Wednesday, 18 February 2009

BJ Changes

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Over the past few years there have been considerable changes in the retail businesses available to the village communty - For example

Approaching the village from Gedling the first business on the right was

1) A “Ford Dealership” selling petrol and new cars, plus servicing and repairs - now a residential development
2) At the Station Road X roads was/is the “Old Newspaper Shop“, now modernise and refitted
3) Diagonally across the X Road Is the “Barbers Shop” - once a confectioners
4) Just in to the village via Nottingham Road is the “Pear Tree Dental Surgery” - this was formally an Off Licence/ selling produce etc incl Video rentals.
5) The “Children’s Nursery” at the X Road of Lambley Lane/Main Street was originally a house refitted as a Doctors Surgery/Dispensery
6) Into the village centre we now see the “Charity Shop” which previously was a Hardware Store
7) Above the Post Office used to be a “Solicitors” office open 3 days each week
8) Next door to the Post Office is the “Chemist” previously a Health Food Shop and before t Next door to the Post Office is the “Chemist” previously a Health Food Shop and before hat a Wool Shop- Rainbows.
9) The “Take Away Cantonese” was previously a Chinese Take Away
10) Across Main St into the Coop Car Park (with an access from Chestnut Grove) formerly was a “Car Repair” service garage complete with elevated Ramp
11) Across the Main Street the “Fish & Chip” Shop was originally a Butchers
12) Next door the “Physio“ was the Old Midland Bank
13) Opposite and a little way up Willow Wong is now a "Hairdresser" which previously sited a “Laundrette/Dry Cleaner”
14) Into and left in Main Street again now is “Delights”- previously a Vegeterri, with a Chiropodist business above
15) Further down Main Street is “Tealights” the tea and coffee cafĂ© -.formally a Bakery
16) Approx 50 yard further along the street , on the LH side and corner, stand a relative new “Detached Cottage” this is a rebuild of “Mill’s-Old Newagents”
17) At the Bulcote end of Church Road is a “Car Sales Operation” - formerly being Petrol Retail
18) Back along Church Road at the Meadow Lane junction is the “Estate Agents” formerly a small “Engineering services/product outlet”
19) The last outlet in this small clutch of businesses is a “Beauty Salon” - previously a Ladies Hair Dressers


Quite a change in the village .. What?
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The health food shop was where the chinese take away is and before the chinese it was a pizza take away. The clothes shop is a new build.