Wow Pompey , I had no idea that shopping area had been closed down like that .
When I was at work , seven years ago , I would be in an around that area quite often . It was a vibrant centre with many shops you wouldn’t find anywhere else .
There were two big Building Centres , … Jewsons and Wickes that I used to go to a lot to order materials for the lads , . Are they still there . ?
Is the pub still there , that was always busy , especially weekends with live groups ( The Volunteer ? )
. The practise of putting out plans , getting the local population angry , having meetings , getting the plans turned down , going to appeals , having the appeal turned down , putting in amended plans and eventually getting what they actually wanted in the first place , because the first plan was just a wind up , and the whole process had worn down the resolve of the majority of the locals , has been going on forever .
The same thing will happen with the houses the developers want to build on the Stragetic Gap in our area .
Two boroughs will eventually be merged into one gigantic housing estate , green fields lost forever , wild life driven out , vegetation destroyed forever , and pollution will take over in this part of the world ,
and a group of money men will be significantly richer .
And , yes , they will sleep easily at night because it’s what they do , and they do it very well .
Afternoon Walt, Vibrant centre haha your avin a laugh, agreed it was but the whole place is being killed off by Havant Council, the wankers, they give permission to build houses then some more, plenty of brown envelopes me thinks, they see the VIlle as a money making scheme, rates for private gaffs, and they milk it for all is worth.
You mention the pubs, The Heroes, by the roundabout is functioning, just!, next door is the Denmead Queen, Witherspoons pub, The Wellington gone, now a wine bar, not for long me thinks.
The "Volunteer" = ? not sure what your talking about there, Horndean boozer, part of the Brewery, gone a while now, used too have live Rock band's weekly, that's the only one I can think of.
Other than the 2 boozer's which are crap, I must admit there is absolutely fcuk all here, and they want to add 263no single persons flats, so well thought of.
Only Wicks around here now, Jewsons gone, flats instead, ok there is a small depot down in Denmead.
Waitrose, McDonalds to name just 2 of the bigger outfits gone, though Maccy D's have opened a drive thru' out of the town.
As I have said before, Coffee shops, Hairdressers, Nail parlour's, Charity shops, Take always, Estate agents, 6 banks etc and not forgetting the closed shop shells/eyesores make up 90% of the Ville, basically it is a "SHIT hole" and I moved here whilst still in service in 1980, thus a resident for 41 years, it was such a lovely/beautiful place then, the changes I/we have witnessed are all total shite and as I said before caused by the greedy bastards of HBC.
If you want decent men's clothing, suits n shirts etc, you have to got to Pompey, as I think about it there isn't any real Ladies shops either.
Well that's my rant over, there is loads more, lol!
Have a great day Walt, and that's a ditto to all my fellow Yids.