OMG Thornbury has it's own website!!!!! i left Thornbury more than 10 years ago and to be clear at the time i was very happy to be leaving!

From what I can tell nothing has changed the shops are still 3rd or 4th class and the people still try to act like they are one of the royals! on the up its nice to read that some retailers are still willing to give Thornbury a go, but for how long? the fact is that if they are not willing to make the changes that are needed in order to bring in new and better business to the area then they will continue to drive people away, so why not do away with all the shops and make better use of the land for housing!

if you were to ask every household what they think of the shopping in thornbury i would guess 80% would have nothing good to say. sadly i cant see it ever changing.

By xthornburyman at 08:30 on 06/08/10

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Thornbury is a nice small town with many independant shops and few chainstores. Yes, if major stores moved in it might improve choice a bit but at cost of making the high street bland and boring, identical to many other towns. Thornbury needs an economic boost, like many other places, but what exactly needs to change?
I speak as a recent incomer (2 years ago) who liked what I saw.

By StanMor at 18:41 on 08/08/10
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the rents that have been charged do nothing but deter all but the chains or peeps with money but no feeling for what the comunity wants and precious little business sence....thank god for riddifords who manage to follow the criteria for a successful small grocer in the modern times...mainly by standing by the ethics it had in the first place all those years ago...i presume they own their shop.

i have lived in a village outside of thornbury since 1976 and in the last couple of years thornbury has been speeding up the downhill trend. lol

the farmers markets and food fares have been great

By blingkingcat at 12:04 on 01/11/10
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yeah thornbury has such a long way to go, however like they say its people power, thornbury has massive potential but i cant see things getting better until rents drop, the council slacken the red tape and start to invest in making the town great again. Thornbury used to be a fantastic town with every key shop you needed, now me dont even have a show shop!!!

By Trucks79 at 12:23 on 01/11/10
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to trucks...[there isnt a reply button here is there?]
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"now me dont even have a show shop!!"

did you have a show shop?
what was it showing?

By blingkingcat at 13:04 on 01/11/10
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