tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post5162110828694760826..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Co-op store proposal divides community near Dollis Hill StationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-17262398243960626582016-07-26T14:01:50.235+01:002016-07-26T14:01:50.235+01:00I have only just seen this and I'm amazed that...I have only just seen this and I'm amazed that yet again plans for the co-op have been vetoed. This is NOT serving the local community. This is a disservice to the local community whose elderly members, mums with young children have to trek all the way to Willesden to buy fresh meat and fish! Here is my previous argument which I placed on Streetlife earlier this year. <br /><br /><br />I believe we are doing a great disservice to the Dollis Hill community by opposing this food store. It is possible for corner shops and small supermarkets to co-exist alongside each other and survive. A case in point would be Salusbury Road in Queen's Park which saw the arrival of a similarly sized chain supermarket (Sainsbury's local) turn up on its doorstep. Ten years ago there were five corner/local shops, one fruit/veg/mixed offerings and two pharmacies (always incredibly well stocked btw) on Salusbury Road and today those same shops still remain. Queen's Park serves a smaller community than ourselves and all of these outlets have survived. We need to see the opportunity that Co-op brings to our larger community and the benefits therein which quite simply would serve our demographic well. We have a mixed community of old and young alike and I see elderly people hauling their shopping trolley's from their shop at Sainsbury's quite regularly. Our corner shops don't sell fresh meat or fish, however they do have a plethora of goods that you probably wouldn't find in a Co-operative. Let's embrace this additional resource to our community and watch our corner shops adapt accordingly. The footfall alone from the Co-operative past the pharmacy should see an increase in customers! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-19735183956665804082016-06-09T11:31:26.774+01:002016-06-09T11:31:26.774+01:00It got bounced by Planning. None of the ward counc...It got bounced by Planning. None of the ward councillors were present. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-6452492137048457062016-06-07T19:39:27.225+01:002016-06-07T19:39:27.225+01:00I live round the corner from the site and have mix...I live round the corner from the site and have mixed views. But I'm not too wistful about the current shops as others clearly are. The chemist is protected, given it dispenses prescriptions and the supermarket will not. The newsagent has tried to sell up, most recently late last year. The off licence and grocer also own Icy nans Spicy and apparently leave the latter vacant to avoid competition moving in. Not great behaviour. The cafe is the best thing to happen in years and that leaves John the greengrocer. Rumour is that its days are numbered because once he's finished, so is the business. There is no family line wanting to inherit? I don't tend to use him much because as others have stated his produce is often lower grade than a supermarket's and frankly is not so cheap. <br /><br />All in all a supermarket would be beneficial to the area and if granted I trust the other retailers would diversify so as to avoid competition - ie specialist beers in the off licence (which they do). John serves lots of businesses, which the supermarket will not. There was an application for an Indian takeaway granted some months ago so there's another idea. <br /><br />On balance, I think I'd back a supermarket but have to find somewhere else to MOT the car. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-4564863176872948582016-06-03T09:53:12.335+01:002016-06-03T09:53:12.335+01:0017:19 , my compliments on your poetry. ;)
19:41 ...17:19 , my compliments on your poetry. ;) <br /><br />19:41 - there's a couple of them, and they've distinct language patterns. I'm amused they feel threatened enough by Mrs Gobby here to post as they do. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-49496593360615317002016-06-03T09:50:21.062+01:002016-06-03T09:50:21.062+01:00I've not had anything bad from John, but if ev...I've not had anything bad from John, but if ever I did, I'd take it back - and would be confident he'd replace it. It's a family business, so the wage thing in this instance is something of a canard. <br /><br />I avoid Tesco like the proverbial. I'm rather a Lidl fan, but also use smaller places like the excellent Way to Save. Plus, the good bakeries and produce stalls in Cricklewood. My local mini mart does a small but excellent fresh vegetable selection, supplied by someone who's been doing it for decades. Their herbs and spices are both far better and much cheaper than the little pots of dried dust you get in Tesco and so on. <br /><br />And our local chemist is way better than the chains - and again, often cheaper. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-17932063770318600612016-06-02T20:26:56.404+01:002016-06-02T20:26:56.404+01:00I wouldn't go as far as that, but it is worth ...I wouldn't go as far as that, but it is worth knowing as a counterpoint to those who romanticise these "salt-of-the-earth" independent traders who sell sub-standard produce (and often pay below minimum wage too).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-12190792405589148622016-06-02T19:41:00.029+01:002016-06-02T19:41:00.029+01:00I thought Alison's stalker was one of the youn...I thought Alison's stalker was one of the young male councillors? Or does she have more than one? Popular lady!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-83584222462213329402016-06-01T22:33:33.072+01:002016-06-01T22:33:33.072+01:00Thank you. Case closed. Shut him down. Bring in Te...Thank you. Case closed. Shut him down. Bring in Tesco.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-68260280414328906412016-06-01T18:48:08.132+01:002016-06-01T18:48:08.132+01:00I don't like that greengrocer. Everything I...I don't like that greengrocer. Everything I've ever bought from there has gone rotten within a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-86207499296846102862016-06-01T17:19:55.035+01:002016-06-01T17:19:55.035+01:00I'm a troll
Fol de rol
I'm a troll
Fol de ...I'm a troll<br />Fol de rol<br />I'm a troll<br />Fol de ro-ol<br />I'm a troll<br />Fol de rol<br />And I'll troll Alison (anonymously)<br />From the gutter<br /><br />S.Talker (Ms ?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-36075771074505058822016-06-01T16:35:47.013+01:002016-06-01T16:35:47.013+01:00I'm not sure why you feel the need to be anony...I'm not sure why you feel the need to be anonymous when I know exactly who you are, 11:55, but hey ho, that's your look out. I can understand Brent officers and other whistleblowers being justifiably worried enough not to use their names, but you've never been the shy retiring type, hm? But then, it's always easier to do the ad hominem thing when you don't reveal yourself. <br /><br />As to the rest, I use the greengrocer and know him - have done for decades, since I used to commute from there. His niece is a friend of mine. <br /><br />I rather miss the excellent butcher who used to be by the station and sold Cypriot bread. Daktyla. <br /><br />As to the rest, what's odd about Nerva etc. is the nature of their comments. One might almost think they were being prompted, and given the real worries about the objectivity of the Planning Committee of late, that's disturbing. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-88606539537648488032016-06-01T11:55:43.899+01:002016-06-01T11:55:43.899+01:00Not your ward either Alison is it? As you are so f...Not your ward either Alison is it? As you are so fond of telling us it's not the "real" Dollis Hill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-42043997192592931002016-06-01T11:12:57.937+01:002016-06-01T11:12:57.937+01:00Those local shops, especially the fabulous greengr...Those local shops, especially the fabulous greengrocer, are independent and a real asset.They employ many people. One of the shops is an independent pharmacist and those are already under threat. John the greengrocer's shop has been there for well over forty years. <br /><br />The part time jobs at the Co-op will be minimum wage zero hours, unlike the skilled garage workers. The Co-op is not cheap for shopping, either. I suppose it's a lesser evil than Tesco. <br /><br />I do wonder why Collier, Nerva, Harrison et al are chipping in - not their ward, is it. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-68334292245637245582016-05-31T17:26:41.635+01:002016-05-31T17:26:41.635+01:00'Planning Officers state:
With regards to on-s...'Planning Officers state:<br />With regards to on-site employment.....'<br /><br />'Regards' is only plural when your sending yours. It's with regard, in regard etc. Difficult to have faith in their planning of cities when they have problems constructing a sentence.<br /><br />P.E.Dant(Mrs) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com