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Originally Posted by cathidaw
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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I don't recall "Palmer Lane" ever being used for market traders. When was that? I've been here since 1989. Ever since I've been in Coventry, the big complaint has been high rents and lack of trade for anything slightly expensive or upmarket - I soon found it it's because a lot of Coventrians just go elsewhere as they don't like the City Centre.