The Cheshire Village of Lymm fits many people's picture of the postcard perfect English Village. Countless celebrities and footballers have at some stage lived in Lymm.
It would appear the tranquility is currently under threat from news that the site of a rundown petrol station has been leased to Netto, the Danish discount food retailer.
One local Conservative Councillor went on record to state that she had never even heard of Netto! Other local people have been making noises that they would have expected the old petrol station to have been leased instead to a more upmarket retailer.
My own most vivid memory of Netto concerns someone close to me teaching in a very deprived area of Liverpool. One day a pupil wrote a poem, which read, "I went to Netto in the middle of the night and bought a bag of *****."
I must admit that as your average bloke I have had little opportunity to shop in a Netto store down the years, due mainly to geography. I have though from time to time used other discount retailers.
The hierarchy at Netto are surely not fools. They will know exactly what kind of area Lymm is. From their perspective, a move into an area like Lymm could be part of a strategy to target a different type of customer.
As for the good people of Lymm go, it would be worth mentioning that the quaint village does also have a council estate. Plus, you can't tell me that millionaires never go out of their houses and dress in scruffy clothes. Oh yes, is someone seriously going to tell me that affluent people will never be tight with their money and shop for a bargain?
I SAY THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF LYMM SHOULD GIVE NETTO A GO!
It would appear the tranquility is currently under threat from news that the site of a rundown petrol station has been leased to Netto, the Danish discount food retailer.
One local Conservative Councillor went on record to state that she had never even heard of Netto! Other local people have been making noises that they would have expected the old petrol station to have been leased instead to a more upmarket retailer.
My own most vivid memory of Netto concerns someone close to me teaching in a very deprived area of Liverpool. One day a pupil wrote a poem, which read, "I went to Netto in the middle of the night and bought a bag of *****."
I must admit that as your average bloke I have had little opportunity to shop in a Netto store down the years, due mainly to geography. I have though from time to time used other discount retailers.
The hierarchy at Netto are surely not fools. They will know exactly what kind of area Lymm is. From their perspective, a move into an area like Lymm could be part of a strategy to target a different type of customer.
As for the good people of Lymm go, it would be worth mentioning that the quaint village does also have a council estate. Plus, you can't tell me that millionaires never go out of their houses and dress in scruffy clothes. Oh yes, is someone seriously going to tell me that affluent people will never be tight with their money and shop for a bargain?
I SAY THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF LYMM SHOULD GIVE NETTO A GO!
I'm from Lymm and my family still live there near the site of the supermarket in question. In my opinion, a food shop is just that despite what the sign above the door says. A local shop has been needed in this area for a number of years. I suspect the same people complaining were looking down their noses at Aldi a few years ago and now shop there, judging by the large numbers of SUV's in the car park!
ReplyDeleteAnd latchford has a lidl's does it make it lildville?
ReplyDeleteProbably should add that the Latchford comment was from a friend.
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