Will whole lot go to Spytty

3:02pm Monday 28th January 2013 in Letters

ANOTHER shop leaves the city centre.

The retailers blame the council, the council blames the recession. They are both to blame. When Llanwern, Whiteheads and other works were alive in Newport, Newport was awash with money. While the retailers and shopkeepers were counting their money, the city fathers under their noses were cutting the heart out of the city centre, by opening retail parks on the outskirts of the city. They ruined upstairs in the market and no one complained, like the city forefather who got rid of all the nice buildings and gave us boxes. Will there come a day when the market moves to Spytty and the Civic Centre to Cwmbran?

Arthur Nicolaas Maesglas Crescent Newport

Comments(8)

sherrie says...
4:24pm Mon 28 Jan 13

I went to Spytty on Sunday, thought the Marks & Spencers was great!

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47alan47 says...
6:37pm Mon 28 Jan 13

Whats so wrong with going to Spytty?

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Bobevans says...
11:17pm Mon 28 Jan 13

Out of town is where most people want to shop. Te High Street is not even open when most people finish work but Spytty Park is.

Whilst the High Strret carried on as if it were the 1950's the big stores identified what people wanted and provided it. It is the apathy of the High Street that lost them the businbess and they still fail to change.

The High streets laughingly claim they provide a beter service. I think they are deluded and out of touch with reality

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godobe says...
8:54am Tue 29 Jan 13

I'm going to Spytty. Anyone coming with me?

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Riley2012 says...
9:09pm Tue 29 Jan 13

Spytty a very easy stress free shopping, Newport town centre is a lot of stress, stuck on the bridge empty bus lane you can only use at certain times, the town like a lot around the country are at the end of their days,Spytty has good bus and plenty of taxis to get people there and back, Spytty really could do with a block of smaller unit's for the stuff you can't get at the bigger outlet's??.

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Mervyn James says...
10:05am Wed 30 Jan 13

Bobevans wrote:
Out of town is where most people want to shop. Te High Street is not even open when most people finish work but Spytty Park is.

Whilst the High Strret carried on as if it were the 1950's the big stores identified what people wanted and provided it. It is the apathy of the High Street that lost them the businbess and they still fail to change.

The High streets laughingly claim they provide a beter service. I think they are deluded and out of touch with reality
Most people want to shop where the parking and shops ARE, it is just the fact the High Street and Town accommodates neither. I'd rather go to town than hike to Spytty every day.... I no longer have a choice. For the car poor, out of town is difficult since public transport is still aka 1905..... for some elderly it requires 4 bus trips to spytty and back, not a joke if you are carrying the weekly shopping or in this weather.

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Bobevans says...
12:16pm Wed 30 Jan 13

Rubbish. There are now 3 buses an hour to Spytty.

Please tells where these people live that require 3 buses to get there. Almost no one would require more than 2 buses

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maindeegirl says...
2:29pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Lots of people would need to get a bus into town, then a bus out to Spytty & the same back again, hardly convenient. High street shops could open late if there was demand for it just as they do on out of town sites, but really, if you want to go shopping at 5:00PM you clearly haven't done a hard days work. I can't think of anything worse!

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