Gordon Mcconnell Poet Rhyme

Where Are All Our Shops Gone

When we take a walk down any high street
more and more signs of to let or for sale
the demise of the independent shops no more
even the national ones struggle to stop the nail

It's so easy to put the blame on the web
though that's to blame to a certain extent
but many owners find their rent too steep
not making enough leaving them with a tent!

Is it inevitable for them to give up?
or should they fight on no matter what?
with most just ending up to be bankrupt
seeing the web besat them up with no dot

The future holds we know not what
for not everyone can be part of the net
too expensive or location is not available
some prefer to shop where they are met

The world is going just too fast
it needs to slow down and just ask
is this really for my benefit at all?
for soon eventually, all things will fall

(I have written this with my thoughts about The Death of the High Street as opposed to online shopping, supermarkets etc. Do we want to see our favourite department stores close as so many are struggling? Debenhams is cutting stores in bulk currently. What can be done about it if anything? Do we even care? Do you prefer online shopping?)

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Jan Allison May 10, 2019 at 7:42 AM It's scary to see the decline on the high street with m & s closing stored and Debenhams on the brink of collapse sadly shop scan't compete with the bulk buying powers of places like Amazon so we will see more and more stores going under. I always use tills with a cashier it keeps staff in a job:-) in the UK at the moment it was sad to see empty shops in Liverpool and birkenhead and Southport was like a ghost town on the high street last year:-( Hugs Jan xx Gordon Mcconnell May 10, 2019 at 9:05 AM Thanks Jan, yes it's all so true what you say. That's a good idea to use only a cashier instead of a self serve till, I've noticed only a self serve till at some Poundland shops. Christine loves Southport but so sad it's like that it's been a couple of years since we were last there and we're going later in the year for our main holiday, we're taking my sister in law down in June for her holiday but it'll be just an overnight coming back the next day. Have a blessed weekend,Gordon