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I am sure The TCM and many other council officials and Councillors regularly look at this forum, just a pity more of them don’t take any notice with regards to many good points on here :confused:
@tmack 14762 wrote:
I sympathise with Harry. Same thing happened to me just yesterday at the NCP. My car was only 5 days old. Gutted! I actually witnessed the same thing happening to someone else a couple of months ago but before I realised they weren’t going to stop I wasn’t quick enough to get their number plate. What really has disappointed me was the CCTV camera coverage, i.e. lack of. I was shown 2 cameras which were directed at the entrance and exit barriers. Whose benefit is that for I wonder? Certainly not the motorist, even though there are signs everywhere telling you the car park is monitored by CCTV – its a lie. In addition I had to wait 20 minutes for an attendant to come and see me after pressing the button (twice!) to get through to their call centre on their ticket machine. Turns out there was only one member of staff on duty (pleasant enough young lad mind). So in actual fact your car isn’t in any way safe there and you’re paying an extortionate amount of money for the priveledge of parking there. You might as well find a side street, park for free and take your chances. I think there would be more chance of someone witnessing anything happening too but from other people’s experiences this wouldn’t matter either as the police won’t persue anyway. My one positive experience out of this is the fantastic customer service received from Stoneacre who have rectified the damage free of charge, totally above and beyond in my opinion. Not advertising but had to give them a mention.
Dear dear deary me, charging the earth and take no responsibility whatsoever, thats the way it is today .. :(:(
All different opinions, see I think that the Alyn is over priced for what it is, and don’t start about the beeches !!
Went to the Red Lion Marford for the first time in years and it was very good, and priced just about right…The Golden Lion in Rossett always seems to be good, top end of the pub food market as far as price goes, if it is classed as a pub, but at least it is good quality well cooked food and with it being busy most of the time, a lot of people think the same.
As someone said before the Pant is a lovely place etc. but the food not so sure ! :confused::confused:@zinger 14435 wrote:
A lot of older people who catch the bus into & out of town would benefit from a mini
M & S food hall near the bus station. A post office wouldn’t come amiss either or a bank.Spot On Definitely True … Will it happen in Wrexham Definitely Not :(:(
Why is it that the right thing is never done in Wrexham, just 50% of the time would be good..
@Liam 14382 wrote:
Rumour has it Vinci might want out of their contract at EM. Sounds a bit far fetched to me but who knows.
I don’t know about want out they should be kicked out ;)
What a mistake again by Wrexham giving it to them…
On a brighter note I see the Broughton Park development is coming on, 10 minutes or so down the road and free parking :):)
It won’t happen because people in this country rarely get together to make a point, but I would love to see not a single car going into Eagles Meadow car park for say a week. :):)
@Adam 14268 wrote:
Laughable? I’m not laughing I’m afraid. You see, those that you refer to, those who rant about the demise of the town at any given opportunity, are not those that should concern you. You should be turning your attention to the vast majority of defeatists who don’t care enough to log-on to a forum for a good moan, thesaurus in hand. The weekend travellers who spend their valuable free time where they feel more comfortable and where the offer is better. The evening spenders who travel far and wide in search of good food, good drink and civilised surroundings. The silent movement of young parents (and parents-to-be) out to the surrounding villages and beyond, terrified of the thought of a Wrexham education. Most relevant of all (coming from someone who lives, works and socialises with people from outside of the area) are the young, skilled, professional workers taking jobs in the general area (Cheshire, Flintshire, Wrexham etc) who don’t even give a moments consideration of making Wrexham their home – the steep property premiums elsewhere seen as good value in comparison.
Oh, and I do lay the blame squarely at the council. At least a small, but significant, division of it. I’m rather surprised that anyone would think otherwise – when you have several councillors and officers presiding over the economic development and management of the town for almost two decades in some cases, who else is more deserving of finger pointing when the economic development and town centre management go to pot..?
I had the unfortunate pleasure of visiting the centre today, hence the slightly sharper tone of today’s rant. Wow. Sunday in Wrexham town centre. All the charm, appeal and vibrancy of a Chernobyl bus stop. Actually the walk from Regent St to High St had me imagining a one-off Jeremy Kyle special set in the Star Wars bar. I had to think hard but I reckon that was probably my 5th visit to town this year. And I live less than 2 miles away. Every visit has been uncomfortable, unpleasant and born out of necessity. The wheels appear to be coming off the Eagles Meadow happy train too, the only remaining sanctuary for those without neck-tattoos, dirty grey tracksuits and a Greggs pasty belt holster, free when you collect 10,000 pasty points apparently.
So what to do? Well we’ve been here before on many threads but let’s recap the favourites.
Local craft and produce. It’s in vogue, it pulls people in and we’re blessed with being surrounded by it. Except you wouldn’t think so would you? So what we need is monthly (let’s start slow) evening and/or weekend gatherings of the best the area has to offer. No stall fees, no silly covenants, all costs covered using the local food WAG funding. Just straightforward stalls, customers and lots of advertising. We could call it a Market.
Evening economy. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel a bit. Even in the most desolate, tin-pot, communist hole of a town, there were bustling bars, cafes and restaurants full of civilised people enjoying a civilised time. Now for those of you mentally mumbling ‘that would never work in Wrexham’ do me favour. Tomorrow (Monday) evening pop down to the Pant in Gresford. When you finally find a table, take some time to count how many orders are going through during the evening. I’d like to have a wager that the Pant takes more on a Monday evening than all the town centre restaurants take Monday to Thursday. Any takers? Now that’s not a different County. It’s 2 miles from the town centre. 2 miles. The biggest myth about Wrexham is that everybody within a 10 mile radius is on the bones of their ass and has no disposable income. Balls. Just because there aren’t hordes of people moping around the town centre every evening looking for somewhere to go, doesn’t mean the demand is not there. The demand is there and it is huge.
What’s on offer. If we’re particularly fed up we’ll head out to one of the garden centres. The Moreton, Bellis’ or the Grosvenor. Why? Because large garden centres like these have diversified far beyond plants and now offer interesting bits and bobs, good value food and a comfortable environment. A nice pleasant way to pass an hour or two. What on earth has happened that has led to garden centres being more attractive destinations that Wrexham centre? As with the Evening economy point above, even on a Sunday, there demand is out there. What Wrexham has to offer simply has to change.
I’m boring myself now so I’ll wrap up. All I’d like to finish on is this. If you want to see the result of a town where nobody chooses to live there, visit Rhyl. If you also want to see an example of a council in blissful denial who believes all troubles can be swept away with a PR campaign, visit http://www.LoveRhyl.co.uk
This is another one of those rare posts that sums up Wrexham as it is now and what the majority of the people of Wrexham think.
I live about half a mile from Wrexham right on the bus route and my next door neighbors have not been into Wrexham for over two years now and there will be thousands and thousands who are like that who live in Wrexham all because of the reasons listed above, I still do go more in hope I think ..:confused::confused:
