“Yes Han, Gloucester centre is dirty and rundown which may have something to do with the absence of convenient free parking. And Cudley Dudley ¿ doing our weekly shop in small shops in Gloucester would mean paying for the privilege of walking miles between the few useful shops that remain. For an example of an excellent high street try Ledbury - good range of independent shops and ample free parking. We would certainly patronise these traders if we lived there.”

“Lol I love the way geraint feels able to comment on the sad state of cinderfords high street, have you walked down Gloucester¿s recently, it must be one of the dirtiest and rundown city centre¿s iv ever had the misfortune to visit.”

“Geraint, You are still shopping in an out-of-town shop then, where is the benefit to the smaller Gloucester shops, your attitude will kill them dead!”

“Strikes me you¿ve had a lucky escape Cinderford! Your High Street looks sad as it is and Tesco¿s would probably kill it dead. And what is so marvellous about Tesco anyway? We stopped using the St Oswalds store in favour of the new Sainsburys in the Quays. Comparable prices but much better service and no misleading out-of-date offers and jobsworth customer service operatives.”

“Totally agree with comments from Jon, Cinderford.
Any chance of a response from
Max or Wendy Jackson??”

“The co-op would have been better off if Tesco were to build a store there. It would have reduced the amount of people travelling elsewhere for their weekly shop and, I believe, the other shops in the area would have increased footfall as well. There is nothing wrong with competition and this might have made some of the other shops improve their services thereby attracting even more people to the town. Win/win if you ask me!”

“Mark, Lydbrook - do you mean Tesco's in Lydney or Gloucester will have your money ? or do you actually shop in the other shops within either of the two Towns?
The Regeneration of Cinderford goes two ways - a Business cannot survive if the Public do not Patronise it - come on all you Forresters, help put breath back into Cinderford, you can make it a vibrant Town again!”

“just a quicky , when some one say that Lydney and Gloucester will have there money and not Cinderford , do they mean the shops and garages in the town or just Tesco”

“How ridiculous of our town council to balance regeneration of the town centre on TESCOS arrival. Are they so bereft of business development ideas for the Town? Something does not stack up here- namely the 14.75 million pounds of Homes & Communities Regeneration money. Why is this being allocated to building a road (a road to nowhere at this rate) and more houses? Why is this money not in the hands of the Town Council? Why is it in the hands of some faceless 'partnership' of unelected quangos. Does the money really exist? Will every penny actually reach Cinderford and make a real difference to the lives of those actually living in Cinderford? I fear the answer is no to many of these questions.
Our Town Council need to wake up and smell the coffee, get a grip, start thinking more creatively, consider what the majority of town folk want (not a TESCO but a vibrant, clean, maintained town centre and community facilities), what local businesses need (realistic rents, rates- maybe even heavily subsidised for 2 years). Get your head out of the sand Max, stop whinning and move on with a fresh approach- underpinned with this alledged pot of gold of £14.75m.”

“Tesco's business model is to dominate the retail sector in the areas they move into and so a Tesco in Conderford will most likely kill the rest of the retail trade in the area - how can this be good for Cinderford?”