Would you like to see Wycombe go upmarket?

No doubt there are many disappointed readers out there who tuned in around 8pm to read my blog but I am sure you will agree it has been worth the wait.

It seems things are looking up in Wycombe.

Today I partook in my favourite activity namely my regular lunchtime walk around the town centre. The weather was quite chilly with that feeling of impending snowfall hanging in the cold winters air.

Of course a brisk walk is the best way to keep warm in such weather conditions and what better than to promenade around past the historic buildings of Wycombe.

I was initially going to eat my sandwiches in the grounds of the Parish Church but at the last minute my good self took a detour down Noyes Lane and nipped round to Frogmoor instead.

With lunch consumed yours truly made for the warm sanctuary of the complex.

Walking through the old Octagon I happened to see a new pound style discount shop was getting ready to open opposite the chemists in the central part of the shopping centre.

Personally I think there are already too many pound retailers in the town already without more opening however at least we won't have to endure the sight of another boarded up shop festering away to remind us of the towns stagnation and failure.

It seems that modern day Wycombe is full of discount shops, betting shops, charity shops and the like. The traditional retailers selling everyday goods at normal prices seem to be in the minority in the town.

Of course the pound shops also sell what I term 'normal everyday goods' however they appear to thrive because of their projected image of being cheap thanks to clever use of certain words in the names of the businesses that imply they are giving you a bargain.

Wycombe may have a whole host of shops selling everyday goods however I fear the use of certain words in the names of the shops is projecting an image of cheapness rather than one of quality and prestige.

A lot can be determined just by the name of something after all who would go into a shop if it's very name was not enticing?

To create an upmarket atmosphere maybe there should be strict rules drawn up to ensure the names of the businesses are suitable for the town they are located in?

Sadly Wycombe is gaining a down market image because the shops are turning it into a 'discount town' or a 'quid town'.

Once that sort of image sets in the high class retailers are put off from opening up shop and a downwards spiral of decline sets in.

My good self would dearly love to see Wycombe go a couple of rungs up the social ladder and become upmarket again like Marlow and Beaconsfield but I fear that will never happen now.

I wonder if anyone else would like to see 'posh Wycombe' rise from the ruins of our once great town?

What do you think?

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