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Rothbury’s retail charms

Graham Soult July 09, 2010 Independent Stores, Market Towns No Comments

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Rothbury's High Street (13 February 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Rothbury's High Street (13 February 2010)

It can hardly have escaped anyone’s notice that Rothbury, in Northumberland, has been the news centre of the UK this week, for reasons entirely outside the control of the town’s residents or businesses.

Though locals and visitors are assured that the area … Continue Reading

Taking a look around Alnwick

Graham Soult January 24, 2010 Independent Stores, Market Towns, Property, Variety Stores, Woolworths 1 Comment

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Former Woolworths (now M&Co), Alnwick (23 Jan 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

Former Woolworths (now M&Co), Alnwick (23 Jan 2010)

I’m ashamed to say that in more than a decade of living in the North East, I’d never – until yesterday – paid a proper visit to the attractive and historic Northumberland market town of Alnwick – named by Country Life magazine, in 2002, as the “best place to live … Continue Reading