WE DON’T WANT A SAINSBURY’S

I’ve had one of the Sainsbury’s pamphlets. Clever piece of work this is – extolling the virtues of the eco-dream store on stilts for Wilford Lane.  They say the increase in traffic will be manageable. Ha! Like you could manage the fall out from a small nuclear device. The proposed new store will probably light up the sky like one. There is a benefit though. It will be that bright, because it’s way up there
with the street lighting, we won’t need to switch on our house lights – just leave the curtains open.
Sainsbury’s researchers will have worked out what the kids from the school will spend and how many people will get off the tram to shop, and how many will come by car. They say it will be walkable for most, being so close, just like walking to the Co-op at Wilford, Asda in West Bridgford or Tesco at Compton Acres
There’s Morrisons at Gamston or Clifton, just a bit more than a walk I’ll give you that.
There’s Marks and Sparks in West Bridgford for a treat, Co-Op in West Bridgford (an old favourite) and Iceland. Or we can go into town and push the boat out at Waitrose? And how far is Sainsbury’s at Castle Marina? How many small retailers, I wonder, are within easy reach?
We better get use to seeing less of these in the years ahead. It’s a sad thought that the only local space left without some sort of superstore on it will be the River Trent. Don’t mention a floating Sainsbury’s for goodness sake. This is a Wilford resident who says NO to Sainsbury’s Wilford Lane
Mr and Mrs D Wakefield
Wilford