BRIAN & ANGELA

OUR TOWN CENTRES ? A Nostalgic Acrostic Sonnet !

 

 

O UR PROUD TOWN CENTRES ~ All are in decline

U NUSED Shops and empty empty Stores ~ I

R EMEMBER when the trade was fine

 

T HE SHOPS were full ~ wide open were the Doors !

O NE Store blames the INTERNET

W E ALL love to \"Shop on Line\"

N OTHING now \"on line\" ~ that we can\'t get

 

C HILDREN love it ~ think it\'s natural and fine !

E MPTY Stores and Empty Tables

N OWHERE to Park ~ too little Stock

T O COMPETE with WEB ~ we are not able

R ETAILERS  move to faceless MALLS ~ en bloc !

E MPTY CENTRES in once thriving TOWNS

S EEMS like the INTERNET now wears OUR CROWN

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN XOX  

 

There is an IRONY about the DEMISE of our Town & City

Centres ~ They are very very lively @ NIGHT ~ Which is

why I\'ve chosen Pet Clarke\'s DOWNTOWN as my video !

It was released 20 years before I was born but in essence

it is still as true to day. SENIORS don\'t like to go into Town

after dark it all seems so so aliens with scantily dressed

Girls and Tattooed Macho Lads and no one over 40 except

the Bouncers ! The late night Bars & Night Clubs do a

roaring in a Town that is like a morgue in the daytime !

The Big Stores like BHS ~ M & S and Fraser have all gone

replaced by Teen Fashion Shops ~ Art Shops and Arty

Coffee Shops with Barristers and coffee at £3 ($4) a cup !

Thee only things for Seniors are mournful & boring Charity

Shops ~ At least they have a free Bus Pass ! So fate has

decreed ~ Our Towns are DEAD in the DAY but alive and

vibrant @ NIGHT ~ Angela & I enjoy the Night Scene and

we both do a stint on the SOS Bus and are First~Aid trained.

How is it in Your Town ~ Do you stay in @ Night ! BRIAN XOX 

 

The SOS BUS operates all night and is staffed by Volunteers

all first aid trained. Its main purpose is to get \"legless\" 

Young Ladies off the street ~ patch them up and get them

safely Home.   Both ANGELA & I need a First Aid Qualification

for our jobs. Angela us a Physiotherapist and I lead Field

Courses into Mountains etc ! We also have STREET PASTORS !