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M&S Closing High Street Branch
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Vinnie



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree,just dont see a cinema opening in kirkcaldy although I think it will have diddly squat to do with parking

I dont see free parking increasng footfall by much if at all.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're possibly correct in the sense that free parking now would be like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Tesco certainly blamed metered parking for its decision to vacate the town centre and it has been the domino effect from then on.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The changes in retail are national not just a local issue. The he rise in retail parks is a factor and the advent of internet shopping is a death knell to global high st retail. In my opinion the demise of local industry and subsequent drop in disposable income is he biggest factor and you can probably name that as a cause in the demise of local pubs, clubs, cinema and to some degree our own football club.
It’s the March of time.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Summed up perfectly scotty
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, how come when you go through Cowdenbeath their high street is about 10 times busier then Kirkcaldy? Is it the Gordon Brown effect. Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kittys night club closed,not the lap dancing club though
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Vinnie wrote:
Kittys night club closed,not the lap dancing club though


So your weekends aren’t totally ruined then Vinnie?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

zicoromaines wrote:
Well, how come when you go through Cowdenbeath their high street is about 10 times busier then Kirkcaldy? Is it the Gordon Brown effect. Laughing


Because they have minky shops and Cowdenbeath is full of minks.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lasvegas5 wrote:
zicoromaines wrote:
Well, how come when you go through Cowdenbeath their high street is about 10 times busier then Kirkcaldy? Is it the Gordon Brown effect. Laughing


Because they have minky shops and Cowdenbeath is full of minks.


For a long time local councillors blocked Aldi from opening a store in the town (Cowdenbeath), as they regarded them an inferior brand.
Well, Aldi has been a popular store in the town for three years now and will shortly be joined by Lidl.
Imagine coming from Cowdenbeath and being a snob?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wolfman Jack wrote:

Imagine coming from Cowdenbeath and being a snob?


I'd imagine the snobbery emanates from the fact their chairman is a claret drinking Egyptologist.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wolfman Jack wrote:
Debenhams names 22 stores to close.

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Stores in Canterbury, Guildford, Wolverhampton and Kirkcaldy are among those earmarked for closure.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48063604


Closing sale underway.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What!at six minutes past three in the morning? Yet more sad news for the High Street! Confused Confused
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This was mooted months ago, I’m sue it was official even back then as I remember the Dunfermline store staff being relieved.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

scotty wrote:
This was mooted months ago, I’m sue it was official even back then as I remember the Dunfermline store staff being relieved.


It was indeed, a Wolfman posted in April. Saw it yesterday (my time) while looking at the FFP to see if the Hendry news was anywhere. Tossed it out on the thread because of WJ’s comment.
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