What you want
The improvement(s) that would lure you to shop (or shop more) along Southampton Way include:
92% More variety of shops
86% General cleaning and renovation of the street
81% A major retail grocer
78% Redeveloping abandoned sites
75% Cafes/ coffee shops
64% More ‘green’ (landscaping)
61% Restaurants
56% Bars
56% Retail shops
47% Specialty shops
44% Greater presence of street patrols
22% CCTV
Specific comments are listed individually in the comments section.
posted by TommyD @ 2:39 pm
16 comments
16 Comments:
Better quality food in shops (fresh, organic, English etc), wholefoods, herbal remedies, bicycle repair shop, more shops for ethnic majority and less for minorities
Less people hanging around on the streets
FRESH fruit and veg
Diverting the tram route along here
We really need all of these to invigorate the area and integrate the various communities which live here.
Would only take one or two shops to re-invigorate the area. Tom's dairy is good and local, but
Sainsbury's it ain't. I'm always getting stuck behind an Ocado van in Coleman road, so there clearly families here with surplus cash to spend on luxury groceries.
There used to be a chemist which was very useful
Cleaner streets, dumping of household and commercial waste on the street is common. Washing machines, sofas, broken glass and bags of meat are often found at the 343 bus stop near 151-161. The council does remove it on a regular basis but this only encourages those responsible to continue doing it. I would like to see the council tackling the problem at the source.
Please don't press for CCTV - it doesn't make streets safer - it doesn't prevent crime and hardly even helps in catching people once crimes have been committed. Also, I'm doubtful about the benefit of a Major Supermarket local - we've got three Somerfields in Camberwell already. There are plenty of quick-fix prepared foods but not enough fresh foods
"Ethnic majority" - meaning what?
"English food" - you mean like chicken tikka masala?
First off, I will hold up my hand and declare that the Ocado van was possibly coming to our house. It's not that we have spare cash for luxury groceries - the price is the same as Sainsbury's - but the service is much better and you don't have to go to the supermarket.
Secondly, some of the businesses in Southampton Way are run by decent friendly people from whom I am very happy to buy. I agree with the others who have commented on the lack of fresh produce. Many a time I have needed an emergency onion and have had to take a chance with the Presco gang. But the family who run Costcutter/Post Office seem pretty OK to me.
I think you need to be a fairly tough and determined character to run a shop on the street. I have my doubts about how a large impersonal business such as Sainbury or Tesco would cope unless the people directly involved in running it had the right motivation to stick at it.
And by the way we're not the only people using Ocado in the area... you know who you are.
The post office people are great. They also stock that marvellous imorted guinness (nigerian?) which is heavier and sweeter than the stuff made here :-)
Is it not possible for the council to offer properties at a lower rate to encourage businesses which would make a favourable contribution to the community? And perhaps charge higher rates - for eg: to 24 Hour Off Licenses? - surely they have to apply to the council for a license to sell alcohol? And is the council allowed to refuse? How many of these places does Camberwell need? It's no good giving charitable grants to the Alcoholics Recovery Projects if they are just going to allow a proliferation of these places to trade in the town centre merely for the sake of filling an empty retail unit at any cost - does anybody else agree?
I agree. Southampton Way caters to one segment of the community. I'm happy with that but could it not add to include all communities? In a half-mile stretch: four places to buy cheap alcohol, one betting shop, three 'private clubs' (for drinking), four (5?) cheap fast food joints. I think we simply need to redress the balance. This website demonstrates to me that demand is there for it.
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