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The Living Cliffe scheme, Lewes

On 29 Mar 2009 at 12:46pm man of the world wrote:

all the work going on and calling it the living clliffe the will not change things j
it dieing sorry to say .

On 29 Mar 2009 at 12:50pm Spongebob wrote:

[said in a superhero's voice] And only a Tesco expansion can save it...Dum Dum Duuuuuum

On 29 Mar 2009 at 1:58pm Local wrote:

Still, there's plenty of space for Bill to spread his tables out and take up half the road and surely that's the main thing.

On 29 Mar 2009 at 3:16pm rene wrote:

To be honest bill's is what gives the cliffe life.Some of the shops are absoutly pointless selling i don't know what.Its a very sad sad town high street up and down lewes.You really need to pump some decent shops into lewes before it dies.

On 29 Mar 2009 at 9:01pm Earl of Lewes wrote:

I looked into setting up a shop in the Cliffe, but the rents were ridiculous. Also, some landlords want premiums too.

The reason our economy is screwed is as much down to greedy landlords as banks. The end result is that the only people who can afford to set up shops are cash buyers. That might sound like a good thing, but the reality is lots of people with more money than sense, setting up hobby shops. I have no capital, so I would have had to come up with a viable business plan.

If Lewes is going to survive as a place to shop in, we need sensible rents, cheap parking and support from the town and district councils. I won't hold my breath.

On 29 Mar 2009 at 10:02pm man of the world wrote:

well you only have to look back a few years ago . lewes then and lewes now
the parking in this town will and is killing lewes shops . more and more people now shop out of town . and they are lewes people . not the ones which have moved into this town a few years ago thinging they are lewes peolpe

On 30 Mar 2009 at 11:36am dave2 wrote:

Every time I shop in lewes I'm amazed how busy one particular shop is?
people go in looking grumpy and come out even worse?
what makes people shop here when they feel like this?
Rumour has it people can get screwed in here it's like Lewes very own brothel
I for one have been screwed and my wife knows I even told my friends
they have also been none of us enjoyed the experiance so why do we go back.
NCP PARKING SHOP MAKING THE HIGH STREET BUSY

On 30 Mar 2009 at 11:46am Local wrote:

rene wrote: 'To be honest bill's is what gives the cliffe life.'
Unfortunately I have to agree. But what a reflection on Lewes that an overpriced and overhyped (Bill's friend on the Observer) place is almost all there is.