The wonder of Poundland

Gabriella Coscia wrote:

Master Bates:

I would love to see Deal thrive, although I don't live in Deal full time I am from Deal and have long term connections with the town of Deal. My comment was aimed at people like Mr Purple or Mr P, who although he has valid arguments and opinions and is entitled to air them so am I.

If you read my post properly I said if the moaners had their way all the shops in Deal High street would shut.

Deal town centre is starting to thrive again and I am pleased to see it for myself. I am disappointed to learn that as always the upper floors and some retail use of the old woolworths could be lost to flat conversions but as far as I am aware Poundland are still coming to Deal. It is a good thing. I shop in Deal when I am there, helping to support local businesses. I could shop elsewhere I don't. If I didn't care about Deal I would quite happily shop elsewhere. Deal isn't bad compared to most of the other coastal towns in kent with a good mix of independents and the chains. I don't take too kindly to being insulted by men who think I would benefit from a sex shop in deal, I don't need to answer such childish and infantile comments.

31 Mar 2010 9:32 PM

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Gabriella Coscia wrote:

Master Bates:

I would love to see Deal thrive, although I don't live in Deal full time I am from Deal and have long term connections with the town of Deal. My comment was aimed at people like Mr Purple or Mr P, who although he has valid arguments and opinions and is entitled to air them so am I.

If you read my post properly I said if the moaners had their way all the shops in Deal High street would shut.

Deal town centre is starting to thrive again and I am pleased to see it for myself. I am disappointed to learn that as always the upper floors and some retail use of the old woolworths could be lost to flat conversions but as far as I am aware Poundland are still coming to Deal. It is a good thing. I shop in Deal when I am there, helping to support local businesses. I could shop elsewhere I don't. If I didn't care about Deal I would quite happily shop elsewhere. Deal isn't bad compared to most of the other coastal towns in kent with a good mix of independents and the chains. I don't take too kindly to being insulted by men who think I would benefit from a sex shop in deal, I don't need to answer such childish and infantile comments.

31 Mar 2010 9:32 PM

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MB wrote:

Gabriella,

You said "With any luck the rest of that high street will shut down then you can really complain".

It just shows me how very narrow you are and how, in reality you have very little interest, either way in the state of Deal town centre. You yourself admit you left the town because you felt people were too narrow.

I guess the acorn didnt fall too far from that tree did it.

WHILST I BELIEVE EVERYONES OPINION IS VALID, IN REALITY, IF YOU DONT LIVE HERE YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS TELLING US WHAT IS GOOD FOR DEAL TOWN.

Just so its on record, I DO LIVE HERE. I think it would be a good thing. After all, Poundland IS Woolworths, in everything but name.

31 Mar 2010 9:34 AM

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mr p wrote:

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hi poundland moaner here,i think turning woolworths into a sex shop would benefit the person who would like to see deal highstreet closedown

11 Mar 2010 3:53 PM

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Gabriella Coscia wrote:

Poundland in Canterbury Woolworths as well

For all the moaners about Poundland they are also taking the ex Woolworths in Canterbury yet they have applied for planning permission with the Canterbury store, so perhaps may be they might change their mind about Deal. No doubt if some of the moaners get their way it will be converted in to flats !

Unfortunately most of the old woolworths stores have gone to either 99p stores or Poundland with the exceptions being Top Man/ Top Shop taking one store, Peacocks taking one, and Original Factory store taking one store and Iceland taking three. Other than the Top Man / Top Shop which is in Tunbridge Wells and a far more affluent area all of the other stores are value stores.

I emailed Poundland to find a date for when the store in Deal is opening there isn't one so I suspect the store won't open in the end. With any luck the rest of that high street will shut down then you can really complain

06 Mar 2010 11:17 AM

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gabriella coscia wrote:

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Mr Purple my father is dead, your posting was rude. Sticks and stones and all that.

At the end of the day, Poundland are coming as they don't need planning permission to reopen the store. My point is, they may not be ideal, but it is better than an empty shop with four smashed up windows covered up with board.

Deal isn't an upmarket resort, it is full of value stores in case you haven't noticed. Like I said better than an empty shop.

In all honesty who cares what you think I don't you fool !

04 Mar 2010 7:19 PM

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mr purple wrote:

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RE. your reply to my e mail dated 02.03.2010 at 6.45.57 if you took the time to read my e mail and fully understood its contents your reply would be very different,maybe your father is as thick as you are.

04 Mar 2010 3:55 PM

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mr green wrote:

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mr purple is right,deal needs investment but not from poundland.whats next more tackey stores selling crap how about dover district council spending more money in deal instead of dover all they seem to have acheived there is to turn it into the hole of kent.deal on the other hand is still clean with some smart people making a difference....dunkerleys...the clarenden...both regeneration projects that work for the town.lets see the DDC re open the quarterdeck as a venue for everyone to enjoy as it used to be many years ago, maybe the DDC see deal as an afterthought to there budget, spending money on asylum seekers instead. look at what there doing for the economy.would you walk the streets of dover late at night....

03 Mar 2010 6:45 PM

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Mr Purple wrote:

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I am from Deal Mr Purple so have as much right as you do and I am not a busy b*****d look at yourself before insulting other people. I have a father thanks. Do you?

Deal isn't a great town most people want a Poundland. Your get it anyway, as Poundland don't need planning permission to open.

Have you never heard of free speech

02 Mar 2010 6:21 PM

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dan wrote:

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I have live in deal for 20 years and i have seen it go from a thriving town to a ghost town. Now all it seems to have are charity and pound shops. This is the last thing deal needs if it wants to regrow as a shopping town. It is sad woolworths closed down as it was one of the best shops in deal but to be replaced by a poundshop is absolutely absurd!

02 Mar 2010 2:18 PM

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mr purple wrote:

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i think deal is just fine , i grew up in this town by the sea and it strikes me that the people who want to change it the most are the sort of busy b*****ds we can do without. deal belongs to the people of deal,not some out of towners with big plans. sound familier

01 Mar 2010 7:54 PM

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Gabriella Coscia wrote:

The wonder of Poundland

The trouble with a lot of people in Deal is the minority seem to know what the majority the silent majority want. Although I no longer live in Deal thankfully because of the narrow mindeness of that place coming back for 28 months was more than enough for me to cope with, Deal needs to be dragged in to the future.

I am neither uneducated or a drongo and sorry people who shop at Poundland aren't necessarily on benefits, or chavs or pikies some of us educated professionals like our money to go much further.

The store will create jobs to a store that was lying empty, being vandalised and hopefully allow more stores to open in to Deal.

As for KFC, what's wrong with them, we all make our choices the trouble is the narrow minded minority living in Deal who think they know best, want to keep Deal two hundred years in the past.

By all means keep the indepenent retailers but people who want to shop local also want shops that are chains in Deal, Deal is already a chain town even without Poundland and has become this way like many other market towns over many years.

Why should people shop in Westwood et al.

Roll on Poundland I feel the majority will welcome you, you will certainly get my business when I am in Deal.

The mentality towards change in Deal is much the same with the Minters industrial development and the quarterdeck, don't Deal is lovely as it is. If it was, the town would not be depopulating the roads clogged with commuters going to work outside Deal and a town dying on it's feet economically.

Better an empty store and after all Poundland are the new woolworths and don't need to have planning permission as the store is already A1 premises.

01 Mar 2010 4:25 PM

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Gabriella Coscia wrote:

The wonder of Poundland

The trouble with a lot of people in Deal is the minority seem to know what the majority the silent majority want. Although I no longer live in Deal thankfully because of the narrow mindeness of that place coming back for 28 months was more than enough for me to cope with, Deal needs to be dragged in to the future.

I am neither uneducated or a drongo and sorry people who shop at Poundland aren't necessarily on benefits, or chavs or pikies some of us educated professionals like our money to go much further.

The store will create jobs to a store that was lying empty, being vandalised and hopefully allow more stores to open in to Deal.

As for KFC, what's wrong with them, we all make our choices the trouble is the narrow minded minority living in Deal who think they know best, want to keep Deal two hundred years in the past.

By all means keep the indepenent retailers but people who want to shop local also want shops that are chains in Deal, Deal is already a chain town even without Poundland and has become this way like many other market towns over many years.

Why should people shop in Westwood et al.

Roll on Poundland I feel the majority will welcome you, you will certainly get my business when I am in Deal.

The mentality towards change in Deal is much the same with the Minters industrial development and the quarterdeck, don't Deal is lovely as it is. If it was, the town would not be depopulating the roads clogged with commuters going to work outside Deal and a town dying on it's feet economically.

Better an empty store and after all Poundland are the new woolworths and don't need to have planning permission as the store is already A1 premises.

01 Mar 2010 4:23 PM

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Vince Martyn wrote:

The Wonder Of Poundland

Perhaps the horrible winter, along with the appalling economic and political state of the UK has eroded the collective psyche to the point where the introduction of 'Pounland' into a unique and quirky little town like Deal is seen as a positive asset.
If Poundland is an asset, what about Burger King, Mac-Donalds, KFC, Wetherspoons... all of whom flog cheap pelt to ill educated drongos.
It is a direct result of the unsustainable greed and obscene misconduct of the financial sector that has plunged this country into the pit of depression, and whilst I respect any attempt to "big it up" in order to be optimistic, it can only be seen as another sad day, marking the decline in standards that further degrade this town.
I wonder if pounland will be flogging cheap anti-depressants!

27 Feb 2010 10:07 AM

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Bertha wrote:

Amazing News

Nailing it down! Best news i have heard in months. Saving up the little gold coloured coins now to bag myself a steal!

26 Feb 2010 3:44 PM

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Andy Stevens wrote:

Poundland in Deal

Poundland coming to Deal is a very good thing. The old Woolies building has been a hideous blot on the high street since its closure. Hey, we'd all love a Waitrose on every corner but let's adapt to the realities of this dreadful recession and embrace the fact that a go-ahead national chain are showing faith in lovely Deal. Hopefully this will breathe new life into that end of the precinct, especially with other street improvements planned from South Street to King Street.

Now all Deal needs is a high speed train service to rival that of those teeming metropolises such as Minster, Sturry and Broadstairs and the place will be rocking again!

26 Feb 2010 12:29 PM

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Gabriella Coscia wrote:

Is this Serious

Alan, if I recall, Folkestone does not have a Marks and Spencer, neither does Ramsgate or Margate and Dover's although bigger than Deal's hasn't even been modernised unlike Deal's store.

A lot of people like Poundland and they are now welcomed with open arms in a lot of places because they bring people in to shop, even those in work want to save money.Deal has reasonable shopping facilities and this store does help regenerate that part of Deal High Street because that is the biggest empty shop in that part of Deal. It is hoped that will then lead to both the Azuri shop being sold on as they are only in on a temporary lease, and the YMCA shop being sold along with the former Birthdays unit. Poundland are a good store. You should remember Deal isn't a well off place and neither are many places thanks to a Labour government.

26 Feb 2010 10:45 AM

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Alan wrote:

Is this serious?

Is this actually a serious piece? Does the chambers actually think a Poundland equals regeneration and will bring shoppers in from other towns?

(checks calender to make sure it isn't April 1st)

26 Feb 2010 12:25 AM

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Gabriella Coscia wrote:

Old Woolworths

This is very good news for Deal.

Poundland are a good store to have and this new store will help to attract other retailers to the remaining empty or units being currently let to YMCA RSPCA and Hoppies Haven. This is just what that end of Deal needs.

Poundland are much preferable to have than say 99p store and they will re-employ a lot of the former Deal Woolworths staff. This will also help to attract people to Deal who want to shop at M and S and Poundland which Folkestone doesn't have an M and S and Dover doesn't have a Poundland.

I hope the chamber of trade make them feel welcome, Poundland will be a good anchor for Deal in the current economic climate and is a sign that Deal isn't dying as a town centre much to the doom mongers of which there are many ready to slate Deal and it's town centre.

25 Feb 2010 4:58 PM

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