Notice of Co-Option of a Town Councillor

UM - Not about the post, or the council as such.

I was just a little sad to see the Tourist info shop shut mid afternoon on sat, at the start of half term...
what with half the shops closing. i see the flower shop has moved to castle-C.
Should we not be trying to entice some people into wincanton ???

The Animal.

How nice to see a response to my questions. you have made a number of points here which I should like to take some time to digest. My initial response though is still of a little sorrow. I respect and agree we have those bigger shops - Lidl and Morrison's etc - in easy reach, even ASDA and Waitrose just down the road. in Gillingham. But that being said I feel that doesn't replace the wonderful feeling of a good shopping street.
Great to be able to do your shopping in a quick hour session, if lucky you can get through the self service check out. to save having to talk to anyone... if you ware a blind fold you dont have to see anyone either... Obviously I am going a little over the top but I think my point is valid. I love a nice busy hi-street, seeing people, experiencing different atmospheres in different shops, and actually having a little bit of a life, I work long hard hours and I feel I have no where to go on my time off - with respect does any of this make sense?

I have great love and respect for the wonderful businesses which have maintained there notch on the Wincanton belt, we have a great butcher,the cobbler/baggage shop, a great pare of charity shops and not to mention a well equipped post office. and, obviously we have our co-op.
we also have a good and well loved Library, the staff so helpful and welcoming.

Given a bit more finance and chance to develop Wincanten's appeal, given a fair chance at catching people who may wish to look up local things by maybe opening our Torist Info at key times ... When Torists may be looking for example. and by haveing a bit more pride in ourselves we may be able to bring some business and trade back to our little town,
and providing that money can be re-invested within Wincanton, we can continue to develop our niceties.
for example more parks, more facilities... perhaps we could even open the hi-street loo's (by co-op) rather than makeing people such as the elderly or pregnant walk that much further.

call me a bit of a sad old man, or a fussy bugger, but I feel that all this quality of life easily outweighs some peoples self imposed need to do there entire months shopping within 60 minuets.

as far as Me, I'm afraid I am not lucky enough to hold any scotch blood in my veins, I am not Irish or welsh either. I am a Flag waving - Patriotic - good old British man from right here in Somerset, My parents were English and Im proud to say I am too... Just as I would have been proud to be Scottish, Irish, welsh or Cornish.
for me though it doesn't matter where one is from, or there race creed or any other factor. all that matters is what a man does and says. the measure of a person is by there act's not by there background.

PEACE.

The Animal.