Category: This Broughton Life
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Guardian sings the Broughton Street Blues
I left a message on Tom’s mobile suggesting we might take a rain check. Or even a snow check. But the Guardian’s new beatblogger is made of strong stuff and how could I refuse? He wanted to follow up my blog about Tesco by interviewing real shopkeepers in Broughton Street and he wasn’t going to…
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Broughton awaits Tesco Express
Welcome to Broughton Street, open for business despite the tramworks. It’s the place to come whether you want a leisurely meal or a quick coffee, whether you are looking for upmarket sausages or good wines, second hand books or frilly knickers, organic fruit, vegetables or ( ahem) erotica. On a wet March morning there is …
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Stop Tesco destroying Broughton
Update March 26: Tesco is coming to Broughton, what will happen to local shops? See Broughton awaits Tesco Express Can we stop Tesco dominating the landscape? I feel strongly that we can and must. But we will need to be quick. Letters to protest against yet another Tesco store in the Broughton area have to…