| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 14:58 - Dec 17 with 3784 views | jontysnut |
Sadly it's not the only one. Those in between towns, which are neither twee and touristy or big and bustling have probably all had it. Bradford looks like Detroit at the moment. I read something about the end of 'fried egg towns' a central yolk of shops and commerce surrounded by residential. I can see Ipswich becoming much more scrambled. |  | |  |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 15:03 - Dec 17 with 3760 views | hoppy |
I notice under the lead photo it says this...
"Lakeland have announced they will be leaving Ipswich - Credit: Archant"
Might've known Archant are good for nothing troublemakers... |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 15:24 - Dec 17 with 3722 views | Illinoisblue |
It’s the slow change. There’s no real need for a town centre in the way we know it. Retail parks and online shopping mean you don’t need to pay to park and go to town. |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 15:29 - Dec 17 with 3691 views | mrshallisfit |
Too much fighting on the dance floor. |  | | |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 15:48 - Dec 17 with 3661 views | snudge27 |
Likewise, when Westfield at Stratford is only an hour away by train, or 90mins drive, suddenly Ipswich town centre or one of the out-of-town retail parks doesn't seem such an attractive option. |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 16:31 - Dec 17 with 3551 views | solemio |
What worries me is what will happen to this great building with probably the best pargetting of any building in Britain. | | | |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 16:33 - Dec 17 with 3544 views | Edmundo |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 14:58 - Dec 17 by jontysnut |
Sadly it's not the only one. Those in between towns, which are neither twee and touristy or big and bustling have probably all had it. Bradford looks like Detroit at the moment. I read something about the end of 'fried egg towns' a central yolk of shops and commerce surrounded by residential. I can see Ipswich becoming much more scrambled. |
Same in Cambridge. Went in yesterday for a coffee and to the building society and it was like a midweek in the summer holidays, minus the tourists. Thousands of shops will close in 2021. The only upsides I can see are less traffic and more buildings that could be converted into affordable housing. |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 16:38 - Dec 17 with 3535 views | Dubtractor |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 15:24 - Dec 17 by Illinoisblue |
It’s the slow change. There’s no real need for a town centre in the way we know it. Retail parks and online shopping mean you don’t need to pay to park and go to town. |
Yep. This year will have simply sped up what has been happening for a few years. The age of generic chain shop high streets is coming to an end as what they do is done better and cheaper online.
We're moving more towards town centres being a place to socialise (coffee and cake etc) or go to smaller shops that specialise a bit more. |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 16:47 - Dec 17 with 3500 views | Mookamoo |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 16:38 - Dec 17 by Dubtractor |
Yep. This year will have simply sped up what has been happening for a few years. The age of generic chain shop high streets is coming to an end as what they do is done better and cheaper online.
We're moving more towards town centres being a place to socialise (coffee and cake etc) or go to smaller shops that specialise a bit more. |
It's unfortunate for those in the middle of it at the moment, but retail needed something to speed things along. Debenhams has been dying slowly for years now. Get them gone and turn the area into flats. The Ancient House is such a great building to waste on someone wanting to sell spatulas. Get them gone and get the pub/cafe in there with pop up retail spaces for those wanting to extend their Etsy opperations. |  | | |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 18:06 - Dec 17 with 3385 views | Steve_M |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 16:47 - Dec 17 by Mookamoo |
It's unfortunate for those in the middle of it at the moment, but retail needed something to speed things along. Debenhams has been dying slowly for years now. Get them gone and turn the area into flats. The Ancient House is such a great building to waste on someone wanting to sell spatulas. Get them gone and get the pub/cafe in there with pop up retail spaces for those wanting to extend their Etsy opperations. |
Ipswich town centre also suffers from being so spread out, it's a long way from the end of Carr Street to the end of Westgate Street. Condense that down a bit and it doesn't feel quite so empty.
The town is stuck though, missed opportunities followed by factors too big for any municipal council to counter. Hopefully most of the restaurants in the town survive as that is one thing that has improved since I was in my 20s. |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 18:16 - Dec 17 with 3346 views | factual_blue |
Will there be anywhere you can buy a suit? |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 18:22 - Dec 17 with 3335 views | factual_blue |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 16:38 - Dec 17 by Dubtractor |
Yep. This year will have simply sped up what has been happening for a few years. The age of generic chain shop high streets is coming to an end as what they do is done better and cheaper online.
We're moving more towards town centres being a place to socialise (coffee and cake etc) or go to smaller shops that specialise a bit more. |
A friend, who knows an accountant in Bury St Eds tells me that the accountant's clients with an established internet presence, or who quickly moved to one, have done at least OK.
The others are all struggling.
This applies to all businesses it seems. | |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 18:38 - Dec 17 with 3295 views | factual_blue |
It'll be a 'spoons. | |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 19:05 - Dec 17 with 3238 views | Keno |
it'll be like Diss then |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 19:26 - Dec 17 with 3195 views | Mookamoo |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 18:16 - Dec 17 by factual_blue |
Will there be anywhere you can buy a suit? |
Coes. Suit you Sir. | | | |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 20:02 - Dec 17 with 3125 views | Funge |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 19:05 - Dec 17 by Keno |
it'll be like Diss then |
Wasted on this lot. |  | | |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 20:07 - Dec 17 with 3113 views | jeera |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 20:02 - Dec 17 by Funge |
Wasted on this lot. |
Diss Towen, is coming like a ghost town...
I have to say, puns aside, Diss used to be mobbed of a Friday.
Market day, Diss Auctions etc. Lovely thriving little place of a daytime.
Madcap redneck hell hole of a night. |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 20:51 - Dec 17 with 3038 views | oldbluey |
I'm old enough to remember the wonder of Christmas at Footmans in Ipswich. Rides for the kids and marionettes in the basement. One of my brothers who is younger than me but in his 70s now, once punched Santa in the nose in Footmans!. Blood everywhere, Santa swearing loudly and my 5 year old brother looking pleased with himself
The wonder of a Suffolk Christmas in the 1950s. |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 20:56 - Dec 17 with 3020 views | BloomBlue |
Becoming ??? |  | | |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 20:57 - Dec 17 with 3017 views | jeera |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 20:56 - Dec 17 by BloomBlue |
Becoming ??? |
Gotten isn't a word.
No matter what anyone says. | |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 20:59 - Dec 17 with 3009 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 16:47 - Dec 17 by Mookamoo |
It's unfortunate for those in the middle of it at the moment, but retail needed something to speed things along. Debenhams has been dying slowly for years now. Get them gone and turn the area into flats. The Ancient House is such a great building to waste on someone wanting to sell spatulas. Get them gone and get the pub/cafe in there with pop up retail spaces for those wanting to extend their Etsy opperations. |
Don't let Wetherspoons anywhere near it. |  |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 21:04 - Dec 17 with 2993 views | Keno |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 20:02 - Dec 17 by Funge |
Wasted on this lot. |
I wondered if anyone would get that one | |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 21:05 - Dec 17 with 2989 views | jeera |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 21:04 - Dec 17 by Keno |
I wondered if anyone would get that one |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 21:17 - Dec 17 with 2952 views | Keno |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 21:05 - Dec 17 by jeera |
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Yeah but | |
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| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 21:42 - Dec 17 with 2905 views | BlueBadger |
| Ipswich town centre is rapidly becoming a ghost town on 19:05 - Dec 17 by Keno |
it'll be like Diss then |
Bravo. |  |
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