Shops’ signs of the times
From: ME Wright, Grove Road, Harrogate.
Margaret Whitaker’s amusing “This shop is alarmed” sign (The Yorkshire Post, November 6) called to mind a 1980s one in New Market Street Arcade, Leeds, which read “Ears pierced while you wait.” I was tempted to ask if they also offered a postal service, but the grim visage behind the counter dictated otherwise.
From: M Dobson, Feversham Crescent, York.
The growth of large out-of-town supermarkets led to the demise of the small independent food retailers.
Now those same supermarkets are falling over each other to open small local convenience stores.
Funny old world isn’t it?