We need footfall (From Malvern Gazette)

We need footfall

9:10am Tuesday 21st February 2012 in Letters

MANY local people genuinely think that an out-of-town superstore on Ledbury by-pass will not affect our independent shops.

I might have wondered if it was so, had I not with others, spent many hours over many months collecting signed objections. I do not have to look at more researched evidence.

I have heard time and again the words “We used to have a High Street like this one – before Tesco came along” (or Sainsbury’s, Asda etc.) Visitors mention shops such as Rodways, Issacs, Gaynans, The Shellhouse Gallery as well as the food shops.

The fact is that the High Street needs footfall...there is absolutely no doubt in my mind about that.

VALERIE MCLEAN
Ledbury