As I said before , Coventry needs small exclusive and interesting little shops.
When Palmer Lane was 'tried out'with small units and a cafe some years ago I had a friend who had a hand-made jewellery stall there, another who sold hand painted silk goods,and there were a few other unusual stalls.
It was a good place and handy for people to wander in when getting off the bus or just walking by.They did a good trade there but the council needed it- so made it difficult in all sorts of ways -rent increases , new petty rules and regulations, making access awkward-and many other things--so what happened? just what 'they' wanted -traders moved and 'they' said nobody wants this kind of thing so we'll close it and they did.
That is exactly what happened to the old fire station.and I feel angry about it.It could have been a centre for the arts or something.
Coventry will never be as Birmingham or Leicester is -nor should it try.
Do we really want large so called upmarket empires here? with a few stuggling small shops, struggling because the customers -that were to be, have walked around these larger empiresfor so long , are too worn out to look at these .All they want is to get to the car park and home ,
Cant wait to see what happens when Ikea is open
I'l probably find Bedworth quite enticing
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