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Talking Point - Poundland Is Coming |
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Friday 8th January 2010 |
Within a month, a Poundland store will open its doors on Andover's High Street.
The discount retailer has confirmed that they will be arriving on 4th February, in the former Woolworths building, employing 30 members of staff.
When rumours first emerged about their arrival, there was a negative reaction from some local people who claimed the shop presents the wrong image for the town.
Poundland's Retail Operations Director Tim McDonnell says he thinks the attitudes will change: "It's a shame really because I think that's based on rumour and speculation. When you actually see the quality of the store fit, you really will be pleasantly surprised because it's quite a high quality store fit comparible to most of the major supermarkets.
"I know there are a few towns and cities around the country who initially have been a little reticent when we've turned up but when they've actually come into the store they've been very pleasantly surprised and we've also got some very favourable feedback from them as well."
How do you feel about the store coming to the town? Let us know by leaving a comment below. |
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alison of andover says: |
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21:53 on Saturday 6th February 2010 |
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"poundland is a supermarket with big brands all at a pound. they have 300 stores and have big buying power so can sell it at a reduced price.
it has employed 30 people, some of which had been made redundant from other closed stores in the town.
today kirk from coronation street came, there was a dj and the atmosphere was fantastic. the 800 square feet store was packed. give it a try you will be amazed." |
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Anon of Andover says: |
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07:08 on Friday 5th February 2010 |
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"Haven't you heard ever of supermarkets, Patsy? They're everywhere, bargains galore. " |
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Patsy of Andover says: |
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16:03 on Thursday 4th February 2010 |
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"Everybody has heard of, and most of us are living with this terrible recession. So it is a relief to those of us who have to watch prices in other stores rise out of all proportion, together with their sneeky product marketing.
Poundland sell brand name goods and I am sure there are many many people who will support such a good store.
When we lost Woolworths, it was almost regarded as the lost of a national institution.... and that store started of as a 'bargain' store.
WELCOME to POUNDLAND" |
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gemma of andover says: |
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11:31 on Thursday 4th February 2010 |
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"well i say its better then an empty shop just sitting there" |
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rebekah of Andover says: |
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10:37 on Thursday 4th February 2010 |
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"did not think i would like it
but i do
and i was the first person in the shop today :L
and ma mum spend £20
on me and my sis
and someone ask me about it
and it going on here or andover advetiser can;t member what she said " |
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Manuela of Andover says: |
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11:33 on Sunday 31st January 2010 |
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"well I was out early again this morning, and was pleased to see the men from Wakefield painting the outside of the shop, and making it ready for it's grand opening. Let's all embrace this shop now that we have got it. It wasn't the first choice for lots of us - me included - but let me suggest that it is a shop that will bring funds into the town and employment. Lets be gracious and accept that it is here, support it if we want to, and don't if you don't want to. But lets be gracious and wish them well in Andover." |
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Kev Banting of Andover says: |
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17:25 on Friday 29th January 2010 |
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"Is it any wonder people travel out of town to do their shopping ? There's a far better choice of shops elsewhere like Basingstoke , Reading , Southampton. Lets be honest , there's nothing here. If you want a birthday card and a cup of coffee , then great stay in Andover. And now Poundland ! Wonderful. Do they sell beer ?" |
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gaz of andover says: |
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20:46 on Monday 25th January 2010 |
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"It looks like we have another takeaway coming peeps.Set to be in the old jennings betting shop." |
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Richie Madisun of Andover says: |
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16:57 on Monday 25th January 2010 |
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"You know that expression "Dress for the job you want, not the job you've got" ? well, thats what Andover needs to do.
If all the town aspires to have is discount outlets then that's all we'll ever get, don't get me wrong, I love a bargain or two but surely enough of the cheap cheap shops in the town and maybe try to get a little bit of quality. Some of us don't mind paying a little bit more for some items so surely we deserve the option to shop where we want as well as those that would appreciate a Poundland and you can say what you want about still being in a recession but it's not so bad that all people want to do is shop for pennies, if that was true the towns pubs and bars wouldn't be so rammed packed with people drinking their wages away.
I don't want the town to continue to be a ghost town but until its brings up its A game and strives to be more than it currently is then it will just continue to be the joke that it is." |
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andover and basingstoke shopper of andover says: |
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13:33 on Friday 22nd January 2010 |
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"give poundland a chance when i shop in basingstoke i vist poundland and it is not all cheap tat they have brand names as well you just have to be careful that you cant buy cheaper in supermarkets when they have offers on im sure they will be a roaring success and help those who are less fortunate and on low incomes
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anon of Andover says: |
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08:14 on Tuesday 19th January 2010 |
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"What a suprise! This town has nothing, i shall not support this town until there are drastic changes. People who visit this town must walk away from it thinking 'what a crock of ****', because that's all this town is. 'I know what, lets have another coffee shop! How about another phone shop? What about ANOTHER card shop, no no no, lets have another betting shop! Yes, that's it! Just what the town wants!'. No, thanks. I'd rather stick to travelling to the towns and cities that surround us where we have a superb range of places to eat, shop. This is a town of 60,000+ people and getting bigger, what do we need? Yes! A poundland! That'll keep us shopping here! You wonder why this town cannot attract big name department stores?" |
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sam of andover says: |
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09:09 on Thursday 14th January 2010 |
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"I think everyone prefered a primark but i also think that the people moaning will also end up shopping in poundland a full shop is better than an empty one, i say that you should give it a chance if it really is that rubbish people wont shop there, without shoppers you have no shop.
Im sure it will be here for a while and people will forget even moaning about it." |
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helen of ludgershall says: |
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00:56 on Thursday 14th January 2010 |
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"all i can say is thank god its not another coffee shop or mobile phone shop. that is all there really is in andover. like previous comments if the rent wasn't so high we would have a good collection of shops but buisnesses can't survive when they have to pay so much for such a small town." |
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Manuela of Andover says: |
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16:41 on Wednesday 13th January 2010 |
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"Donna N of Andover, what a beautifully balanced point of view, extremely well put over.
Within your own household three possible different choices, 'lets give poundland a chance'
It probably wouldn't be my first choice either, however I do applaud anyone coming into our town bringing their business and employment with them.
m." |
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Donna N of Andover says: |
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15:55 on Wednesday 13th January 2010 |
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"Wow so many views. What we have to remember is you cant please everyone all of the time. Poundland perahps it would not have been on the top of my list of choices. And we do have a lot of should we say less expensive choice shops.
I would love to see a Matalan here, clothes for all bedding,household, toys, shoes and more, all of what i would call middle of the road qaulity and brilliant prices. But if you were to ask my 16 year old daughter she would say Primark as I think all the teenagers from Andover go to Basingstoke just to shop there. My Mother would maybe choose John lewis or Debenhams. I agree with the comment that we should make a stand in the next elections if we want to help with change. But remember my first few words You cant please everyone all the time, there are 3 different choices just from my household so lets give poundland a chance and just bombard the council with what stores we want
I love our town and I mostly only shop here even at christmas. happy new year to all of you " |
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Alan Resident of Andover says: |
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17:51 on Tuesday 12th January 2010 |
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"How many times do we hear of people moaning about their corner shop closing and then when you ask, you find out they did their weekly shop at Tesco?
The shops in town are no different. They are there to make a profit and if we don't spend enough in them then they shut. How many expressed sadness at Woolworths closing? Now how many actually shopped there?
The people saying about John Lewis and Debenhams coming to Andover, there must be a reason for them not coming and I'd guess that reason is they cannot see enough money being made here.
How about one of you writing to their Head Office and asking if they have any plans and if not, why not?" |
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Lucy of Andover says: |
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15:47 on Tuesday 12th January 2010 |
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"Perhaps the Council should stop thinking about jumping in the pockets of any old tom, dick and Poundland who offer to take over empty shops and actually think about what they are offering to the local residents. Perhaps a more attractive town, with a variety of unique stores that attracts people to come to the town further a field than Andover..may have a knock on effect. Also hopefully attracting business to the dump that is Walworth Industrial Estate..Of course reducing the insane business charges would be a good start too! The Fat Cats are too greedy to see the wood for the trees!! Cheaper rates = more new business and regular income..its far better than relying on a few business...some inclome. They need to look at the long term future of Andover, not the grab and dash policy they do now. We need a decent furniture store, Bring back the old fashioned sweet shop, A good childrens clothes shop, better clothes shops for everyone full stop! Get a good grocery in the town and give us a decent butcher again! If decent companies are not putting themselves forward to take over a premisis in the town...the councillors should ask themseleves why? I know why....because this place has turned into a dump." |
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ian of andover says: |
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10:50 on Tuesday 12th January 2010 |
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"Goody another [censored] shop for andover. Who does the picking and choosing for andover shops. Are the trying there hardest to pushshoppers else where. Every decent shop shuts and leaves the town to make way for either another [censored] shop or some where else to have a coffee like we need anymore of those." |
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Ann of Andover says: |
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22:20 on Sunday 10th January 2010 |
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"Maria - I'm sorry do you not travel outside andover at all to shop??? You stay in Andover for everything do you??? I think not! If you can get better choice for better value elsewhere you go to it! I live very near 2 supermarkets but still shop in the one the other side of town for price! It is foolish to pay £3 for something you can get the same named brand in poundland for a quid! I save more than i waste on petrol. As for supporting the trade in Andover no i dont as i have no need for a new mobile phone contract and i dont drink coffee, I dont drink during the day and I dont need a new bank or to bet on a horse! well that just about exhausts Andovers trade!! Seriously I do not see how a poundland could possibly make this town any worse than it already is!! " |
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Mary B of Andover says: |
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21:18 on Sunday 10th January 2010 |
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"I agree . . . but . . . POUNDLAND!?! YEUCH. You get what you pay for . . .and if it only costs a pound then you get what you deserve. Tat." |
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Maria J of Andover says: |
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21:17 on Sunday 10th January 2010 |
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"Ann of Andover -DUH! if you drive every month to Basingstoke go to Poundland . . why not NOT drive, save the petrol money / wear and tear on the car/car park fees etc. and shop in Andover!!! It CAN'T be economical or money saving and people like you do nothing to support trade in Andover!" |
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Mark of Andover says: |
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20:37 on Sunday 10th January 2010 |
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"How can poundland lower the tone of Andover any more than turning our Guildhall into another smelly coffee shop ringed by wheezy smokers! Why not make it an annexe to the museum, maybe for the Taskers items?" |
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isabelle balch hey :) of andover says: |
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20:04 on Sunday 10th January 2010 |
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"i think its a rubbish shop we allready have one and i think that it should be like a shop like it used to be not stupid pound land :/" |
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rob of andover says: |
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21:22 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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""The shop was as everyone knows was good old woolies so therefore Poundland did not need planning permission, lets face it a pound is better than nothing and is it not better to have the shop in use rather than yet another empty one. Lets all be relistic in todays climate no big shop is going to come here.regard upstairs this could be turned into a coffee shop incorporating a bookies were you could also buy a new mobile Some of us can remember the days when they were, Plumers (now named Debenhams) Parsons and Harts, Co op deptartment shop lets not forget Ponds (now Hables) the shop used to be 2 large shop fronts in the high street as well as in black swan yard now due to large overhead now just in black swan yard." |
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Rob of Andover says: |
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21:18 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"The shop was as everyone knows was good old woolies so therefore Poundland did not need planning permission, lets face it a pound is better than nothing and is it not better to have the shop in use rather than yet another empty one. Lets all be relistic in todays climate no big shop is going to come here.now al squeezed in black swan yard, regard upstairs this could be turned into a coofee shop incorporating a bookies were you could also buy a new mobile Some of us can remember the days when they were, Plumers (now named debinhams) Parsons and Harts, Co op deptartment shop lets not forget Ponds ( now Hables) the shop used to be 2 large shop fronts in the high street as well as in black swan yard, " |
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Ann of Andover says: |
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19:08 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"I for one can not wait for Poundland to open in Andover. I drive every month to Basingstoke to go to Poundland there to buy my cleaning products and various other bits. Its fantastic value and if people don't like it MOVE!" |
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Andy of Andover says: |
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18:43 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Andover needs any shops it can get and people here need jobs. If the snobs who are complaining cannot bear to live in the same town as Poundland then I suggest they visit one of Andover's many estate agents and buy a house in Henley although I have a sneaking suspicion they will use Poundland as much as the rest of us." |
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Karen Walters of Andover says: |
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17:15 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"as per previous note - it should have read prevent Andover become a ghost town - should have proof read, humble apologies." |
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Karen Walters of Andover says: |
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17:13 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Like most other people i sighed when i first heard Poundland were taking over the old Woollies store. I just felt the premises were too large and could have been put to better use. However i am a fan of Poundland so can think of worse shops that could have opened there - and with more shops closing: Poundworld, HMV and Partyzone, it will help towards Andover becoming a ghost town. " |
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Sarah of Artist's Way Andover says: |
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17:11 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"I think most of all the community in Andover needs jobs, and empty shops make our town look sad and unattractive to potential visitors and shoppers. If you don't like Poundland, then don't shop there but do spare a thought for the many people desperate for a job at the moment, and you never know if we start to fill those empty units the bigger shops might follow. Perhaps our new local council could help to encourage some by working alongside TVBC - there are lots of things councils can do to help improve market towns if they choose to.... " |
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Mike of Clatford says: |
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16:31 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Everyone moaned at the demise of Woolworths. Didn't they start as the Sixpenny store? Perhaps people will be bemoaning Poundland closing in a hundred years!" |
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Amy of andover says: |
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16:10 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Why do we need another pound store? Andover needs to get some decent shops to shake off its shabby reputation with surrounding areas. Young people already have to go out of town to get anything Decent anyway, I would have thought it would have been common sense to fill such a large empty space with something good at least." |
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nicola of andover says: |
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15:35 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"well said tracey, a department shop like john lewis would not last in andover as lot of the families in andover do not have money to spend every week on luxeries where as poundland helps those families on a budget and i have brought many items from there that have lasted and the people that are putting it down already i think are ashamed to walk in it and have a look, maybe they should support and they might surprise themseleves not everything these days is about spending lots of money to be happy least the shops are being turned into something rather than left to sit empty " |
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tracey of andover says: |
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15:19 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"I would rather look at a poundland than an empty shop. All the empty shops around town makes Andover look run down, I suppose we should be happy to have any shops at all with all the snobbery it's a wonder anything is surviving. Poundland might encourage other big retail names into Andover. What happened to those plans for the carparks to be a big department store, did they realise that that is were a good income is made?
Please think about others, jobs for locals and affordable (you think tat) shopping, I'm sorry to say we all don't have disposable incomes and some of us have to budget and would like this shop to take over the woolies site." |
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Peter of Andover says: |
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14:45 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"I agree with the comments below, but until you the voter gets down to the polling station and gets rid of the existing Council nothing will change,the future of Andover is in your hands, make your views count in 2011." |
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Alison of Andover says: |
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14:41 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Call me a snob or whatever you want. This town needs a quality department store like Debenhams or John Lewis which sell everything. Or, why don't M&S move to the old Woolworths site - its got to be bigger hasn't it???" |
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hannah of andover says: |
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13:51 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"i think this is a good oppurtunity for jobs needed, but the store is in the wrong place we need a large clothes company. we have got far to many cafes and phone companys we should have got a primark here." |
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rebekah of Andover admirals way says: |
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13:14 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"We don't need a poundland we need a primark , i heard primark was coming that much better" |
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Kate of Andover says: |
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12:58 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"I understand that we need jobs in our community and we need to have a cheap store but we have so many closed down stores. surley a smaller one would be better, letting somewhere like primark take a bigger space. If we want cheap clothes we have to go to places like basingstoke, some of us just cant afford to. Andover is dying as a place to shop becuase nothings lasting, i think that we need to take a good look at what might acctually work in Andover ...." |
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Kate of Andover says: |
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12:47 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Are you acctually kidding, i thought they said that they didnt have any plans to expand, are we ever going to get a decent clothes shop or anything like that? No more pound world, cafes or phone shops :(" |
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Matt of Andover says: |
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12:44 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Well glad to see that Poundland have been welcomed with open arms. I love the fact that we are supposed to be so please that this is coming to our town.
I understand everyones points of view, that we are in a recession and yes i will be shopping there. I ain't stupid. One question we have to ask is though, have they kept the upstairs open or have they blocked it off??
But i also understand the people who say that this site is prime for a bigger company. This town is scared of change and it will never have a department store like BHS or Debenhams because they will never come her and our illustrious councillours would never make a decision thats good for our town centre.
It is 2010, lets get over the fact that Andover is a market town, it isn't its a town that has a market, there is a huge difference.
Things are not going to change depite that wonderful vision for the future. That vision should have read, "ahhhh.... we need money just give the shops to anyone"." |
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Tom of Andover says: |
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12:43 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"I dont think we need this type of shop in Andover. One does wonder if the council really have the best interest of ANDOVER at heart?" |
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B.WILKINSON of andover says: |
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11:56 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"why do we have to have these cheap stores in the town! what about a good dept; store. I certainly want be using the pound store!" |
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Peter of Andover says: |
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11:56 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"I mirror your opinion Claire,unfortunatley we have a Council Leader that is NOT for the people of Andover, and until that is changed, Andover will not improve, that is of course is my opinion." |
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Claire of Ludgershall says: |
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11:31 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Nicola from Andover you are missing the point. People do not want poor quality clothing shops, charity shops, card shops, christmas shops, an empty Guildhall that is used for jumble sales, markets, mobile phone shops ....
Until people like you change your narrow minded view of what a town centre should be, there will bever be anything good in Andover.
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nicola of andover says: |
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10:29 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"i think if people want high quality boutiques they r definatley in the wrong town like they would last here, not all charity shops in the town are tate people that are snobs should help support the charity shops more peolpe should, if people dont like the charity shop or the cheap retailers im sorry but i think they are too above themselves for this town and should go looking elsewhere, u should support your own town not slate it. be gratful thet we have some shops to look in" |
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Claire of Ludgershall says: |
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10:16 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"The reason why HMV are going is because TVBC charge excessive town centre rents and business rates. I know town centre shops used to have to pay £75,000 over 14 years ago so can't imagine what they charge now!
Poundland will be here like most retailers for the year, as they get a free year's rent. Then if they don't make enough profit they too will be gone. Just like all those other seasonal shops.
The town council is made up of small retailers and that is the reason big name shops do not come to the town.
Enough of cheap tat and charity shops, cheap clothing retailers like Bon Marche (incidentally the French word for "cheap"), we will be having other cheapies next like Primark and Matalan!
The building would have been better utilised as a department store like Debenhams.
We need quality in Andover, not a quantity of cheap inferior goods.
If you are daft enough to spend just £1 on an item, for instance toys, then be prepared for the tears when they fall apart!
Come on Andover, department stores, larger quality retailers, BHS, more boutiques.....not everyone who shops and lives here is a charity shop tracksuit wearing bargain hunter!
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alison of ludgershall says: |
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10:04 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Im over the moon about it, the one in salisbury is good so the andover one should be better bigger premises. Snobs! we are in a recession and I alone know what it is truely like to live on the bread line, good luck pound store, and people don't lets it go down like woolworths, support them!" |
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nicola of andover says: |
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10:03 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"people moan theres no shops in andover and when one comes along they still are not happy and sound so ungrateful, i think they should count them self lucky that a resonible price shop will be coming is better then a high price department or designer shop that will close down after 2-3 months and then the shop will remain empty i say yes to poundland" |
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Phill of Andover says: |
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09:48 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"A shop that size could have been so much more than a quid shop.
I cannot believe that the powers that be do not think in the same way as us common folk and hold out until someone with a proper idea came along to utilise the space.
The building has been shut for a while, it wasnt an eyesore until the builders went in.
Thought we were moving forward when Asds was only allowed in if it provided a cinema.
Oh well, they are the powers that be." |
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Sarah of Andover says: |
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09:16 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Is'nt it funny that Poundland is coming just as poundworld has closed....!!!" |
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Simon of Andover says: |
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08:24 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Andover Council is allowing this town to be totally run down. It is appalling, so much for Ian Carrs vision of the future. All Andover can offer is mobile phone, Card, and cheap and nasty pound shops. Where is the department store we've been promised for years. Here was a prime location, which needed a big store name. There is nothing to temp shoppers into Andover anymore, the only people who shop here is locals. If you need to shop then you go to Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton or Salisbury. There is no other choice, Andover is awful now. It's only saving grace is the fab Farmers Market, The Lights and the Cinema. These are the only new injections of life into the town that people really wanted. But we need store diversity and quality." |
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Gordon Brown of Andover says: |
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07:52 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Andover has always been a town too afraid of change,we used to be bigger than Basingstoke.
I think it will do Andover good to have any company moving into the old Woolies building, all we seem to have are mobile phone companys and pubs in town. with all the empty shops all we need is some 'tumble weed' rolling down the High Street to make it look a ghost town. Come on Andover move into the 21st century." |
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Peter of Andover says: |
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07:43 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"Well pound for pound coming, no change then." |
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Georgina of Andover says: |
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07:39 on Friday 8th January 2010 |
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"In these hard times no-one can really afford to be a snob. I know we all want a Primark or a BHS etc. but we need to count ourselves lucky that it will create new jobs for local people!" |
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