What businesses every small town/ village needs
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I live in a small village, we have
3 pubs
a social club
butchers
4 x hairdressers
a spar and another mini supermarket type shop
coffeeshop
estate agents
small boots chemist
undertakers
chippy
What always amazes me is that when something new opens up, its always something offering the same as one of the above.
The estate agent has been here for 40 odd years, some bright spark a few years ago opened another one. Surely in a village of 3000 odd people, trying to split the market just isnt worth it. The second estate agent closed. As did the second chippy that was tried and a few others.
3 pubs
a social club
butchers
4 x hairdressers
a spar and another mini supermarket type shop
coffeeshop
estate agents
small boots chemist
undertakers
chippy
What always amazes me is that when something new opens up, its always something offering the same as one of the above.
The estate agent has been here for 40 odd years, some bright spark a few years ago opened another one. Surely in a village of 3000 odd people, trying to split the market just isnt worth it. The second estate agent closed. As did the second chippy that was tried and a few others.
Monkeylegend said:
I live in a village of 350 souls, and we have a pub, a church, and I am about to open a brothel,.......oh and an undertakers.
I am expecting a thriving business from the old codgers. Will probably need open lid coffins though.
Don't forget the pharmacy, the codgers will need the blue pill, and that'll help your undertakers no end. I am expecting a thriving business from the old codgers. Will probably need open lid coffins though.
Edited by Monkeylegend on Tuesday 15th May 13:55
Timmy40 said:
Monkeylegend said:
I live in a village of 350 souls, and we have a pub, a church, and I am about to open a brothel,.......oh and an undertakers.
I am expecting a thriving business from the old codgers. Will probably need open lid coffins though.
Don't forget the pharmacy, the codgers will need the blue pill, and that'll help your undertakers no end. I am expecting a thriving business from the old codgers. Will probably need open lid coffins though.
Edited by Monkeylegend on Tuesday 15th May 13:55
Oh and a cash point.
Zetec-S said:
LivingTheDream said:
Monkeylegend said:
Brothel.
Timmy40 said:
No joking aside I've always thought about setting up a mobile Brothel/sex bus to tour around small villages/towns a bit like an x-rated mobile library, the only problem is the wife might take a slightly dim view of the idea.
Just tell her it's Dial-a-ride, which technically will be true Timmy40 said:
No joking aside I've always thought about setting up a mobile Brothel/sex bus to tour around small villages/towns a bit like an x-rated mobile library, the only problem is the wife might take a slightly dim view of the idea.
I guess that depends how far you expect her to go.If it's just local, she'll probably be fine with it.
Not a business per se, but a police station.
Every small town and many villages had one back in the day. I simply refuse to accept that the marginal cost of providing police officers needs to have risen as fast as it apparently has. And whilst selling-off police houses and stations I'm sure raised a bit of cash, the long-term harm has been immense.
Police are no longer "in the community." It will take time, but that will have poor long-term consequences I believe.
Every small town and many villages had one back in the day. I simply refuse to accept that the marginal cost of providing police officers needs to have risen as fast as it apparently has. And whilst selling-off police houses and stations I'm sure raised a bit of cash, the long-term harm has been immense.
Police are no longer "in the community." It will take time, but that will have poor long-term consequences I believe.
Timmy40 said:
No joking aside I've always thought about setting up a mobile Brothel/sex bus to tour around small villages/towns a bit like an x-rated mobile library, the only problem is the wife might take a slightly dim view of the idea.
Well, yes. Hard to explain to your friends that your husband has gone on the game, even if you are fulfilling a much needed service to all the villages with only the one gaySheepshanks said:
There's four in our village (2500 people). I wonder if they're a front for something!
Yes in a way they are just a front, theyll be making far more than they actually earn out of the ''Working'' Tax Credits (and other associated bennies) that they're also claiming... see also nail technicians, dog walkers, dog groomers.Edited by mike74 on Wednesday 16th May 06:35
Our village is 820-ish people. We have a pub (which does takeaway fish & chips and if you ask nicely pretty much anything they can wrap up in some way), shop, post office, surgery, school, 2 churches, car body shop (although not for much longer).
Would be good if the pub was better (didn't bother opening on scorching bank holiday Monday afternoon for instance). Otherwise, not sure what else would be useful.
Would be good if the pub was better (didn't bother opening on scorching bank holiday Monday afternoon for instance). Otherwise, not sure what else would be useful.
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