A few weeks ago Somerfield (latterly Co-op) supermarket sold out and left. Somerfield, Nailsea was the sort of place you could film a zombie movie simply by recording in real time with the regular crowd. It was slow and had a smoker's complexion. There was too much salt in the sandwiches.
After just six weeks we have a bright, friendly, well-stocked Waitrose. The green and grey clad, share-owning staff have a sense of urgency and purpose. I went for a Guardian and some skimmed milk. I bought a Guardian, some Duchy, organic skimmed milk, a bottle of English sparkling wine, two bars of fair-trade chocolate and some individually cut and crimped balsamic vinegar and sea salt crisps each of which has been butterfly kissed by an attractive blond checking clerk. I may have imagined this last bit but they are expensive crisps and will still kill me slowly.
Anyway £30 spent against a £1.85 budget so it's not looking good. Also they had run out of sandwiches at 3.30 p.m. so I bought a pasty. There are not enough car park spaces in Nailsea for all the people who now want to visit. It is a good retail experience if such is possible. Maybe walking there would be good and keep my purchases down to what I can carry.
We're not buzzing and happening yet but if the rumoured W.H. Smiths, Wetherspoons and Cargo happen then who knows. Who knows.
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Cargo rumour? You may know more than others.
things are looking up, st... I remember you telling a story of a visit to a Waitrose sometime ago where they didn't stock the Grauniad... "no call for it here" I remember you being told.
That was John Lewis but well remembered take a bonus point.
Oh yes, oh yes, and if only. After 20 years of watching the Nailsea shopping centre go steadily downhill (would you believe when we moved here there was a department store - with two depts irrc, men's and women's!!) this is the first breath of hope we have had. Come on, Cargo!
You wot! - are you likening some of the people of Nailsea to zombies??
I think I did. No offence.
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