Save Our Shops (SOS) (From St Albans & Harpenden Review)

Save Our Shops (SOS)

7:30am Thursday 29th March 2007

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STRUGGLING shopkeepers are finding it hard to get through one of the leanest periods of trade in recent years.

They need your help so this newspaper has launched a campaign to Save Our Shops (SOS).

While some traders are suffering a lean spell because of the city centre's roadworks, others say they are simply not getting enough business from the people of St Albans.

They want to know why you have stopped visiting The Maltings shopping centre?

Why you would rather go elsewhere for everything from trousers and chocolates to wine and toys?

And we want to know too.

One shopkeeper even reported his worst takings for 25 years on Saturday February 17.

So what or who do you blame? Do you prefer shopping elsewhere?

Is it the roadworks or had you stopped shopping in St Albans a long time ago?

Do you work out of town and shop where you work?

Tell us so we can tell them.

Some claim plans to build a new Tesco supermarket will only add to the problems currently facing our city centre traders, while others claim that such a superstore would breathe new life into St Albans forcing the shoppers to come flooding back. What do you think?

We want our readers to tell us how the situation can be improved below.

Did your grandparents or great grandparents visit a store which is still open?

Would you be upset to see it close?

Do you have any fantastic memories of the city centre or do you try and avoid it as much as possible?

We call on you, the people of St Albans, to help this historic city by shopping in your centre.

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