Dear miss marple
I understand completly that you have some very strong opinions, and although you do make some very fair points, there are always two sides to every argument, and it is now become a 2 sided argument. With people saying there will be alot more traffic, small businesses will close, more pollution etc ...and then there are the people saying that there will be less traffic due to the fact people can walk, and the traffic would be slightly reduced, people are saying they will still shop in the smaller shops due to the fact they like the quality, atmosphere, the price etc, and also there is pollution everywhere you go these days, we do not live in the hills, we live in a busy town so we are expected to surrounded by vehicles.
There are lots of different views, and i have listed a few below
I live on the main road and the amount of busses and HGVs that pass my house already does not affect me.
As for child safety, it is up to the parents to teach their children the green cross code....My son who has just turned 4 knows he should never cross the road without waiting for me, his father or the adult looking after him and he know we wait for the green man at the lights ...(even my just turned 2 year old has grasped this). as they get older i will be teaching them about zebra crossings, and other safe ways to cross. unfortunatly there are the small minority out there who chose to ignore the green cross code and therefore thats when accidents happen. There is however, a pelican crossing on that road....right near the site....it is there for a purpose and it should be used.
I personally beleive marple would benefit from a supermarket....Not a giant one like the tesco in stockport or the asda in hyde, but a fairly sized one that could accomodate all the things people would need.
My husband and i are on a low income and have two young boys to care for...and after buying essensials for them (nappies, wipes, special milk for my lactose/soya intolerant son...which costs £10 alone) there doesnt seem to be enough money left to do a full weeks shop in the co-op.
We do like to get our meat from the butchers, but we can only afford to get this once a month to last a few meals, we get our frozen and milk in iceland as its still cheaper than the co-op, but then we either have to put the burden on family and friends to take us to the supermarket or get as much as we possibly can with the money we have left in the co-op.
I beleive that the people of marple should be able to have a choice about where we shop, seeing as we get a choice with hairdressers, cafes, public houses, fruit and veg shops, butchers etc.
Like i said there are always Two sides to every story and all those petitioning against the supermarket will have a view of their own.....but i bet alot of them will get at least 1 item from the supermarket if it were to come to marple.
Applologies for any spelling mistakes, i am very tired and have been waiting for admin to approve me onto this site so i could voice my opinion.
Oh and as you are now aware, facebook has a page, and a group. I was the Original Creator of the group, and i am admin on the page....the reason i set those up was to hear views of people who are FOR the supermarket, as all i was hearing and seeing was 'NO'. I thought id would be nice to hear some yes opinions and why people are in favor. it has been a hit so far (obviously not as big as the no campaign) but it is early days, and i hope to hear some varied views from both sides of this campaign.....that way people can have a choice on what they would like to vote for. These pages were not set up to slag anyone off...and if anything is seen it will be removed, as it there to show that there is a side of marple that DO want the supermarket
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