General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

OC, apparently the Market Traders will be moving into a newly created Hall at the top part of the old premises, adjacent to Market Place, then the remaining building, clock and all, will be demolished to accommodate among other things, 7 residential tower blocks. So we should end up with Legoland meets Cheshire Oaks !! I know people wanted change, probably because of all the empty stalls and units within the Galleries. There are many reasons for this, a shift in shopping habits, the Pandemic, Spiraling Business Rates and competition from the Grand Arcade, just around the corner. Yes, we'll get change, but for the sake of it. I personally think the 140 million would have been better spent converting Rylands Mill into apartments, compulsory purchase, renovate, easy on the eye, no longer a vandal hotspot, no need for Legoland on the Market Square. Winner winner........