Topic: New Launderette

[Shizzy]

I noticed that the old launderette in Edward Street is being re-opened as Silks Launderette. It also looks like work is going on in the old hairdressers next door.

[Debs]

ohh i wondered when something was going tobe done there...  i know the old couple who ran both the launderette and the hairdressers went into care home through ill health.... 

 wouldnt have said there was a need for another haridressers as i think westbury has that quite covered now for women and men.....   and as for a launderette i used to watch eastenders and think "doesnt everyone have a washing machine or wash by hand at home any more??"    but saying that i did occasionally see people in there... i only used it for doing the quilts when they needed doing as the machines are bigger than ur usualy household machine.

saying that....good luck to the new owner.... something being used is better than another nasty empty shop front.        

when is the white lion going to be sorted out? anyone heard?  ive heard a couple of different things about it...wine bar/ food bistro and also taken over by a building firm in westbury and going to be turned into flats         know any different??  let us know

[Debs]

have heard on the grapevine from a reliable source thatthree cooks int he high st are going bust...staff not been paid for over a  month ...  prime shop unit will going begging there too... never was the same after mountstevens moved out was it...I MEAN !!! who ever heard of a bakers shop with no bread or rolls???            i remember being in the queue when three cooks took over and a stranger to town asked for bread and some rolls and was told they dont do bread.. they couldnt get over it.... must say im one of those who are inclined to agree....

[Shizzy]

3 Cooks - Overpriced, no fresh bread, and what was on sale was not particularly good. Good riddance, however I feel for the staff.

[Debs]

yeah  me to.... the staff are nice and friendly... ive known 2 of them particularly well ..one for most of my adult life and another since i was at school.. its always sad when peoples jobs are unsafe or actually go