And it's not like that can ever be a positive thing:
[url= http://www.****/news/article-3487714/We-taking-step-lower-class-Residents-posh-Cheshire-town-share-indignation-branch-Aldi-opens-near-Waitrose.html ]An Aldi? Near Waitroise? What will the neighbours say[/url]
I haven't lived there since 1992 and while still fond of the place (my parents still live there) I do think it a bit up itself when I go back. But this is just silly.
So a couple of nobs say no and apparently the place doesn't want it?
Link: overuled!
A shame as I like to keep a sharp eye on supermarket developments in Poynton.
Crikey geetee, I didn't realise you were straight outta Poynton....
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They already have a Weatherspoons and an ASDA, I'd say the ALDI was in-keeping with the rest of the village.
It's an entire story made up from one post by one knob.
But, saying that, it's not the village we grew up in.
no "village" has an Aldi or a Wetherspoons. Let alone a Waitrose.
You mean town.
That's exactly my point.
Village - with an Asda and 'spoons?
Town surely...
It's not town either Imo ,it's just a suburb of Manchester,like all the rest of the 'villages' in the area
Saltash (small town across the river from plymouth, home of excellent railway bridge) has a waitrose and an lidl about 100 yeards from each other. If you are local you will soon begin to recognise the very posh cars that pull out of one supermarket to go directly across the rundabout to the other.
Our Aldi is directly next door to the M&S food hall. I use the same trolley in both shops.
Perfect combo of general groceries and higher quality stuff and saves having to go to Tesco.
Didn't a contestant on Bake Off recreate Poynton in gingerbread?
Saw this on a slightly more reputable news site (than the Mail) and thought "when did local newspaper nutjob stories start going national"?
I guess the answer involves the Mail's insatiable appetite for content and its audience's appetite for disapproving of others.
Surprised they're not in the newspaper for the most hated/dumbest council idea of a 'shared space' roundabout.....it's bonkers how they thought it was a good idea...
agreed, that road system is awful
Crikey geetee, I didn't realise you were straight outta Poynton..
Wrong pic.
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Another interesting fact is that Poynton accounts for over 80% of Range Rover Evoque sales, nationally. All of them in white. True fact!
What amuses me is that Poynton calls itself a village despite having an Aldi, Waitrose, Wetherspoons, and quite a lot of other shops, restaurants and facilities.
On the other hand, Bollington, a few miles down the road boasts of being a town, when it has a small post office, doctors surgery, a butchers and very little else!
Can't we just move Cheshire down south somewhere?
How about Hertfordshire?
Let's get rid of that, no one'll miss it.
We could then extend Wales east a bit, or give Manchester a bit more breathing space.
If Cheetham Hill can call itself a village then I have no issue with being a Hamlet/ whatever the hell else it wants to call itself.
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[i]Another interesting fact is that Poynton accounts for over 80% of Range Rover Evoque sales, nationally. All of them in white.[/i]
Again, it's not the village I grew up in.
Although I take the point about Bollington. However, in Bollington it's still about 1854, when anywhere big enough to have a doctor's surgery was classed as a town 🙂
Cheshire is much maligned TBH. The image of the Evoque driving WAG has overshadowed what is, in the main, a very pretty, very friendly mostly rural county. And Cheshire cheese is the best cheese in the world, and that is a stone-cold FACT.
Binners - you are confusing Poynton with Prestbury... Evoque and champagne capital of the Cheshire Golden Triangle.
Ah... must remember to double check the coordinates before calling in the air strike
Ah, Bollington, the town/village famed for having the highest concentration of pubs of any town or village in the country. I would have thought Poynton was more of an Aldi town than a Waitrise town. I guess the Waitrise is to hook all the youths with ambitions too one day move to the dizzy heights of Wilmslow.
IHN- I agree with you that Cheshire gets a bad press, mainly because of places like Prestbury. I live in Bollington and I love it. Walks and bike rides from the door, peace and quieT, down to earth, and not a single white Land Rover Discovery in sight.
in Bollington it's still about 1854,
Not at all. It's a great place. Knocks spots off Poynton.
I live in Cheshire, but it's about as far geographically in Cheshire you can get from Poynton 40 miles approx. Not many white Evoques here but 2 miles north in Heswell its wall to wall in them?
I think Binners may have been mixing it up with Knutsford or Alderley Edge?
We almost moved to Poynton, place seemed nice and sleepy - bit blue rinse if anything - I think it was mainly the ridiculous route back to the M6 that put us off in the end.
What amuses me is that Poynton calls itself a village despite having an Aldi, Waitrose, Wetherspoons, and quite a lot of other shops, restaurants and facilities.
You don't decide to "call yourself" anything, there are slight difference between the two.
St Davids is tiny, but it's a city. That doesn't mean that any of the other, far bigger, towns can call themselves a city. Same goes for village/town. You need a town council for a start, not a parish council.
I grew up in a village with a Sainsbury's, M&S, Boot's, Superdrug and about 10,000 residents. Still a village.
Surprised they're not in the newspaper for the most hated/dumbest council idea of a 'shared space' roundabout.....it's bonkers how they thought it was a good idea...
Escept that it's cut accidents and made life much easier for pedestrians & cyclists since it was implemented.
or give Manchester a bit more breathing space.
Lebensraum for Manchester eh !
Ah, Bollington, the town/village famed for having the highest concentration of pubs of any town or village in the country.
Not that one, last heard it was Penrith ! it also used to apply to Gibraltar
I thought it was Heywood that had the most pubs?
It was at one time Rusty.
72 pubs (I grew up in one of them) and 30,000 people. Sadly a huge number have shut.
I thought we were making real progress as a community with the opening of Waitrose in 2012.'However with the opening of Aldi I feel as though we are taking a step back into the lower class.
'Are we not sick of young vandals harassing the town?'
Clearly the random unrelated thoughts of a dementia sufferer, poor thing. Euthanasia being illegal these poor people have to go on suffering, very sad.
I live in Cheshire, but it's about as far geographically in Cheshire you can get from Poynton 40 miles approx. Not many white Evoques here but 2 miles north in Heswell its wall to wall in them?
Heswall used to be Hesslewell, a water source in the lower village apparently, but the Wikipedia entry is quite interesting - avg. income of 46k per household making it the 7th richest neighbourhood in the UK.
It's not the place I grew up in......
Heswall has been stowed out with folk buying the latest trendy motor. Has to be top of the list for drivers without s scooby. The stw massive could base a whole new forum on some of the behaviours seen there as the norm. Wouldn't go back....
They have Waitrose in the grim Northern wastelands now?
Whatever next!
allfankledup - Member
avg. income of 46k
Think they must have missed a "0" there The M&S food hall car park is often full of Astons/Bentlys etc though the Aldi is too.
But as you say the driving standard is shocking.
Waves at IHN and GT..
there's also a nice Greggs in Poynton but you'll be pleased to hear the strawberry pig is still there, as is Il pomodoro.
I LOVE the fact some old herbet clearly preferred the derelict petrol station and arena gym building to a new store..
oh and Binners, you really are thinking of Prestbury..
Heswall has been stowed out with folk buying the latest trendy motor. Has to be top of the list for drivers without s scooby. The stw massive could base a whole new forum on some of the behaviours seen there as the norm. Wouldn't go back....
i shop at Heswall, very poor class of drivers there,aim and drive, Delorean parked in car park a few months ago.
Escept that it's cut accidents and made life much easier for pedestrians & cyclists since it was implemented
Balls, I speak as someone who cycles through the new Poynton, its much worse
I grew up in Poynton and I think it's still pretty good. There used to be loads of hassle with teenagers (of which I was one!) hanging about on park lane in the evenings at weekends, not helped by the 'Fisher serving anyone who looked over the age of 12.
The shared-space road developments have brought some positives but also some negatives, the main one being running out of funds because of appalling project management and ending up with two ridiculously difficult to navigate roundabouts (there were supposed to be two fountains) in the centre.
There are some major NIMBY's but I still find the atmosphere quite relaxed and welcoming when I go back. Glad to hear the il Pom is still going. How about the Tarantella? I remember hanging outside years ago waiting for the Utd players to come out after their xmas meal. Andy Cole was really rude and shoved a group of kids aside. The sight of a beige volvo crashing into the side of his black M3 seemed too good to be true!
On another note - I hear 'spoons isn;t doing too well and might not be there much longer.
Funny how the little village we grew up in has three regular members of STW and one World MTB DH Champion.
Waves back to Martyn
Golly! 😯
They have Waitrose in the grim Northern wastelands now?Whatever next!
It took Booths to demonstrate it would be worthwhile.
Junior?one World MTB DH Champion
FWIW I love the planning scheme.
(Bollington resident with son at Poynton High)
Ah, Bollington, the town/village famed for having the highest concentration of pubs of any town or village in the country.
Does every town/village claim this?
Melbourne, Derbyshire, 7 pubs, 1500 people, although Ticknall down the road has 3 yet can't seem to support a village shop?
I grew up in a village with a Sainsbury's, M&S, Boot's, Superdrug and about 10,000 residents. Still a village.
That's not a village, that's a metropolis! I grew up in a proper village - about 20 houses and a small primary school.
Isn't this story just an Aldi press release they've managed to get printed instead of paying for advertising?
They have Waitrose in the grim Northern wastelands now?Whatever next!
They do yeah - Waitrose is like Iceland compared to Booths which is what they have in the nice bits.
I think Binners may have been mixing it up with Knutsford or Alderley Edge?
Maybe not. Poynton's one of those places where people who can't afford to live in the footballers and B-List celebrity zone of Wilmslow - Hale - Knutsford - Prestbury go. As a result they probably feel the need to splash out on silly status-affirming vehicles.
Mrs Daz grew up in Prestbury. When she moved down to Sevenoaks aged 12 she was regarded at school as the rough northerner 🙂
indeed and about 5 have closed down in the few years I've lived here.Does every town/village claim this?
I think we might be down to about 35 pubs now (pop 8310)
Cheshire cheese is the best cheese in the world
agreed
one World MTB DH Champion.
Am I? That's nice 🙂
one World MTB DH Champion.
Am I? That's nice
Really, really not....
Am I? That's nice
Depends on how you interpret the word 'downhill'. If it's in the context of 'it's all downhill from here', then maybe (though we all qualify for that title).
Maybe not. Poynton's one of those places where people who can't afford to live in the footballers and B-List celebrity zone of Wilmslow - Hale - Knutsford - Prestbury go.
Maybe or maybe they move there because the local schools are really very good. Poynton High School used to regularly get results on a par with Stockport Grammar for example. Not sure what it's like now.
Or perhaps closer to the hills?
Or don't want to live in those pretentious areas?