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13 minutes ago, Steve Turnbull said:

Oh I couldn’t do that! Let’s just say from what I’ve heard it’s one of the only two chains that are currently expanding rather than cutting back, and one of those already has a store in bedlington. Of course, I could be wrong!

Is this the I've heard.....Chinese whispers or  I've heard....from a reliable source

2 hours ago, Steve Turnbull said:

It was widely proposed that Morrison would close after Lidl opened. It’s still going strong. Brand loyalty is a powerful thing. You should be able to guess who it is! going to work

yes....that was one to two supermarkets two to three isn't going to work

"You should be able to guess who it is!".....give us a clue

6 hours ago, mercuryg said:

I believe there are new retailers lined up, for several of the units including the larger supermarket.

another supermarket is just going to mean morrison's or lidl closing unless its something like Iceland.......but no doubt the council will be giving themselves a pat on back and congratulations all round when it opens (whoever it is) and making big noises on how they've worked very hard in attracting said supermarket

Well that brought some interesting replies..........Hopefully......and I'll believe it when its fully finished the new development will help improve the town centre, which has played second fiddle to Ashington for to long

As a side note to my original post.......how long does it take to repair a broken window......Wharton Arms please note its been broken for weeks

Didn't/Hadn't realised how scruffy and run down Bedlington is till yesterday,we all know about council cutbacks etc and the long winded market place development but don't people take any pride with the appearance of house and gardens anymore

I walked down to the post office at the spar and the state of front gardens in a lot of houses is embarrassing,now i appreciate some people ie elderly disabled may or cant keep gardens tidy but as for the rest..........come on have some pride in your house do you really want to live in a house that looks a 5h1thole from the outside 

Later on i walked up to Boots in Front street and first impressions on a nice sunny day looking up from Northumberland Arms towards Red Lion is good........but on closer inspection Oh dear what a mess. Excluding the the Tesco/Great Wall Of Bedlington Site shops are closing at an alarming rate....The Wool Shop,Durham Beds and Theresa's Ices.on a plus note it was good to see workman inside the old Lloyd's Pharmacy shop but i will reserve judgement until i see what opens no doubt another hair/nail/takeaway or cafe

The Development of the Lairds House was supposed to have stated by now or have owners decided its a dead loss and what on earth is going on in the Barrington Arms it looks like a cheap conversion to flats done really badly

I presume the new owners of Market Tavern are running on a shoestring judging by hand written signs in windows and the shockingly bad plastic hanging baskets as well as only opening on limited days to sell cheap beer.Which brings me nicely to another problem in the Front Street.....Breakers Bar and its clientele who were congregated outside in full view and what a smart bunch they were🤣Bedlingtons finest.On a side note has there been a increase in single male/unemployed/drink/drug related people moving to our town recently or do all the lowlife head to Breakers Bar during the day

Do we have no litter bins in Bedlington or are people just to lazy to walk over to them and would rather chuck it on the ground and who will no doubt vandalise the flower planters on a Friday night.Of course as well as no bins🤭we have no toilets.....every town centre has at least one working public loo except Bedlington.

I used to be proud to live in a nice town but when people now ask where i live i'm almost embarrassed to tell them Bedlington

6 hours ago, moe19 said:

Aldi was looking for a site in  Bedlington on it  property  website, so I reckon  it probably is them. 

Build another supermarket and it will close one that already exits, can anyone see the logic ?

Lets hope if they ever get anyone to take those new shops that  they give the tenants  a long rent free period, because once its up we will have some more  graffiti plastered  empty shops to add to the ones we already have .   

to be fair that website was compiled before Lidl came to town..........but interesting to see no mention of Bedlington on current site 

https://www.aldi.co.uk/about-aldi/property/required-towns/north-east-england-north-yorkshire-and-cumbria

If Aldi are the new food retailer the Councillors who voted for it want a kick up the backside for being so stupid 

I just hope the well known food retailer is not Aldi as we already have Lidl and Morrison's which for a town the size of Bedlington with no through traffic is enough and a good mix discount/major retailer

Having Aldi here will not work and will mean a closure of existing shop on the other hand something like Iceland might work

1 hour ago, Steve Turnbull said:

People forecast the demise of Morrison’s when Lidl opened.

And the two of them together is ok......3rd one and its bye bye to Morrison's as they they only rent/lease building Lidl spent a fortune building purpose built shop

Any idea when we find out which Food Retailer is taking the big unit........If as rumoured and its only rumours and we all know how they spread Aldi  move in we may as well say goodbye to Morrison's,because 3 supermarkets wouldn't work

Well we cant upset the snowflakes and the ethnic minority can we......They'd cancel Easter & Christmas given half a chance

Whats the betting Ashington will have this completed before our Market Place is started

https://www.newspostleader.co.uk/news/cinema-being-proposed-for-key-town-site-1-9026498

Our traveller friends will be moving in soon........with an influx of roofing and gardening offers

Bedlington will soon be famous for its "great red wall" as seen from space......because bugger all will be built on former tesco site 

signed......spread the word

2 hours ago, moe19 said:

Before Netto moved in to the old Lidl store they were indeed in the old William Low store they moved in after MAXI FREEZE closed

Netto were in before Maxi Freeze they moved in after William Low

1 hour ago, John Fox (foxy) said:

1996

The shop which i cant remember name was before Kwik Save

No wasn't them......it was a cheap and cheerful discount shop

Lived in Bedlington since 1993 and trying to work out how many different supermarket chains have come and gone but cant remember the name of a discount food shop that opened in old Coop building

William Low which was bought out by Tesco and closed down....Netto moved in to the builiding....then moved down to the current Morrison's

Lidl (first time around) who had the Morrison's building but moved out after a year or so

Presto which then became Safeway then Tesco

Coop department store which when closed became a discount food shop but cant remember the name then to Kwik Save then Somerfield

Nice to see a new business open which isn't fast food/hairdressers or beauty salon.........Good luck and here hoping its a great success

Oh well never mind........probably now more chance of finding Elvis working in a chip shop down the station than seeing the first brick laid on the town centre development

23 hours ago, Malcolm Robinson said:

Who says it not going ahead Rosco?  

Well its not exactly a busy site..........they've spent more putting the great red wall up......why do we have to wait till january for update surely you know if its going and if it is why has site been left empty for months

44 minutes ago, Malcolm Robinson said:

Update coming soon Canny lass.

 

On the agenda for Jan LAC meeting is an update on the Bedlington Regeneration project.  

why do we have to wait til January for update.....surely its either going ahead or its gone t1ts up.....nothing has happened on the site for quite a while

So will we ever see a brick laid on "the great red wall of bedlington".....no mention of current developments in the county

when i say part of ....i mean it was a building being retained

Saw today its windows and doors boarded up.....now i understand its part of the new shopping plans so i presume its gone to the wall