Dick Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3256275/Are-Britain-s-best-high-streets-Bognor-Regis-Bradford-Rotherham-make-shortlist-face-public-vote.html Can you believe this? Rotherham is in the last 21 of a competition to find the best high street in England. On Toby Foster's show they said it was in the top three! But I suppose it's better than Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoya Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 the other cities shortlisted are kabul and beirut so i cant see Rotherham winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavtyke Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Fair play indeed - there is still loads of good quality shops surviving in Rotherham! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMR67 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Rotherham High Street has had a lot of Lottery money put towards the major redevelopment and it's now looking pretty good. I worked on the project and I manufactured a lot of the shop fronts on the left hand side as you walk down so I'm particularly chuffed it's on the short list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marx Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 It used to be dire. There were six units in a row all empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoatwobbler Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Most folk I know who live in Rotherham avoid the town center and stick to Meadowhall. And as much as I personally dislike Meadowhall I can totally understand why. I'm struggling to think of a worse town center than Rotherham's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top4718 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 This so called competition was sponsored by Tesco who have built a big shiny new store in Rotherham so the whole things utter corporate nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 the other cities shortlisted are kabul and beirut so i cant see Rotherham winning That might almost have been funny if the joke hadn't been structurally compromised right at the start. Let's go back and see what went wrong. "Britain's best High Streets". Ideally you needed three less salubrious British high streets than Rotherham, with the third one being clearly the worst/funniest suggestion. Why three? The Psychology of Comedy: Rule of Threes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavtyke Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 This so called competition was sponsored by Tesco who have built a big shiny new store in Rotherham so the whole things utter corporate nonsense. I don't know how you can say this - yeah Tesco create "Tesco Towns" but go on any given Market Day and you'll be amazed how far the Street Market from Tesco Stretch's!! Credit to the Market's people I say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoatwobbler Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I don't know how you can say this - yeah Tesco create "Tesco Towns" but go on any given Market Day and you'll be amazed how far the Street Market from Tesco Stretch's!! Credit to the Market's people I say Dare I say it, but I prefer Doncaster to Rotherham for markets, although I would still agree that the market is the best thing about Rotherham town centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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