost new, one has to wonder what they thought they were doing.
If Marple is "dead" during the day why is it frequently difficult to find a parking place?
"All Things Nice" is moving to bigger premises - they wouldn't be doing that if the footfall in Marple was as poor as Amazon thinks it is. You can buy practically anything you need in Marple from a car to a bar of chocolate. And as for supermarkets, I recently traipsed round Tesco (Glossop), Morrisons (Hyde), Aldi (Hazel Grove) and Sainsbury's (Stepping Hill) in a fruitless search for a rather exotic foodstuff that I eventually found in the health food shop in Marple (and the price was reasonable too)! We have doctors, dentists, chiropodists, more hairdressers and beauticians than you can shake a stick at and you could drown an elephant in the volume of coffee sold on an average day.
And don't knock the charity shops. I'm clearing two houses at the moment and I'd be lost without the one near the Co-op which is the only one I can park outside.
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So no ones used the egg man then.
The egg man? I have a friend who has chickens so I rarely buy eggs in a shop. Do you mean the house on Hibbert Lane which
has a notice outside asking for egg boxes?
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I think the egg man was called Odobenus rosmarus
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Has anyone had any dealings with the egg man?
Is he the egg man, is he the walrus?
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Yes he was howard.
It was revealed in latin in the previous post.
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I think the egg man was called Odobenus rosmarus
Coocoo ca choo - translate that then!
The Autoden has a application to A3 going in.
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Bit boring.
Lets have a B7 application to vary the shop offerings a little.
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Bit boring.
Lets have a B7 application to vary the shop offerings a little.
What's that for us non shop keepers .any info coop staff meeting tomorrow night Sunday funny time for staff meeting .there building something in the corner were the wines used to be no one seems to know what .
Or they won't say .
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A3 covers the sale of Food & Drink
B7 Covers processes for materials of animal origin and includes 14 different uses. These range from processing potential food stuffs such as the boiling or cleaning of tripe or curing fish to more general processes which nonetheless involve animal products. An example here is producing manure or activities processing “skins” (such as leather).
Both the above are according to Wikipedia.
Perhaps Bargain Booze are thinking of crossing the road.
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I was hoping for a good old fashioned shop selling lips, lugs etc.
Need B7 for that.
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A3 covers the sale of Food & Drink
B7 Covers processes for materials of animal origin and includes 14 different uses. These range from processing potential food stuffs such as the boiling or cleaning of tripe or curing fish to more general processes which nonetheless involve animal products. An example here is producing manure or activities processing “skins” (such as leather).
Both the above are according to Wikipedia.
Perhaps Bargain Booze are thinking of crossing the road.
Blockbusters unit is still empty or is that the coops .would be ideal for bargain booze .
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Here is the application details on the Planning Portal.
http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData/AcolNetCGI.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=118931
This seems to suggest the rumor I've heard that it will be a Greek Takeaway/Restaurant could be correct.
A quick search suggests that the gentleman making the application is certainly in that trade.
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Here is the application details on the Planning Portal.
http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData/AcolNetCGI.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=118931
This seems to suggest the rumor I've heard that it will be a Greek Takeaway/Restaurant could be correct.
A quick search suggests that the gentleman making the application is certainly in that trade.
With a name like Mr Panicos Hadjiyiannis, I think it's more likely to be an Irish restaurant with dishes based entirely of potatoes.
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Kebab shop
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Kebab shop
Good chance it won't be another charity shop .
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Good chance it won't be another charity shop .
Give it time
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It's applying to be a chip shop, takeaway, says so on planning application
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http://www.wilmslow.co.uk/news/article/5102/new-family-run-restaurant-dishes-up-traditional-greek-fare
Hardly MI5 research needed.
maybe they might have a counter on the path for cyclists, like wheels.
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http://www.wilmslow.co.uk/news/article/5102/new-family-run-restaurant-dishes-up-traditional-greek-fare
Hardly MI5 research needed.
maybe they might have a counter on the path for cyclists, like wheels.
I don't go to chippy's unless they power their fryers by pedal power