Bedford I miss that to all my friends live in bedford I miss you to it's great town anyway I love to watch and even the world enjoy the street are lovely
its quite sad to see the man with the harmonica there. hes still there, its crazy how u dont notice people that are there for a while. hes a really nice man
I was born and bred in Bedford 70+ years ago when it was a thriving and interesting market town with 2 breweries, a livestock market and a general market in the town square, police station back of the back of the civic hall. Most of the shops in this vid' have changed hands at least 3 or 4 times since i left. The centre is just a clone now of any other empty town in the UK.
@@mistix4090 The government should require large shops that currently have a 6 hour maximum trading limit on Sundays because there are less international tourists and people have less money to spend because the cost of living has gone up. By closing on Sundays you get more people to go out on different days. Banning Sunday trading for large shops would reduce overheads for businesses and attract more people to town centres, shopping centres city centres etc on weekdays and especially on Saturdays. The government should tell businesses what to do because businesses don't always make the right decisions and some of these businesses go into administration, this cost jobs and costs the UK economy. Small shops would be unaffected and all shops would be unaffected between Monday and Saturday. Under my proposal large shops would still be able to freely between Monday and Saturdays including bank and public holidays such as Boxing Day or New year's Day but excluding Christmas Day. My proposal requires large shops to close on all Sundays throughout the year and on Christmas Day whatever day of the week it falls on. I think Sunday trading was good pre Brexit, pre cost of living pre covid because there were more international tourists and people had more money to spend and my idea is if you close the large shop on Sundays you attract more people out to shopping centres, city centres, town centres, high streets, retail parks etc on the days of the week especially on Saturday. There are less international tourists here now and people will have less money to spend so my idea is to get more people to go out on other days of the week. This has nothing to do with religion, workers rights or family life. Extended Sunday trading would have been good before but not now. Also under my proposal small shops would still be able to open and trade whenever they want because they have less overheads and they provide convenience to people. I also urge you to write to your MP why Sunday trading should be banned and withdrawn. You should also copy this exact message and send it to everyone you know.
Actually change my mind get rid of bedford council they are just killing the town centre . Bedford will eventually become one big housing estate with no corner shops and luton and Milton Keynes being the place to work or have a day out.
I'm sure Midland road would of put a few people off of visiting. Infact you should had concentrated on the boarded up shops that are everywhere. Bedford is a shell of its former self. Go back 30 years and it was worth visiting.
Bedford I miss that to all my friends live in bedford I miss you to it's great town anyway I love to watch and even the world enjoy the street are lovely
Nice virtual tour! I felt as if I were walking with you! Thank you for sharing this good video!
its quite sad to see the man with the harmonica there. hes still there, its crazy how u dont notice people that are there for a while. hes a really nice man
I was born and bred in Bedford 70+ years ago when it was a thriving and interesting market town with 2 breweries, a livestock market and a general market in the town square, police station back of the back of the civic hall. Most of the shops in this vid' have changed hands at least 3 or 4 times since i left. The centre is just a clone now of any other empty town in the UK.
I haven’t been to the town centre in ages, I live in Bedford but just haven’t been to the town centre in ages
Not really missing much 🤣
Can't really call it a shopping centre anymore
Weird. Seems nothing has changed since I was last there in 1994. Edit: Goodness just spotted my sister outside the Harper Centre 😂😂
LOL
@@mistix4090 The government should require large shops that currently have a 6 hour maximum trading limit on Sundays because there are less international tourists and people have less money to spend because the cost of living has gone up. By closing on Sundays you get more people to go out on different days.
Banning Sunday trading for large shops would reduce overheads for businesses and attract more people to town centres, shopping centres city centres etc on weekdays and especially on Saturdays. The government should tell businesses what to do because businesses don't always make the right decisions and some of these businesses go into administration, this cost jobs and costs the UK economy. Small shops would be unaffected and all shops would be unaffected between Monday and Saturday.
Under my proposal large shops would still be able to freely between Monday and Saturdays including bank and public holidays such as Boxing Day or New year's Day but excluding Christmas Day. My proposal requires large shops to close on all Sundays throughout the year and on Christmas Day whatever day of the week it falls on. I think Sunday trading was good pre Brexit, pre cost of living pre covid because there were more international tourists and people had more money to spend and my idea is if you close the large shop on Sundays you attract more people out to shopping centres, city centres, town centres, high streets, retail parks etc on the days of the week especially on Saturday. There are less international tourists here now and people will have less money to spend so my idea is to get more people to go out on other days of the week. This has nothing to do with religion, workers rights or family life. Extended Sunday trading would have been good before but not now.
Also under my proposal small shops would still be able to open and trade whenever they want because they have less overheads and they provide convenience to people.
I also urge you to write to your MP why Sunday trading should be banned and withdrawn. You should also copy this exact message and send it to everyone you know.
@@collinparker2674 Nah
I still believe all retail premises should close on sunday only restaurants and pubs should be open and fixed price on everything.
Actually change my mind get rid of bedford council they are just killing the town centre . Bedford will eventually become one big housing estate with no corner shops and luton and Milton Keynes being the place to work or have a day out.
I'm sure Midland road would of put a few people off of visiting. Infact you should had concentrated on the boarded up shops that are everywhere. Bedford is a shell of its former self. Go back 30 years and it was worth visiting.
Yep that's Bedford no English to be heard
Lol!