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Tesco cancel Dartford and Bexleyheath stores
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That leaves two big building site going spare, in the town centres.0
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Maybe Lowfield Street in Dartford will see a bit of a revival now. Tesco were building a store there but Sainsbury's, who are directly opposite the site, have bought up key plots to prevent Tesco. That street is just dead as a result.0
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Would have brought lot of Jobs ....its a shame.0
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I was born and raised in Dartford. The town centre was quite a busy place....Woolworths, M&S, Kerrs, Phillips the toy shop etc etc. it is now a shite hole.3
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Wow! Will be interesting to see what happens at Bexleyheath now - the new Tescos was part of a pretty major redevelopment of the shopping centre.0
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Where were Tescos going in Bexleyheath?Saga Lout said:Wow! Will be interesting to see what happens at Bexleyheath now - the new Tescos was part of a pretty major redevelopment of the shopping centre.
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On the Old Civic Centre.Plumstead_Micky said:
Where were Tescos going in Bexleyheath?Saga Lout said:Wow! Will be interesting to see what happens at Bexleyheath now - the new Tescos was part of a pretty major redevelopment of the shopping centre.
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I believe they were taking over the site where the council offices are and the council were moving to the old Woolwich B. Society site. I assume it may just mean that the old council offices site will remain empty, but that will make B'heath look a bit run down, to say the least.0
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Aldi or lidil anyone?0
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Build a Waitrose in Bexleyheath in its place.2
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The old council offices have gone.Saga Lout said:I believe they were taking over the site where the council offices are and the council were moving to the old Woolwich B. Society site. I assume it may just mean that the old council offices site will remain empty, but that will make B'heath look a bit run down, to say the least.
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I thought it was more Tesco continually changing their plans, as their original store was going to be the biggest in the country selling lots of hardware, but Tesco kept scaling their plans back when they finally worked out that they weren't actually making much money on selling hardware, thanks to the internet!The Red Robin said:Maybe Lowfield Street in Dartford will see a bit of a revival now. Tesco were building a store there but Sainsbury's, who are directly opposite the site, have bought up key plots to prevent Tesco. That street is just dead as a result.
Dartford Council have been rejecting other planned supermarkets in the area due to the Tesco plans taking priority...0 -
Lidl have taken over the Honda garage that was opposite the old civic offices. Perhaps that's why Tesco have pulled out of Bexleyheath? Couldn't face, literally, the competitioncarly burn said:Aldi or lidil anyone?
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Has a list been released about which of the 43 stores are closing?
Wonder if the Welling big store is on that list?0 -
Really hope not. Three of my running club buddies are the Bakers there. You couldnt wish to meet a nice bunch of fellas.I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY said:Has a list been released about which of the 43 stores are closing?
Wonder if the Welling big store is on that list?
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I hope it doesn't too but there has always been rumors of them pulling the plug on that store with a Wilkos in its place.JohnBoyUK said:
Really hope not. Three of my running club buddies are the Bakers there. You couldnt wish to meet a nice bunch of fellas.I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY said:Has a list been released about which of the 43 stores are closing?
Wonder if the Welling big store is on that list?0 -
It's probably both. I was told about Sainsbury's buying land in the middle of the site by an agent who worked with Tesco in Dartford.killerandflash said:
I thought it was more Tesco continually changing their plans, as their original store was going to be the biggest in the country selling lots of hardware, but Tesco kept scaling their plans back when they finally worked out that they weren't actually making much money on selling hardware, thanks to the internet!The Red Robin said:Maybe Lowfield Street in Dartford will see a bit of a revival now. Tesco were building a store there but Sainsbury's, who are directly opposite the site, have bought up key plots to prevent Tesco. That street is just dead as a result.
Dartford Council have been rejecting other planned supermarkets in the area due to the Tesco plans taking priority...0 -
Maybe, but Dartford council were 100% behind Tesco, and I'm sure would have acted to help them if they were really being held up by Sainsbury's!The Red Robin said:
It's probably both. I was told about Sainsbury's buying land in the middle of the site by an agent who worked with Tesco in Dartford.killerandflash said:
I thought it was more Tesco continually changing their plans, as their original store was going to be the biggest in the country selling lots of hardware, but Tesco kept scaling their plans back when they finally worked out that they weren't actually making much money on selling hardware, thanks to the internet!The Red Robin said:Maybe Lowfield Street in Dartford will see a bit of a revival now. Tesco were building a store there but Sainsbury's, who are directly opposite the site, have bought up key plots to prevent Tesco. That street is just dead as a result.
Dartford Council have been rejecting other planned supermarkets in the area due to the Tesco plans taking priority...0 -
I was going to say I thought that was the case. Drove up that way for the first time in ages over christmas, and coming up that road by the court I could see the cinema (Latham Road?) and thought that was weird and worked out it was the old Prospects & council building that had been removed and a car park?guinnessaddick said:
The old council offices have gone.Saga Lout said:I believe they were taking over the site where the council offices are and the council were moving to the old Woolwich B. Society site. I assume it may just mean that the old council offices site will remain empty, but that will make B'heath look a bit run down, to say the least.
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Yes knocked down before Christmas........( couple of steel supports remained)
And yes the Honda site has been abandoned as well.
Had to go to the new civic offices, I think the new Tesco's was part of the borough plan...... and would have paid for part of the move to the old Woolwich building!.
I do remember when they built the centre, as my wife's friend was the secretary to the Project manager of the scheme. I think Norwich Union were the partner, trouble was it never 'kicked on' when Bluewater came about.
It was alway's the intention to bring in John Lewis, at the time, but there was an issue over the service road, and access to the A2.
It still has not changed...... all these years later.
I guess Aldi and Lidl will re-appear some time soon.....0 -
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The old police station in Dartford is going to be a Lidlcarly burn said:Aldi or lidil anyone?
The old Waitrose is going to be an Aldi
So that's Aldi, Lidl, Poundstretcher, 99p store. My lunch breaks are so classy here in sunny Dartford!
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Lidl is decent now.1
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Surely Charlton Life is enough to occupy your lunch breaks :-)Swisdom said:
The old police station in Dartford is going to be a Lidlcarly burn said:Aldi or lidil anyone?
The old Waitrose is going to be an Aldi
So that's Aldi, Lidl, Poundstretcher, 99p store. My lunch breaks are so classy here in sunny Dartford!0 -
That's to keep him busy during work time.killerandflash said:
Surely Charlton Life is enough to occupy your lunch breaks :-)Swisdom said:
The old police station in Dartford is going to be a Lidlcarly burn said:Aldi or lidil anyone?
The old Waitrose is going to be an Aldi
So that's Aldi, Lidl, Poundstretcher, 99p store. My lunch breaks are so classy here in sunny Dartford!7 -
To be fair my lunch break consists of walking to the sandwich shop, getting a salad and going back to my desk to work. Rock and indeed roll but it does minimise my chances of being acosted by the bloke selling Mercedes Benz watches from his car. Or tourettes woman who like nothing more than to shout "C@%T" at the top of her voice. Or the black tramp who will show you her tits for 50p.killerandflash said:
Surely Charlton Life is enough to occupy your lunch breaks :-)Swisdom said:
The old police station in Dartford is going to be a Lidlcarly burn said:Aldi or lidil anyone?
The old Waitrose is going to be an Aldi
So that's Aldi, Lidl, Poundstretcher, 99p store. My lunch breaks are so classy here in sunny Dartford!
You stay classy Dartford
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how do you know it's 50p?10
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I can believe the rest, but getting a salad???Swisdom said:
To be fair my lunch break consists of walking to the sandwich shop, getting a salad and going back to my desk to work. Rock and indeed roll but it does minimise my chances of being acosted by the bloke selling Mercedes Benz watches from his car. Or tourettes woman who like nothing more than to shout "C@%T" at the top of her voice. Or the black tramp who will show you her tits for 50p.killerandflash said:
Surely Charlton Life is enough to occupy your lunch breaks :-)Swisdom said:
The old police station in Dartford is going to be a Lidlcarly burn said:Aldi or lidil anyone?
The old Waitrose is going to be an Aldi
So that's Aldi, Lidl, Poundstretcher, 99p store. My lunch breaks are so classy here in sunny Dartford!
You stay classy Dartford5 -
I'm going to need an exact location for this please. Oh....and a 50 pence piece if you have one. ThanksSwisdom said:
To be fair my lunch break consists of walking to the sandwich shop, getting a salad and going back to my desk to work. Rock and indeed roll but it does minimise my chances of being acosted by the bloke selling Mercedes Benz watches from his car. Or tourettes woman who like nothing more than to shout "C@%T" at the top of her voice. Or the black tramp who will show you her tits for 50p.killerandflash said:
Surely Charlton Life is enough to occupy your lunch breaks :-)Swisdom said:
The old police station in Dartford is going to be a Lidlcarly burn said:Aldi or lidil anyone?
The old Waitrose is going to be an Aldi
So that's Aldi, Lidl, Poundstretcher, 99p store. My lunch breaks are so classy here in sunny Dartford!
You stay classy Dartford0 -
Dartford looks an uglier mess than it ever was; so many empy buildings.
Can anyone remember the old Jolly .......(?) restuarant in Dartford at the bottom of East Hill?
That building has been empy for about 20 odd years. The story I once heard was that a developer bought this site (which looks like a very old building) with the intention of knocking it down and building (guess what), flats. The council refused the permission citing that it is listed, so the developer said 'right, we'll leave it to rot' until you give in.0 -
Swisdom said:
To be fair my lunch break consists of walking to the sandwich shop, getting a salad and going back to my desk to work. Rock and indeed roll but it does minimise my chances of being acosted by the bloke selling Mercedes Benz watches from his car. Or tourettes woman who like nothing more than to shout "C@%T" at the top of her voice. Or the black tramp who will show you her tits for 50p.killerandflash said:
Surely Charlton Life is enough to occupy your lunch breaks :-)Swisdom said:
The old police station in Dartford is going to be a Lidlcarly burn said:Aldi or lidil anyone?
The old Waitrose is going to be an Aldi
So that's Aldi, Lidl, Poundstretcher, 99p store. My lunch breaks are so classy here in sunny Dartford!
You stay classy Dartford
Can't believe this is my home town you're dissing, Swis !
Sadly though, it has come to this sorry state.
Apart from a couple of visits to The Orchard, I can't remember when I last took my life in my hands and perused those characterful shops you mention.
I was born in Lowfield St and lived there for 22 years so the Tesco fiasco is of particular interest to me. Mum was a few days old when her family took over the brand new council house and she lived there for the first 90 of her nearly 95 years. Thankfully, she is pretty much housebound here with us now so she will never have to see how her locality has been devastated.
As the News Shopper article states, there was no Plan B. And I'm not holding my breath that one will be forthcoming any time soon.
A historic town brought to its knees by a supermarket chain ! You couldn't make it up .
By the way, Swis. Please get your facts right....
It's " P***K" I shout !5
