Why we must fight to keep Kennet Centre Newbury needs the Kennet Centre. It is part of our lovely market town. Let’s keep it and stop any more ugly skyscraper buildings that have slowly crept up on us under the guide of progress.
The two ladies’ letters were spot on ( Newbury Weekly News , October 17). Well done ladies. I am sure many people of a certain age can remember the Kennet Centre when it was a busy shopping centre.
Every unit was occupied and people came from afar to shop and enjoy the pleasant shopping experience it offered. So to West Berkshire Council, please think again. Don’t let the centre be destroyed for I fear that will be the start of a downward spiral of a once beautiful market town.
I personally visit the centre almost every day and the staff do a wonderful job keeping it clean and tidy, with a smile and a cheery ‘good morning’, even though they must fear if we do lose the centre they will lose their jobs. So WBC, don’t let it happen. Keep the Kennet Centre.
When I moved to Newbury in the 1960s the town was in the Royal County of Berkshire. But over the years, Berkshire has become Barkshire, as all the TV announcers etc now call it. Can anybody tell me why? So if we now live in a different county, we need to keep the Kennet Centre as hopefully that will keep us in the correct county.
Michael W Cryer Enborne Road, Newbury The situation in Kings Road is getting worse On August 6 the B3421 was opened to traffic. Designed to remove all the through.