Guest posiedon Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 thePeerieTrowTI do think that the likes of a bowling alley and soft play area would be great! If you think it's viable; go for it.fusionSomeone was going to do this, but i think after they did the business plan it fell through. I think they had the idea lodged with the enterprise co. this stops others folk pinching they idea (and poss funding) i think??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePeerieTrow Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Amen to that!! We are an intelligent enough community to do in moderation. Well, in saying that....Sometimes the people who were put in positions of responsibility to make solid choices for our community fall way short. They have gone deaf to us. Less bureaucratic brown nosing and more backbone to stand up for our well being as we request as a community against those just looking for professional/personal advancement by being a "yes" man to those that aren't a part of our community and therefore do not have a working knowledge of the workings and needs in our lives and community. Our location creates many exceptions to their one rule. I don't think we are as a rule anti Scottish mainlanders or English, but when for instance you are moving here looking for professional help and their advert says we move anywhere in Scotland and you utter the word"Shetland",All of a sudden we aren't a part of Scotland anymore. Orkney is funnily enough to many of said places but not Shetland. People speak of Shetland as bleak, remote, rural and yes, even backward. They envision us as barbarians grunting to each other eating with our hands and mad with isolation. Quite humourous actually. My immediate thought is they have never been here and how amazingly ignorant they are to the world around them. And then I smile to myself and am extremely grateful we are where we are and we don't care what is thought of us. We get the last laugh. We live in a paradise albeit imperfect in many ways, I believe it is perfect in many more ways than not. Our children can go out and play and be children here. They grow up too fast in most other places. We have a wholesome grass roots type of lifestyle here and our family wouldn't trade that for anything. ( but helping us have a better quality of lifestyle by introducing a little healthy competition wouldn't hurt either) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delts Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Someone was going to do this, but i think after they did the business plan it fell through. I think they had the idea lodged with the enterprise co. this stops others folk pinching they idea (and poss funding) i think??? Nope. Lodging a business plan with the enterprise company does not preclude anyone else from developing a similar idea. It just means he who builds first, wins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePeerieTrow Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 In reference to Suzanna.. You mentioned how in your home town the shops were all closed sown on the high street. I just wondered if you had been on ours of late? There are many places out of business. Many places closed. This happens everywhere especially in this economy. An injection of healthy enterprise in moderation of course would be of great benefit don't you think?Our unique shops are disappearing at an alarming rate and now we even have a charity shop going out of business too..... What can we do to put life back into our high street? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePeerieTrow Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Thanks Delts for the info Food for thought Poseidon Viability is a quandary. Could it be made low enough in cost to make it accessible to all and yet still cover running costs?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groilick Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 What can we do to put life back into our high street?Bring back da drift-net herring fleet dan aa da shops wid come back tae da street an be open tae 10 at night lek dey wir in da 50’s an 60shttp://shetlopedia.com/images/0/0a/CommercialSt50.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Independence.....then.... Strip Club Lap Dance Club Pole Dance Club Brothel Casino Sex Shop Dungeon Nah, don't wanna visit any of them, just to own them so I can pocket the takings after fleecing the boat-loads of touries every summer. However....I have just been "told" "we" want a Sainsbury's instead of a Tesco's....whatever either of those are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePeerieTrow Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Ok ok Ghostrider calm yourself down!!Moderation remember? It's a breath of fresh air, one of the most wonderful parts of Shetland NOT having anything on your colourful list. That's what makes it so great for our children. They are brought up in a different society here. We are not asking for trouble in our community. We are looking for a few creature comforts that lift the community as a whole not pull it down. Who told you we want a Sainsburys?? Having lived in various places on the mainland, even there Sainsburys was one of the more expensive supermarket. Actually ASDA was one of the better in that their baked and deli items were yummy and they did provide more quality items with more variety at a lower price as well. They also in the latest sting on the supermarkets did fare pretty well. I would say that Morrisons had good quality tasty brands too. We enjoyed shopping with them. Their store and ASDA always had a clean inviting welcoming feel into the store and customer service was valued by them. In fact of all the ones shopped at Morrisons had an a fabulous customer service. they also had a very good cafe with good choice and affordable that would be nice for those on that side of the toon to be able to enjoy. But the one with the lowest pricing structure to it's customer was ASDA. I find Tesco lacks manners toward it's customer base and even some of it's employees from top to bottom of it's structure. I don't like being lied to by the management team when they are caught cheating n fiddling. Rather apologise correct it with that customer and say you will look into it further. Honesty is the best policy afterall. Right?? I fin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlinkedstudent Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 ^ Err that was Ghostie "in moderation" ... and it was I who told him we wanted a Sainsbury's. Tesco's in East London was rubbish and the local Asda was deffo nothing to write home about; in fact, it made the Tesco up here look large! I actually found that the Tesco's stores were dirty and their prices were actually higher than Sainsbury's on many products. And btw, you really don't want to see Ghostie's unedited list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I can never understand why people move to Shetland(I presume for a new life) and then want to see all their previous life shops and culture move here too!!. What I would like to see in Shetland is an aquarium wi some decent stuff in it or one of those space "uariums". What's the word I'm looking for?. The North Atlantic Fisheries College has done an open day "aquarium" thing over the past couple of years and it was fantastic. I think there's even one in Tórshavn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shetland_boys Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I would like Lerwick to make an effort at the cross at new year, like fire works, stalls, music on the pier, it would be cool, alot of places south do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlinkedstudent Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I can never understand why people move to Shetland(I presume for a new life) and then want to see all their previous life shops and culture move here too!!. If you referring to me, I only said Sainsbury's instead of Tesco's. As for all the fast food restaurants, coffee outlets, High Streets full of all the same retail clothing shops up and down the UK - no thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I can never understand why people move to Shetland(I presume for a new life) and then want to see all their previous life shops and culture move here too!! And for those of us born up here? We're no allowed to pine for stuff we miss fae south, like mains gas, public transport and somewhere to go on a saturday night that doesn't involve alcohol? (and no the leisure centres don't count) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egbert-Mcwhirter Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 i only request one thing , reasonable priced air fares ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 No, no unlinkedstudent I wasn't refering to you in particular at all. It just seems to be a re-occurring comment I see on Shetlink - sometimes from folks who have moved here and yes, sometimes from natives. I merely highlighted folks who moved here because I thought one of their reasons for doing so would be to get away from the old life and culture(a land of Tescos, Lidls, Asdas, Somerfields etc) so why then try to "drag" it here with them?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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