What has Wycombe come to? (From Bucks Free Press)
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What has Wycombe come to?
6:40pm Thursday 29th July 2010
There is nothing I like more than my regular walk around Wycombe town centre indeed it is the highlight of my day.
Recently someone told me the DIY store in Bellfield Road was closing so yours truly decided to visit to see what was happening.
After walking the length of the High Street and passing through the grounds of the Parish Church I soon found myself heading towards Frogmoor.
Passing the magnificent John Hearn shoe shop I paused for a moment to look in the window only to see a line of white dust bags at the front of the shop with a lady busy clearing the shop and filling yet more bags.
Oh dear. What a sad sight. What has Wycombe come to?
Pausing for a moment to looking at the shoes still on display in the window it became too much for me and I just managed to walk past the shop before the first tear came to my eye.
After a short walk up Oxford Road the DIY shop came into view. Making my way up the flight of steps that lead to the entrance it became clear the store was indeed closing down.
What has our become of our town? We're going backwards not forwards.
Despite businesses in the town centre folding left, right and centre it seems the powers that be are still intent of pushing through the wacky plans for a new, and in my opinion completely unnecessary, stadium.
Did you see the short list of sites that were published recently as part of the £750,000 initial study?
Was it really tactful to list the Little Marlow Gravel Pits as a suitable site especially when the local Marlow football team had their planning permission turned down for a stadium that was seventy five times smaller than the one being proposed now?
Has the stadium farce come to symbolise everything that is wrong with Wycombe?
While businesses fail and the fabric of Wycombe town centre is town apart how on earth can anyone even consider building a new stadium let alone short-list sites that were only a few months ago considered unsuitable.
There are far higher priorities in Wycombe.
The inclusion of the Little Marlow site is merely putting two fingers up to the local community who had their planning application rejected.
I wonder how much of the £750,000 was wasted producing the list of nineteen possible sites?
Everyone keeps telling me that the aerodrome will end being chosen as the preferred site and I would stick my neck out and predict that the name of firm that gets the construction contract starts with a letter close to the start of the alphabet.
Rather than wasting precious money on a stadium that nobody wants let's use the money to rejuvenate Frogmoor and breathe life back into Wycombe town centre.
Of course getting Wycombe trading again would be beneficial to the town so it's unlikely to be done....
What do you think?
Comments(79)
ivor
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8:38pm Thu 29 Jul 10
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Well, I would rather have the DIY shop. It have been there for years ever since the old railway goods yard was closed and the land converted.
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Thank you for those suggestions. I will of course thoroughly research them and write about them. I am sure they will make for interesting blogs.
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If anyone else has any ideas for a a blog let me know and I will give it my best shot!
demoness
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8:40pm Thu 29 Jul 10
Ivor for goodness sake STOP with the putting down of Wycombe.
This is the most melodramatic blog I have seen for a while.
The store was losing money so the company closed it down - it was a coporate decision - nothing to do with WDC.
There is a fantastic shop going in there instead which will make loads of money.
ivor
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8:43pm Thu 29 Jul 10
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So why does an established shop lose money? Why are so many established businesses folding?
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Could it be because the trading conditions in Wycombe are not right because certain parts of the town have been neglected?
demoness
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8:45pm Thu 29 Jul 10
ivor
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8:47pm Thu 29 Jul 10
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Well, the car park was always full but when the electrical store a short distance away closed I fear there was less reason for people to go there.
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Actually I found the shop didn't sell what I wanted so its passing will not affect me as much as the loss of John Hearn will. However is always sad to see a business fail....
demoness
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8:49pm Thu 29 Jul 10
http://www.guardian.
co.uk/business/2009/
aug/23/focus-diy-ban
kruptcy-talks
Had you had bothered to do your famous research you would have seen this for yourself.
ivor
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8:52pm Thu 29 Jul 10
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Oh dear. Think of those 5,000 people who may lose their jobs.
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Wycombe has lost two shops in two weeks. There must be something wrong....
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The loss of John Hearn still affects me deeply. Today as I passed they were clearing out the shops windows. The shoes being taken off display looked so nice that I would have readily bought a pair....
Morag
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8:53pm Thu 29 Jul 10
ivor
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8:55pm Thu 29 Jul 10
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It was a long standing business, as I have said in an earlier comment there have been a DIY shop there ever since the railway goods yard that previously occupied the site closed in the late 1970's.
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I understand the new shop is a clothes shop. No doubt they will fail to stock larger sizes thus disenfranchising people like myself....
Morag
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8:58pm Thu 29 Jul 10
J B Blackett
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9:38pm Thu 29 Jul 10
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But I will not miss Mr Out-of-Focus previously known as Gormless.
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Evolution is the Name of the Game and Gimme, Gimme, Gimme the Money,Money,Money - Mamma Mia it appears that The Winner Takes It All. Does Your Mother Know, Fernando ?
paradise.relost
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9:44pm Thu 29 Jul 10
J B Blackett
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9:50pm Thu 29 Jul 10
paradise.relost wrote:Right On Target , p.r. He/she/it has all the attributes of a Greek chorus or the soothsayer on Up Pompeii.
You lament this store so much yet you don't even bother to name it. Pathetic and childish to the extreme. And then instead of welcoming a new store, you immediately find fault with it. Could you hate this town any more?
J B Blackett
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9:54pm Thu 29 Jul 10
brachyura
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10:18pm Thu 29 Jul 10
I said, Ivor, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, Ivor, 'cause you're in High Wycombe.
There's no need to be unhappy.
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Ivor, there's a place you can go.
I said, Ivor, when you're short on your dough.
You can shop there, and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.
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It's fun to shop at the E-D-E-N.
It's fun to shop at the E-D-E-N.
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They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with the locals ...
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It's fun to shop at the E-D-E-N.
It's fun to shop at the E-D-E-N.
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You can watch the big screen, you can have a good meal
You can do whatever you feel ...
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Ivor, are you listening to me?
I said, Ivor, they even have HMV
I said, Ivor, buy your clothes at Burtons.
Go to Ernest Jones and buy bling!
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No man does it all by himself.
I said, Ivor, put that pie back on the shelf,
And just go there, to the E.D.E.N.
I'm sure they can help you today.
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Morag
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10:59pm Thu 29 Jul 10
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though Eden is here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
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Suddenly,
I'm twice the man I used to be,
And a shadow is hanging over me,
The recession came suddenly.
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Why Hearns
Had to go I don't know, although they tried to say.
I think,
Everything’s wrong now, I long for yesterday.
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Yesterday,
Footie was such an easy game to play,
Now the Wanderers might move away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
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Why Focus
Had to go I don't know, although they tried to say.
I said,
The town is all wrong, now I long for yesterday.
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Yesterday,
My blog was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, and pretend it’s yesterday.
demoness
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11:16pm Thu 29 Jul 10
Marvellous.. :))
J B Blackett
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11:17pm Thu 29 Jul 10
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However , well done chaps - even though you may all be have breaching an aspect of the copyright rules.
ivor
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2:55am Fri 30 Jul 10
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No. I did plenty of research for this blog. I feel you are being over-critical....
ivor
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2:55am Fri 30 Jul 10
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I too will miss the DIY store as it did provide me with somewhere to go while on my lunchtime walks....
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Who is this Mr Gormless that you talk of?
ivor
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2:55am Fri 30 Jul 10
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I can assure you that I do not hate the town at all. There is nobody who supports and cares for Wycombe more than my good self....
ivor
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2:56am Fri 30 Jul 10
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Oh dear. I take it that you do not approve of this particular blog then?
ivor
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2:56am Fri 30 Jul 10
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Oh dear. That's not a very nice thing to say is it?
ivor
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2:56am Fri 30 Jul 10
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Hello Brachy, it was nice to hear from you again after such a long absence.
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Thank you for that amusing poem however I can not agree with the line beginning “It's fun to shop....” as who can have fun shopping when some of the towns most cherished and historic businesses are closing down?
ivor
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2:57am Fri 30 Jul 10
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Indeed things were better yesterday. If only the powers that be had looked to the past and taken the good things forward to the future then I think the town would have been in far better shape today.
ivor
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2:57am Fri 30 Jul 10
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Indeed it was nice of Brachy and Morag to write those nice words.
ivor
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2:57am Fri 30 Jul 10
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Indeed you are right. Whatever anyone thinks or does in Wycombe the powers the be always spring to mind and what better theme tune for them than Colonel Bogey!
demoness
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7:36am Fri 30 Jul 10
ivor wrote:What research did you do exactly? You walked to Focus - said "oh dear how tragic, it's closing. Must be the council's fault".
Re the comments of Morag at 8:58pm ~ No. I did plenty of research for this blog. I feel you are being over-critical....
You then wrote a load of old waffle.
I did more research for your blog than you.
Please tell me what research you did?
Ulky
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8:03am Fri 30 Jul 10
Which brings me to my next point, You didn't happen to be sitting near sportsworld on tuesday did you? Because i saw a very large person who looked like they hated this town?
Morag
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10:22am Fri 30 Jul 10
demoness wrote:Did you look at the sizing chart on Matalan's website before you assumed it would fail to stock clothing for the larger person?
ivor wrote: Re the comments of Morag at 8:58pm ~ No. I did plenty of research for this blog. I feel you are being over-critical....What research did you do exactly? You walked to Focus - said "oh dear how tragic, it's closing. Must be the council's fault". You then wrote a load of old waffle. I did more research for your blog than you. Please tell me what research you did?
bluefeet
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10:25am Fri 30 Jul 10
ivor wrote:No, it's because it's a big, faceless corporate hit by the recession & time wasters wandering around not buying stuff. Take Isaac Lord - a great independent shop which has been in the town for hundreds of years. This shop probably is in one of the worst, most neglected trading locations in Wycombe yet it's still going strong. In fact, the closure of Focus may be a blessing for Lord's and I for one, would rather support my local, independent retailer than some faceless chain.
Re the comments of demoness at 8:40pm ~ So why does an established shop lose money? Why are so many established businesses folding? ~ Could it be because the trading conditions in Wycombe are not right because certain parts of the town have been neglected?
mashedpotato
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11:16am Fri 30 Jul 10
daemonite
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12:40pm Fri 30 Jul 10
monique
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1:15pm Fri 30 Jul 10
As for focus, poor customer service (only a notch better than wickes)and relatively high prices was never a good combination.
J B Blackett
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1:52pm Fri 30 Jul 10
bluefeet wrote:A good and valid point of view. Support your local retailers as much as possible.
ivor wrote:No, it's because it's a big, faceless corporate hit by the recession & time wasters wandering around not buying stuff. Take Isaac Lord - a great independent shop which has been in the town for hundreds of years. This shop probably is in one of the worst, most neglected trading locations in Wycombe yet it's still going strong. In fact, the closure of Focus may be a blessing for Lord's and I for one, would rather support my local, independent retailer than some faceless chain.
Re the comments of demoness at 8:40pm ~ So why does an established shop lose money? Why are so many established businesses folding? ~ Could it be because the trading conditions in Wycombe are not right because certain parts of the town have been neglected?
paradise.relost
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3:25pm Fri 30 Jul 10
ivor wrote:Since when have the Village People been poets?
Re the comments of brachyura at 10:18pm
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Hello Brachy, it was nice to hear from you again after such a long absence.
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Thank you for that amusing poem however I can not agree with the line beginning “It's fun to shop....” as who can have fun shopping when some of the towns most cherished and historic businesses are closing down?
J B Blackett
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6:17pm Fri 30 Jul 10
paradise.relost wrote:Ah you see p.r , that Greenwich Village was a nursery , incubator and eventually a hot-bed of the Beat Poet generation ( Allen Ginsberg , William Burroughs Dylan Thomas , Rod McKuen even Jack Kerouac) frequented or lived in that area of New York.
ivor wrote:Since when have the Village People been poets?
Re the comments of brachyura at 10:18pm
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Hello Brachy, it was nice to hear from you again after such a long absence.
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Thank you for that amusing poem however I can not agree with the line beginning “It's fun to shop....” as who can have fun shopping when some of the towns most cherished and historic businesses are closing down?
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Rgds
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And The Village People took their name from that location.
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Perhaps Mr Bigun has (accidentally) made a unintentional reference that is at last of relevance to something.
demoness
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7:37pm Fri 30 Jul 10
daemonite wrote:The Matalan at Bletchley is not like that - neither is the one in Southampton.
I made a mistake once and went into a Matalan store, and will never go in one again. The goods on sale were,I thought, of a shoddy quality, dirty and creased where they had been kicked arround the floor for a whilt before anybody thought about picking them up. If there was a box or some other container to house the item, then that was invariably broken or in a dire state. I found that it was on the whole the same old tat that a lot of other cheep shops sold, but under the Matalan banner. No, the only time I will be going into that part of town will be to go to the pet shop. Matalan, a gloryfied 99p shop.
Perhaps you were just unlucky..
ivor
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9:39pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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My research was far too extensive to detail here but you can rest assured that it was indeed done.
ivor
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9:39pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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I can assure you that I do have a life and most fulfilling and rewarding it is too!
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How can you tell by someone’s look that they hate a town?
ivor
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9:40pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Well I did look on their internet site and found a pair of trousers (stock code s2400521c101) costing just £3.50. Sadly the sizing only went to a 44inch waist so sadly they would be way too small for me.
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I shudder to think what the quality will be like if the trousers cost just £3.50?
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After looking at their web site I have concluded two things: 1. We were better off with the DIY store and 2. the day the GA Woods closed down was a sad day for Wycombe.
ivor
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9:40pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Well, I was one of those who wandered around without buying however it did provide endless hours of fun look at all the things while on my lunchtime walks around the town centre.
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Indeed Isaac Lord is a great Wycombe store. It would be devastating if that were to close. I only ever buy tools, ironmongery and other DIY items from Isaac Lord indeed for many years we were friends of the Lord family and I can remember my father would always speak to Mr Lord whenever he went in.
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I always support the local retailer hence my distraught state at the closure of John Hearn. Surely such an old and established business like John Hearn could be saved?
ivor
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9:41pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Why would anyone ever want to stab me? I only have good intentions that are for the best of Wycombe.
ivor
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9:41pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Thank you for that piece of information. After reading your description of the store maybe they would be more suitable if they opened their store in the complex?
ivor
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9:41pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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The last thing we need is a tacky store. Why can't we have some upper class stores that sell quality goods?
ivor
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9:41pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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I fully agree. Support the local retailer.
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I may well write a blog on that very topic....
ivor
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9:42pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Who are the village people?
ivor
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9:42pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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But all my blogs are relevant! One again you decry my attempts to highlight the problems Wycombe faces.
ivor
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9:42pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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We shall have to wait to see what their Wycombe store turns out like.
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Maybe I should visit when the store opens and write a blog about it?
demoness
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9:54pm Fri 30 Jul 10
ivor wrote:We do - they are in Eden and you moaned about it saying that no one could afford to shop there.
Re the comments of monique at 1:15pm
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The last thing we need is a tacky store. Why can't we have some upper class stores that sell quality goods?
demoness
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9:56pm Fri 30 Jul 10
ivor wrote:There is no evidence that you did any research at all... I am not the only one who has noticed.
Re the comments of demoness at 7:36am
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My research was far too extensive to detail here but you can rest assured that it was indeed done.
Please do not insult my intelligence by telling me that your research was extensive.
I do not believe you and neither does anyone else.
demoness
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9:56pm Fri 30 Jul 10
ivor wrote:There is no evidence that you did any research at all... I am not the only one who has noticed.
Re the comments of demoness at 7:36am
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My research was far too extensive to detail here but you can rest assured that it was indeed done.
Please do not insult my intelligence by telling me that your research was extensive.
I do not believe you and neither does anyone else.
ivor
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9:57pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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I am looking for fashionable, good quality, hard wearing clothes at reasonable prices for the working man just like GA Woods sold.
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The last thing I want is shops selling highly priced designer clothes aimed at youngsters....
ivor
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9:58pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Well, I can assure you that I undertake extensive research for all my blogs
ivor
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10:00pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Why do you doubt me? I am only trying to highlight the issues of the day in the hope that something is done about them. My intentions are honourable....
iworld
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10:10pm Fri 30 Jul 10
There has been much talk about the flyover - I say keep it, but have a walkthrough underneath it - connecting one part of town to the other. We need to make good suggestions for this town - so that future generations can benefit.
ivor
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10:14pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Yes, that's a very good idea. I will add it to my “to do” list.
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I would dearly like to see Wycombe at the top town in the area. Sadly I fear we are going backwards at the moment which is a terrible shame.
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I have lots of suggestions to make the town better. If only the powers that be were capable of getting the right things done our town would be a winner but alas they don't seem to have any idea of what actually needs doing and they are fixated with building an unnecessary stadium....
iworld
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11:01pm Fri 30 Jul 10
ivor wrote:The sooner we can get the ideas and suggestions of the readers and public - the foucs would be then on the Bucks Free press to carry the story and suggestions - then the 'powers to be' will have to listen and then we will see Action!
Re the comments of iworld at 10:10pm ~ Yes, that's a very good idea. I will add it to my “to do” list. ~ I would dearly like to see Wycombe at the top town in the area. Sadly I fear we are going backwards at the moment which is a terrible shame. ~ I have lots of suggestions to make the town better. If only the powers that be were capable of getting the right things done our town would be a winner but alas they don't seem to have any idea of what actually needs doing and they are fixated with building an unnecessary stadium....
Wycombe should be a peoples town where residents chose what they want - Not want WDC Think what we would like to have!
ivor
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11:07pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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I fully agree with your sentiment! The people of Wycombe should have what THEY want and not what the powers that be say they have to have.
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Sadly I fear the powers the be are out of control and they are off on a bender wasting money left right and centre while the established businesses of the town fall down around us.
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Being a man of action I will write a blog giving and asking for ideas and suggestions however I fear the powers the be are so blinkered in their ways they will ignore any suggestions through their shire arrogance....
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Let's see what happens when I write the blog....
demoness
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11:08pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Ivor will put what IVOR thinks they want.
You will see NO action. The BFP has done countless campaigns to get over what the public want.
It never works ... ever.
And I do not want Ivor representing me thank you very much
demoness
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11:08pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Ivor will put what IVOR thinks they want.
You will see NO action. The BFP has done countless campaigns to get over what the public want.
It never works ... ever.
And I do not want Ivor representing me thank you very much
ivor
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11:13pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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But I mingle on a daily basis with the townspeople and I right on the pulse of things!
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Don't you think that I speak to the people and gauge their opinions?
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When required I am more than capable of deliver the sort of action that is rarely seen these days. There are few people around as determined as me all it takes it to get me fired up....
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Well, I won't claim to represent you then but I am sure there are many in the silent majority who would be more than happy for me to represent them....
ivor
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11:14pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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What makes you so sure that I am not in tune with what people want? To make such a statement you yourself must know what people want otherwise how do you know that I am wrong?
brachyura
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11:19pm Fri 30 Jul 10
ivor wrote:They are like the towns people but with better choreography.......
Re the comments of paradise.relost at 3:25pm ~ Who are the village people?
iworld
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11:20pm Fri 30 Jul 10
demoness wrote:Perhaps you should write the blog yourself - It is the fact that people are replying to this blog that has generated your input otherwise people would just ignore it
I world - you are completely deluded if you think that Ivor will represent what the people of Wycombe want. Ivor will put what IVOR thinks they want. You will see NO action. The BFP has done countless campaigns to get over what the public want. It never works ... ever. And I do not want Ivor representing me thank you very much
If the campaigns that the BFP have not worked, what would you suggest?
ivor
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11:21pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Ah, if they are in to choreography then they must be dancers!
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Thank you for clarifying that point.
ivor
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11:24pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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Indeed I think the townspeople are outraged by the way things are going in Wycombe at the moment.
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The closure of John Hearn has turned an awful lot of people against the powers the be for their inaction and killing off of parts of the town centre.
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I think the only way to deal with the powers that be is to try to get a town council or unitary authority in Wycombe. That way we would have new governance rather than the stale stagnation from the current leadership. The only problem would be how would stop the current people from standing for election and ruining the new administration?
demoness
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11:27pm Fri 30 Jul 10
iworld wrote:I like Wycombe the way it is. I suggest you read Ollie's blog. It is written by a young person born and bred in Wycombe and I personally think he would do a far better and unbiased blog than Ivor would.
demoness wrote:Perhaps you should write the blog yourself - It is the fact that people are replying to this blog that has generated your input otherwise people would just ignore it
I world - you are completely deluded if you think that Ivor will represent what the people of Wycombe want. Ivor will put what IVOR thinks they want. You will see NO action. The BFP has done countless campaigns to get over what the public want. It never works ... ever. And I do not want Ivor representing me thank you very much
If the campaigns that the BFP have not worked, what would you suggest?
At the end of the day though, I visit Wycombe for the fantastic shopping - there is nowhere like it in Bucks.
ivor
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11:31pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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I am sure I am more than capable of writing an unbiased blog on the subject! If I represent the views of the majority of people then how can we be ignored?
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I am sorry but I have to say that the halcyon days of shopping in Wycombe are coming to an end. The great shops like John Hearn, GA Wood, Murray's, Davey's Toy Shop, Aldridge;s, Keen's Model Shop have sadly gone and all we have are large-chain stores that sell the same things in every town in the country. Where is the individuality?
demoness
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11:37pm Fri 30 Jul 10
ivor wrote:The new shops sell all that I require and more.
Re the comments of demoness at 11:27pm
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I am sure I am more than capable of writing an unbiased blog on the subject! If I represent the views of the majority of people then how can we be ignored?
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I am sorry but I have to say that the halcyon days of shopping in Wycombe are coming to an end. The great shops like John Hearn, GA Wood, Murray's, Davey's Toy Shop, Aldridge;s, Keen's Model Shop have sadly gone and all we have are large-chain stores that sell the same things in every town in the country. Where is the individuality?
Thanks for your opinion but I disagree.
The new Wycombe - shopping, restaurants, theatre, cinema is great.
But you carry on moaning dear... you do it so well.
ivor
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11:40pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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I guess we must live very different lives then. All too often the shops of Wycombe are unable to provide the goods that I want.
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Sadly the town centre these days is more about sitting in a cafe than actually doing the weekly shopping.
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The independent retailers are slowly disappearing only to be replaced with large chain stores. Where has the individuality gone?
billsheppard
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5:34pm Sat 31 Jul 10
As a lifelong supporter I want to see the club go from strength to strength. However going from their present situation where they own their own perfectly adequately sized ground for a club of their stature and receiving rent from Wasps (whether it's an adequate amount is subject to conjecture), they will be the junior tenant in a ground share with Wasps as they generate the higher attendences and thus are more profitable. Playing in a quarter-full ground will generate a sterile and joyless atmosphere - it's bad enough half of the time when Adams Park is half-full - and hardly encourage new fans to come along and may fail convince those who grew up with the often electric atmosphere at Blues games in the 90s to bother coming along anymore.
The worst thing of all is the fact that Steve Hayes has insidiously taken over both clubs putting on a sugar daddy act to naive fans who though the vast sums he was 'pumping' into the club were gifts rather than debt to him. Now he is in a position where he can use WWFC as a pawn in his money-spinning property development plans he may well just kill off our proud football club that, whilst hardly Real Madrid, is the envy of many a similarly sized town across the country. That public money should be used to help fund this all is a damning indictment of the corruption at WDC.
wayneo
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7:44pm Sat 31 Jul 10
ivor wrote:I quite agree with you, if you did not care for the town then you would not comment. I find it odd that so many people chastise your blogs Ivor yet your blog alone provokes the most comments, keep up the good work mate.
Re the comments of paradise.relost at 9:44pm ~ I can assure you that I do not hate the town at all. There is nobody who supports and cares for Wycombe more than my good self....
ivor
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7:47pm Sat 31 Jul 10
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Indeed I fully agree with you. Why should the taxpayers of the town end up footing the bill for a new stadium when the current on is perfectly good?
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I would rather the money went to bail out John Hearn....
ivor
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7:49pm Sat 31 Jul 10
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Indeed I intend to carry on for as long as possible. Unless someone speak out then then powers that bill will just ride roughshod over us unopposed.
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I think it is awful what has been done to Wycombe in recent years and to see some of our most respected businesses folding up is awful.... We need urgent action to save this town now and the last thing we need is a new football stadium.
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Thank you for your valued comment.
mo-at-hw
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7:01pm Wed 4 Aug 10
ivor
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7:58pm Thu 5 Aug 10
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It seems that most change is for the worse rather then for the better....
faisal mahmood
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11:35pm Thu 5 Aug 10
matalan is opening and will have cheap cloths avaiable keep up the good work
The DIY shop in Bellfield.
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- Welcome to Nature Connections
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- 'Snowmaggedon' – I Don’t Think Snow
- What can you do on a cold day in Wycombe?
- Are you worried about the cold this Winter?
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- The snow has arrived
- The lights are on but everyone’s at home
- Numbers!
- Its about to get colder
Morag says...
6:54pm Thu 29 Jul 10
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Ivor, you invited us to suggest topics for your blogs so here are just a few. This is your opportunity to stop moaning and look on the bright side. Will you take that chance, I wonder?
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WDC has adopted a new local development order this week, aimed at helping to regenerate the historic quarter bounded by White Hart Street, Queen Square, Church Street, Oxford Street and Bull Lane. Will this help to fill some of the vacant units and will this be good for our town? Discuss.
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The Rye in High Wycombe and Higginson Park have both received Green Flag Awards this week. That is a very positive thing for the town, isn’t it? Or is theirs better than ours? Discuss.
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Don’t forget the Butterfly Walk at Gomm's Wood Nature Reserve on Saturday. Then you will be able to tell us with a lot more authority where our butterflies and bees “have gone”. This is organised by the WDC Woodland Rangers and will be a nice trip out for you.
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Of course, you could just persist in depressing everyone.