J J Mundys, Gatley’s greengrocer, sadly closed its doors on Saturday.
I knew it was on the cards, but I didn’t know when. I’d like to thank Pete and everyone who’s worked there over the years. A sad loss for the village.
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Pam and I are still working on the Tatton, Phil. We can’t force someone to take it on, but I’m hopeful.
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Sorry Iain but the council must take their share of the blame for the Tatton. How many years is it now since the cinema closed yet nobody has redeveloped it? Plan after plan has been refused and the site gets more unsightly each day – but the one thing we never see is progress. Why don’t the council be more proactive and liaise with the owners for a suitable outcome. I would be quite happy for a supermarket and small car park. Your party has been in control for the last 11 years so for once let us see some action!
Bruce Thwaite
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Phil is absolutely right. Failure to ENCOURAGE the Dickens proposal has started the domino effect of closure for the independents because the heart of the shopping centre is a decaying eyesore causing negative energy.
With no greengrocer at all, those with no transport must go on the bus to Cheadle, where, of course, they will do the rest of their shopping.
I drove the delivery van for Mundys 1972-1977, so I am particularly sad to see it go
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Bruce – I don’t claim to know all the details of everything that’s happened since 2001 but I do know that the Council are proactive and do liase with prospective owners/developers. Further, at least one previous application was approved (for office space on the site) but the developer did not proceed with it – perhaps due to the state of the economy at the time.
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There are far too many vocal people with old fashioned views, time on their hands, and no sense of style living in this area. They make a lot of noise and respond automatically to oppose almost any modern development that does not accord with their preconceptions based in the 1920s-30s. They have been the ruination of Gatley, and to a lesser extent have seen off sensible modern developments in Cheadle.
The Councillors have my sympathy when they have this to put up with – they have a thankless task. Those who complain now about lack of progress have wasted years of opportunity when they could have formed a grass-roots campaign to oppose these negative elements and by sheer force of numbers and a vigorous press campaign could have seen off those who tend to oppose everything as a matter of principle.
The Councillors are there to listen to opposing views and see that planning regulations are obeyed. They are not there to support individual factions. When so few of their electorate bring constructive ideas to the planning debate, it is no wonder that there has been so little progress in redeveloping Gatley. If only Gatley had a planner of the stature of my hero, Baron Haussmann, who changed the face of Paris in the mid 19th Century, the village would once more be a place worth living in.
Iain Roberts
T: 07958 570202
E: cllr.iain.roberts@
stockport.gov.uk
Pam King
T: 0161 483 2531
E: cllr.pamela.king@
stockport.gov.uk
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Sad to see Mundy’s go as I remember the shop when i was little before it became Mundy’s. I am also sad to say that this will not be the last shop to close. What was needed was an injection of energy which would have been provided by the Tatton development again sadly this was rejected and we are now left with a pile of rubbish.
i do remember that an election promise was to sort out the Tatton problem but sadly again this appears to be a hollow promise.