Tonbridge Shop Closures....

I don't want to start rumours but it seems that the recession is to bite Tonbridge High Street alot harder, in fact quite dramatically, over the next few months. It is only hearsay, I feel I should add, but it seems that we are soon to see a number of shop closures. Perhaps the most devastating will be Beales department store next to Sainsbury's, which sells clothes,luggage, nice kitchen equipment, gifts, you name it. Then there'll be Millets, whose parent group went into administration recently and have been bought out by JD Sports group who will be rationalizing their store locations. Then we'll more than likely see the closures of Peacocks and possibly QS, the two cut price clothing stores who are also in trouble. On the plus side I notice that there's a Cash Your Cheques Here-type shop just about to open where Bishop's green grocers used to sit. So maybe it won't be long before the High Street will be lined with new shops afterall: Cash Converters, Cash For Gold, charity shops, pawn shops etc etc. Let's hope my dark predictions don't come true....