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[Sebastian-Smythe]

This may not concern Burley but it appears Ilkley is going down market -

http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/new ... ent_store/

Word on the street is The Factory Shop, now at the bottom of Wheatley Lane, is to move to the former Woolworths site.

[bikerbabe]

Isn't Sunwin House shutting down in June too?

[Sebastian-Smythe]

Do you mean the Sunwin House of Bradford also?

Westgate is what was Sunwin House in Ilkley

[bikerbabe]

ahh no meant Westgate in Ilkley not the Sunwin House in Bradford.



Cheers for that - I knew what I meant..

[weirdmusic]

Sebastian-Smythe said:

This may not concern Burley but it appears Ilkley is going down market -

Word on the street is The Factory Shop, now at the bottom of Wheatley Lane, is to move to the former Woolworths site.

Better a viable (profitable) business - which Woolworths clearly weren't or yet another charity shop.

Oh and just when, exactly, was Woolworths up market?!

[happy50menstonian]

But Sunwin House was a Cinema and the factory Shop was Ross's garage selling Rolls Royces at the entrance to Ilkley .

[Sebastian-Smythe]

weirdmusic said:

Sebastian-Smythe said:

This may not concern Burley but it appears Ilkley is going down market -

Word on the street is The Factory Shop, now at the bottom of Wheatley Lane, is to move to the former Woolworths site.

Better a viable (profitable) business - which Woolworths clearly weren't or yet another charity shop.

Oh and just when, exactly, was Woolworths up market?!

In the sixties one could buy all manner of useful quality goods and food from the Ilkley store.
It was also the last in the country to have gas lighting.

[weirdmusic]

What's happened to the plans by Tesco to build a larger store in Ilkley?

[bikerbabe]

I think a lot of people were against it for whatever reasons, they would rather keep the naff smaller Tescos than get a more useful bigger one with more choice..?

[weirdmusic]

bikerbabe, on 29 August 2010 - 07:00 PM, said:

I think a lot of people were against it for whatever reasons,........................

Tescos were planning a store 2.5 times the size of their current one. If allowed to go ahead it would pretty much kill off any other retail in Ilkley & the surrounding areas.
It would be a one-stop shop for - every type of food as well as clothing, electricals, gardening, hardware, toys, books etc.
You have to bear in mind that the supermarkets do everything in their big stores - you name it they do it.
You can kiss goodbye to any specialist shops. Smaller shops can't compete with the buying power of the big supermarkets. If a high street or town centre is about a variety of shops & retail outlets, then having a massive supermarket just on the edge would destroy the heart of the town.

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.... they would rather keep the naff smaller Tescos than get a more useful bigger one with more choice..?

Tescos don't do "choice" - they reduce everything down to the lowest common denominator. Hundreds, if not thousands of brands & suppliers have disappeared over the last 20 years as the big supermarkets have come to dominate the supply chain. This is why, we, as a country import so much of our produce - food, flowers and manufactured products etc.

[Wharfedale]

A quick trip to Google turns up quite a lot - http://ilkleyirate.org/

[eileenb61]

Looks like new Tescos is coming to town.
Boyes opening 20(ish) september too

[weirdmusic]

eileenb61, on 03 September 2010 - 08:22 PM, said:

Looks like new Tescos is coming to town. Boyes opening 20(ish) september too

Bye Bye Ilkley as a place to shop - but if you like Tescos you'll be over the moon. http://www.ilkleygaz...lanning_appeal/

[bikerbabe]

Im surprised that nobody has been against the opening of a boyes store in Ilkley..!! Wetherspoons was rejected as it was not upmarket enough with it selling cheap alcohol, in this post there was a bit of dis-rest of the mention of the factory shop moving into Ilkley, as again, its deemed to lowly for Ilkley, and yet nobody has seemed to bat an eye lid at boyes - a cheap crappy clothing store opening up??

Shame about the Tesco's opening the big store up if the majority of people are against it, wont make a difference to my shopping habits personally, suppose it will be seen in time how it does affect the shops in Ilkley centre.. hopefully it wont, as im guessing the things you would normally buy around town you would not buy from the supermarket?

[Sebastian-Smythe]

bikerbabe, on 11 September 2010 - 11:40 PM, said:

Shame about the Tesco's opening the big store up if the majority of people are against it, wont make a difference to my shopping habits personally, suppose it will be seen in time how it does affect the shops in Ilkley centre.. hopefully it wont, as im guessing the things you would normally buy around town you would not buy from the supermarket?

The trouble with a large part of Ilkley is they start shouting after not before there's any major development.

Just watch house prices now.

The Address will soon become The Address that was!

[Sebastian-Smythe]

Sebastian-Smythe, on 13 September 2010 - 10:46 AM, said:

The trouble with a large part of Ilkley is they start shouting after not before there's any major development.

Just watch house prices now.

The Address will soon become The Address that was!

Off to view Boyes........without my wallet.........or card/.
Just in case there's something worth the brass

[Wharfedale]

Whats it like? I have never been to one of their stores......

[Sebastian-Smythe]

Wharfedale, on 03 October 2010 - 08:24 AM, said:

Whats it like? I have never been to one of their stores......

Like the Curate's egg, Wharfedale, good in parts. Pity they haven't thought to include a gents section for clothes. The angling clubs might like the fishing section though. There's some spanking day-glow rods and mega lures. Some household stuff is better than our present shops. I say some because a lot is, well let's say, pound shop but less. Staff are a happy helpful crew though. An in store cafe wouldn't go amiss...........