Thanks for this picture...certainly takes us back a lot of years. These were the days when local people enjoyed shopping in Newbury,definitely different from todays Newbury
All the cars are parked facing East...because the one-way route was from the marketplace to the wharf.....reversed sometime in the late 60s?........can anyone be more precise?
Thanks for this picture...certainly takes us back a lot of years. These were the days when local people enjoyed shopping in Newbury,definitely different from todays Newbury
Are you saying everyone who shops in Newbury is from out of town these days?
Are you saying everyone who shops in Newbury is from out of town these days?
I don't think that's true.
Great picture by the way
I didn't read it like that at all. I agree with Jobet that shopping was a much more enjoyable thing then but Newbury was still a market town and most people came in by bus. Now, if you don't want to buy a mobile phone, you are restricted to using one of the superstores and all the frenetic activity shopping in them. Having a motor car has become an essential part of todays shopping experience and at the moment, the trials and tribulations of parking reasonably close to town shops has become a step too far.
Thanks for this picture...certainly takes us back a lot of years. These were the days when local people enjoyed shopping in Newbury,definitely different from todays Newbury
Not much shopping evidence though is there? Not many cars either.
Not much shopping evidence though is there? Not many cars either.
I'm not sure if the wharf at that time was the Thames Valley bus station, if it was, there are a fair number of people who have done their shopping and are sitting there waiting for their bus to turn up.
Yet 'These were the days when local people enjoyed shopping in Newbury' according to Jobet. So why don't we all just leave our cars at home, catch as bus or walk into town & then visit umpteen shops to do an average food shop? The words Tinted, Rose & Spectacles spring to mind.
Yet 'These were the days when local people enjoyed shopping in Newbury' according to Jobet. So why don't we all just leave our cars at home, catch as bus or walk into town & then visit umpteen shops to do an average food shop? The words Tinted, Rose & Spectacles spring to mind.
Shopping was different in the early sixties. The weekly shop was not like todays weekly shop with mums and dads pushing great loaded trolleys out through the checkout filled with masses of packed foods. In those days, the majority of shops in town were small food shops selling bulk goods, we didn't even have tea bags in those days. So, the weekly shop, usually mum on her own, consisted of visits to the butcher, the baker but not the candlestick maker and the greengrocer. What made it more enjoyable was that people really did know each other and there was a substantial amount of social intercourse. The pavement outside Woolies was always packed with people that hadn't seen each other for a week just passing the time of day. Money was still scarce and we had barely recovered from the war and life was quite a bit harder than now. People looking back with nostalgia probably as you say are looking through rose tinted specs. Very few houses had central heating, unheard of today, running hot water for bathing and the kitchen was a real luxury and showers were unheard of. Dish washers oh no, washing machines and spin dryers, yes, tumble dryers no.
Shopping was different in the early sixties. The weekly shop was not like todays weekly shop with mums and dads pushing great loaded trolleys out through the checkout filled with masses of packed foods. In those days, the majority of shops in town were small food shops selling bulk goods, we didn't even have tea bags in those days. So, the weekly shop, usually mum on her own, consisted of visits to the butcher, the baker but not the candlestick maker and the greengrocer. What made it more enjoyable was that people really did know each other and there was a substantial amount of social intercourse. The pavement outside Woolies was always packed with people that hadn't seen each other for a week just passing the time of day. Money was still scarce and we had barely recovered from the war and life was quite a bit harder than now. People looking back with nostalgia probably as you say are looking through rose tinted specs. Very few houses had central heating, unheard of today, running hot water for bathing and the kitchen was a real luxury and showers were unheard of. Dish washers oh no, washing machines and spin dryers, yes, tumble dryers no.
All you say is true - but, if it was so good, why don't we still shop this way? We don't have a greengrocer in town, but there is a Baker & a Butcher. They should be raking it in.....
Having a motor car has become an essential part of todays shopping experience and at the moment, the trials and tribulations of parking reasonably close to town shops has become a step too far.
Not true I'm afraid, we've just become a lot lazier than we were in the 70s as a society. I always walk into town to do my shopping.
Not really sure what a mobile phone as to do with it either. Are you suggesting that's all that's sold in the town centre?
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All you say is true - but, if it was so good, why don't we still shop this way? We don't have a greengrocer in town, but there is a Baker & a Butcher. They should be raking it in.....
Very true. I don't his point though, he seems to depart from the topic and descend into rambling nostalgia for much worse times.
Not true I'm afraid, we've just become a lot lazier than we were in the 70s as a society. I always walk into town to do my shopping.
This isn't true either. The 60s and 70s were the decades where the waste started. Back then, I caught the 'bus for work, shopping etc. Yes, migrated through scooters to cars. Now in the 90's I'm on foot, much more frugal with fuel etc. and so are most people I meet. Petrol and oil were very cheap, even for those times before the first oil price shock.
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