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With the strap line ‘every penny counts’ the 97p shop is now open. What do you make of it? Do come back and let us know.
Update Monday 2nd December
Went in today and there’s some fresh pastries and bread plus some other food, DIY items along with quite a lot of household goods. It was pretty busy when I went in around lunchtime. Could be people having a look like me to see what’s on the shelves.
The new Willam Hill betting shop due to open soon
It’s rarely that a sense of despair takes over but that’s my feeling when I read this week that in a letter passed to the Guardian, ‘Ministers have privately assured Britain’s biggest bookmaker that attempts by councils to block the spread of betting shops would be frustrated by the coalition’s controversial planning changes, despite claiming in public that the measures were intended to revitalise high streets.’ The letter was written by planning minister Nick Boles to the betting chain Ladbrokes which had said that “some councils are now placing whatever obstacles they can in the way of our ability to obtain planning permission” for betting shops and attacked “alarming actions by unelected officials”.
In response, the Nick Boles wrote back to Ladbrokes saying: “I do recognise that this can be a significant problem and we are taking action to tackle it.” The letter cites new powers contained in a controversial “pro-growth” bill, which became law in summer.
Putting aside the very serious questions about the addictive nature of the Fixed Odds Betting Terminals which are now in nearly all betting shops, this approach to planning by government is surely wholly at odds with their localism agenda. How can this government’s support of localism, witnessed here in the West Ealing Centre Neighbourhood Forum, sit alongside a central government which overrules any say locals might want in how their high streets develop and, in particular, whether or not we as residents want yet more betting shops in our high streets? The two are wholly incompatible.
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St Stephen’s Road, West Ealing W13 8HB
Entry free and in aid of the Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter project
Bric-a-brac, books, toys. Raffle, tombola and lots more for all the family.
The Church’s website is http://www.
Large marquee in Dean Gardens with:
Why not start your Christmas shopping a little early this year and come along to the craft market in St James Avenue. There will be a wide selection of goods and gifts on sale, including some from our Abundance project. You can get in early for our new season jams, chutneys and jellies as well as local apple juice.
Saturday 2nd November in St James Avenue from 10am – 3pm
I’ve been wondering what was happening to the old Miss London shop which has been empty for months. It occupies a prime site on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and Singapore Road. Now I know, it’s going to be a 97p shop and will sell alcohol along with its many other products.
We seem to be battling against a tide of betting shops, money lending shops and 99p or, in this case, 97p shops. The West Ealing shopping centre needs a balance so that our high street isn’t simply defined by budget shopping. Otherwise, a whole swathe of local residents have little reason to shop locally and their money goes out of the local economy. We need to find a way to strike a balance and I just don’t think it can be just left to market forces.
Here’s some good news from Tony Luckhurst:
Next to the newly opened Morrisons on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and St James Ave, the West Ealing craft market is open for business tomorrow from 10am – 3pm. If you’re doing your Saturday morning shopping just take a walk up to St James Ave and come and see what we have to tempt you with:
The old Blockbusters stood empty and forelorn for some months and then work on the new Morrisons Local started and it’s progressed very quickly and will open at 9am on Thursday. On the corner of St James Ave and the Uxbridge Road this supermarket should bring some much-needed footfall down this end of the high street and, hopefully, benefit the nearby shops.
1.30pm today and the shelves at Luckhurst’s are almost empty. I managed to buy a couple more items for the freezer. A sad day for all us regular shoppers at Tony’s but we look forward to welcoming you back in a brand new shop in the autumn (fingers crossed there’s no slippage in building the new shop)
I dropped in just after noon for the official opening of this new charity shop in West Ealing and it was jam packed with people looking, buying and enjoying the free food for the launch. The dressing of the shop window, its design, lay out and feel make it a cut above the average charity shop. A lot of thought and effort has gone in to making it look and feel like a good quality commercial retail shop. It has two main offers – a picture framing service and good quality second hand clothes.
The shop is near the traffic lights at the Eccleston Road junction and is run by Accession, a local social enterprise, and one of its aims is to ‘offer skills training and employment pathways into the mainstream job market, supporting the economically inactive and marginalised parts of the population for whom traditional employment training programmes and routes into work may not have succeeded. Prominent amongst this group are people with severe learning difficulties, people with enduring mental health needs and people on the autistic spectrum. Accession will also work with long term unemployed people from outside these groups.’
On this showing, this Community Shop will be a very welcome addition to West Ealing and help attract more shoppers to this end of the high street.