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You cannot please all of the people all of the time

Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2009-05-14 16:20:43 - Graham Ellis

In my role with the Melksham Chamber of Commerce, I take an interest in the business activities in the town, and the various factors that inspire and concern our shop owners.

At the tail end of last year, Bath Road was closed for a period and the shopkeepers were pretty upset about it - talking of how it was driving business away from them at a time they were struggling anyway, and the Chamber worked with the council to reduce the length of the closure, and to get the road re-opened as quickly as possible.

At lunchtime today, I was in a business in the narrow central section (quit e near to the vacated Wollies), and the business owner was saying how great it would be if the section in front of her premises was to be pedestrianised. And feeling a heavy lorry rumble by, and seeing the people squeezed on the pavement, I have to agree with that sentiment too.