The Death Of The High Street

[poliphilo]

I was a little taken aback to learn that HMV was going into administration. Many a happy hour I've spent...etc...etc...but not recently. In fact it must be many months since I did any shopping on any High Street. I'll admit it. I'm part of the problem.

It's all very well bewailing the death of the High Street, but the way we buy things is changing- and asking people to go back- and abandon the speed and convenience of the internet and the supermarket- is a bit like asking them to ditch their cars in favour of pony-traps.  

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[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

We've used the Oxford Street branch (which was the very first one opened by Sir Edward Elgar) for years.

The Classical Longplayer in Canterbury shut up shop some time back. :o(

Looks like our pals, Liz Leatherdale at the online Colchester Classics and Pete and Heather Heywood at the folk based Living Tradition will be getting even more of our trade in future!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's a long time since I bought music anywhere but on line.