newtown, machynlleth, aberystwyth and tywyn all need money invested especially the trains but as usual with wales we dont get the investment England does
we haven't got a town centre, Cheshire East Council have bulldozed it for replanning.we have a shopping centre out of town,but there's nowhere to go at night,except a few pubs,and the theatre.They are building a new bus station with a nother shopping complex,but its taking ages.
Have you ever encountered an actual example of people claiming expenses for working from home? ( I mean apart from some rumor from some random bloke down the pub).
Hi used to live in Caersws then Carno and worked as a binman in Newtown. Remember all those shops being open and a good market. The Chelsea buns from Evans bakery were amazing. Left in 2016 for the Scottish Highlands and we have the same problems here. Makes you wonder if the powers that be are doing it on purpose.
Thank you for the mention :) It is tragic to see the number of closures, especially in recent months. Sadly, it is the same all over the country. We are doing our best to support the town and community by committing to an otherwise empty building.
Just like most of the Uk high streets all going or gone but if you check out north allerton in North Yorkshire where Richie sunak lives that's all thriving no shops closed down and no homeless either...check it out... I live between Newtown and Llandrindod wells and it's even worse than Newtown .😢
Town Council's sadly have become corporate for profit businesses, .. rather than community witans of wise public servant volunteers, .. that truly love and care for their communities, customs and heritage, .. if all the people of our communities could get more organised, we could lawfully take back all our communities under our natural unalienable common law constitutional principles and perhaps protect all our heritage in trust, .. We could save, do up and protect all our most loved and treasured community buildings, .. through volunteer maintenance, we could really listen to everyone in the community and help solve any and all the problems, we could restore pride to our town, promote our rich cultures of singing, history, poetry, food, music, literature, performance entertainment, attract and promote tourism, become a leisure activity hub and encourage enterprise to help generate a bit of income for our communties, support our local independent businesses more, help educate and give worthwhile activities and opportunies to the younger generations and everyone, help end poverty, loneliness, help fill in all the pot holes, train our police/peace constables properly, help end all anti-social issues, help end all vandalism, ..
The trouble that has been, is that most of the local, .. politicians and other public servants don't really love and care about the local communities, they appear to bought or mind controlled to believe in all these corrupt globalist policies that involve corrupt fake science mind control propaganda narratives, ..
The loss of EU regional funding naturally causes Wales to decline. The UK hasn't established any alternatives for the funding. Regions now have to become self-sufficient or decline. Money-making centres get richer as they do not have to share with the regions. Therefore, it's easier to buy new properties in beautiful areas and inflate local prices without benefitting old-timers. For the first time, it's bizarre that the Baltic states under the EU became richer GDP per capita than Wales without the EU.
I travel to Newtown regularly on a Saturday morning to shop and eat in Jack's cafe! So sad seeing Newtown like this on a Saturday morning when you think of all the shops that have gone from Newtown over the years 😢
@@justroamingaround2538 No problem was a great watch…Massive shame for sure I hate seeing our beautiful little Welsh towns go down the toilet….bet it don’t happen as much in England aye
Utter nonsense. Its got nothing to do with government or town councils. The online retail offer is better than traditional high street retail prices. This is why the high street is dying If you shop online then you yourself have a lot to answer for.
The council is enacting the UN/WEF plan. CBDs converted to residential and services. All businesses close and/or move to distribution centers on outer ring roads. Most towns are showing the same early signs.
For comparison : the company where I work it's roughly 30% of people at their desks on most days. On the days when we have 'happy hour' with free food and beer, it's no different.
Lower rents and tax rates, give people the opportunity to do business for the prosperity of the local economy, all parties will be able to enjoy the common good, both residents of Newtown and surrounding residents. If Newtown becomes a ghost town, the council and Government should be blamed for this because they have no vision and idea to develop this small town, they only know how to collect taxes from the people's low income.
Bet you shop online don't you. So you are responsible for the rapid decline in high street retail. Its got nothing to do with government or town councils. Online retail is simply a better offer and there is no denying basic economics.
You would think with the thousands of extra houses Newtown is collecting poll tax on it could lighten up on business rates or is the money being ploughed into its pension fund or political "expenses" payouts
I feel like I should point out that there are so many factors that contribute to this & they're not _all_ political. For example -it's a matter of fact that travel agents are an anachronism in 2023. For another example up until fairly recently I used to be a fairly regular consumer of print media but when my paper of choice starts to nudge £3 per day then sadly I'm priced out of the game - which is a loss which I pass onto my local newsagent. & for another example if you're the sort who would sooner order everything you ever need from Amazon & uber eats whilst you sit in bed then you can't pretend to be surprised when a town centre dies.
Wow. Your town is really dying. So sad. That rent is ridiculous, council tax going up too? As RhydTuned says, put the money back into the town and subsidise that extortionate rent.
@@justroamingaround2538 Thank you for replying. It's a shame they are too far away. Thank you for the videos, I like to find out about different areas. I've lived in Oxfordshire, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire & Cambridgeshire. 😊
Well there are questions being asked here and I have an answer that I don't think anyone has touched on here, a very obvious answer. Lets spell it out shall we, just like that 70s song; T E S C O. Perhaps not that one vast Tesco alone but he sum of all the large supermarkets in Newtown. There are too many, how could the small town centre ever stand a chance, with , how many, 5 superstores sucking all of that trade away. The Tesco alone is a behemoth that doubles as a department store.
You are yet another conspiracy nut. The online offer is simply better than high street retail prices. If you shop online then you are contributing to the death of the high street...bet you do. There is no plan its just simple economics.
The rents are ridiculous. Bear Lanes- £1000pcm for one of those shops. That's why they're all empty and have been for years. As for homeworkers 'claiming' more, that's not accurate. Covid showed that office based work can be done at home. Staff are more productive too as they prefer to be at home. Cheaper for the workforce to work at home, so they get rid of the expensive offices. It's a saving for the council, but that saving should be put back into the community.
Covid was a Leftist ploy to kill off the town centres...if your unaware Drakeford and Welsh govt are busy buying up as much farmland as possible, then re letting it as ANYTHING but farming . See the Netherlands and Canada , both left led countries who have been systematically trying to kill agriculture, in the laughable claim of saving the planet ...the cashless utopia idea of the new wave of champagne socialists is sickening , one of wealthiest people in Newtown is now a non British resident who is buying pubs and turning them into cash farms by letting to immigrants etc . Newtown rent and rates have always been a problem, and only getting worse due to a single estate agent now having a nigh on monopoly on rental properties..
What a shame they've cluttered the otherwise lovely town with such pointless ugliness, rather than, as you say, put the funds into upkeep and rejuvenating the very town they're trying to "update". Different way of thinking, that's for sure! Blind...
Bet any money you shop online. Don't you. The online offer is simply better than high street prices. We all moan about the demise of high street retail but that's all most of us do. With no high street shops there will be no reason to visit town centres any more and eventually even fast food outlets will go. Sign of the times I'm afraid.
All towns in Wales are sadly dying under Welsh Labour in the Senedd , I just wish more people would open their eyes to see exactly what his happening in this once great country.
If you think this is just a Welsh issue you need to get out more. Small towns all over the UK are dying. It's mainly to do with online and out of town shopping.
Same story all over the UK. All that’s left are pound shops, charity shops, chain coffee shops and hairdressers. No town is any different, all the shopping is done out of town and on the net. People are there worst enemy, support local businesses, stop using deliveries, get off your butts and get involved.oh, the world is so much better these days.....really?
making things aware in our local area people dont know and the feedback is liked you are the first really to complain but thanks for yur advise always welcome
I stayed in Newtown in the mid '90's on a motorbike holiday. It was one of the most pretty and thriving towns I'd ever been to, so much so that I still consider moving up that way someday. As usual though, Wales always gets it in the ass from the Government. This isn't a problem unique to Wales though, I lived in Cambridge all my life and that is going the same way. The rents are absolutely ludicrous, as are the business rates and when you combine that with the cost of living, the whole thing is unsustainable. Greedy bloody landlords and councils, sadly, It's going to get worse.
It's almost the councils and the government want this to happen. 🤔🤔🤔
totally agree thanks for watching
newtown, machynlleth, aberystwyth and tywyn all need money invested especially the trains but as usual with wales we dont get the investment England does
we haven't got a town centre, Cheshire East Council have bulldozed it for replanning.we have a shopping centre out of town,but there's nowhere to go at night,except a few pubs,and the theatre.They are building a new bus station with a nother shopping complex,but its taking ages.
feel yur pain here no one gives a crap just letting it all go to waste thanks for watching and commenting :)
Have you ever encountered an actual example of people claiming expenses for working from home? ( I mean apart from some rumor from some random bloke down the pub).
when covid was on yes
Left Newtown in 2017, loved the place, was due to a personal problem why i left, not the town. What a shame its like this now.
Hi used to live in Caersws then Carno and worked as a binman in Newtown. Remember all those shops being open and a good market. The Chelsea buns from Evans bakery were amazing. Left in 2016 for the Scottish Highlands and we have the same problems here. Makes you wonder if the powers that be are doing it on purpose.
think councils want out town business to watch who moving around. thanks for watching
Thank you for the mention :) It is tragic to see the number of closures, especially in recent months. Sadly, it is the same all over the country. We are doing our best to support the town and community by committing to an otherwise empty building.
no problem hope all goes well smells are amazong when i walk past thanks for commenting
But isn't it natural when most retail shops operate online these days?
I went to Newtown a couple of years back and thought it was really lovely.
still lovely thanks ofr watching
@@justroamingaround2538@justroamingaround2538 What is a better place, Newtown vs Welshpool?
@@MrVeryfrost both have there good & bad parts but i like newtown more thanks for watching
There was believe a puub called The Bear. Has that gone? A very old pub if I remember right.
the bear hotel yes its gone changed into a shopping centre :( thanks for watching
Just like most of the Uk high streets all going or gone but if you check out north allerton in North Yorkshire where Richie sunak lives that's all thriving no shops closed down and no homeless either...check it out... I live between Newtown and Llandrindod wells and it's even worse than Newtown .😢
yep agree thanks for watching
Town Council's sadly have become corporate for profit businesses, .. rather than community witans of wise public servant volunteers, .. that truly love and care for their communities, customs and heritage, .. if all the people of our communities could get more organised, we could lawfully take back all our communities under our natural unalienable common law constitutional principles and perhaps protect all our heritage in trust, .. We could save, do up and protect all our most loved and treasured community buildings, .. through volunteer maintenance, we could really listen to everyone in the community and help solve any and all the problems, we could restore pride to our town, promote our rich cultures of singing, history, poetry, food, music, literature, performance entertainment, attract and promote tourism, become a leisure activity hub and encourage enterprise to help generate a bit of income for our communties, support our local independent businesses more, help educate and give worthwhile activities and opportunies to the younger generations and everyone, help end poverty, loneliness, help fill in all the pot holes, train our police/peace constables properly, help end all anti-social issues, help end all vandalism, ..
The trouble that has been, is that most of the local, .. politicians and other public servants don't really love and care about the local communities, they appear to bought or mind controlled to believe in all these corrupt globalist policies that involve corrupt fake science mind control propaganda narratives, ..
Thanks for watching
Thanks for watching
The loss of EU regional funding naturally causes Wales to decline. The UK hasn't established any alternatives for the funding. Regions now have to become self-sufficient or decline. Money-making centres get richer as they do not have to share with the regions. Therefore, it's easier to buy new properties in beautiful areas and inflate local prices without benefitting old-timers. For the first time, it's bizarre that the Baltic states under the EU became richer GDP per capita than Wales without the EU.
Who here has lived in Ffordd Croesawdy in Newtown near the train station? Hello shout from a Welshman from Malaysia.
thanks for watching
I travel to Newtown regularly on a Saturday morning to shop and eat in Jack's cafe! So sad seeing Newtown like this on a Saturday morning when you think of all the shops that have gone from Newtown over the years 😢
yep more closing jazz closes soon also anther shop cut from the town thanks for watching commenting jacks is great cafe also :)
Which day of the week and time were you walking around? I can’t even see one person walking…?
was a sunday morning thanks for watching
I remember the Black Boy, was the best Carvery around for a hundred miles.
Thanks for watching
Fella this is even happening in the capital it’s bad times all around in wales this Welsh government has alot to answer for
ya i know just a shame small long term business disapearing thanks for watching
@@justroamingaround2538 No problem was a great watch…Massive shame for sure I hate seeing our beautiful little Welsh towns go down the toilet….bet it don’t happen as much in England aye
Utter nonsense. Its got nothing to do with government or town councils. The online retail offer is better than traditional high street retail prices. This is why the high street is dying If you shop online then you yourself have a lot to answer for.
The council is enacting the UN/WEF plan. CBDs converted to residential and services. All businesses close and/or move to distribution centers on outer ring roads.
Most towns are showing the same early signs.
thanks for watching
For comparison : the company where I work it's roughly 30% of people at their desks on most days. On the days when we have 'happy hour' with free food and beer, it's no different.
thanks for watching
It's tragic. It's e commerce plus lockdowns plus greed of landlords which has led to this...
thanks for watching
Perhaps the RUclips contributor 'Turdtowns' could make a video on Newtown, something to prick the local council.
yu never know i like his channel
Lower rents and tax rates, give people the opportunity to do business for the prosperity of the local economy, all parties will be able to enjoy the common good, both residents of Newtown and surrounding residents. If Newtown becomes a ghost town, the council and Government should be blamed for this because they have no vision and idea to develop this small town, they only know how to collect taxes from the people's low income.
thanks for watching
Bet you shop online don't you. So you are responsible for the rapid decline in high street retail. Its got nothing to do with government or town councils. Online retail is simply a better offer and there is no denying basic economics.
There is life yet in Newtown, try visiting the corpse of Llandrindid Wells ot the bookshop aglomeration that is Hay on Wye.
will go have a look soon so many people say go have a look at llan wells
Really interesting.
thanks for watching
Looks lovely
thanks for watching
@@justroamingaround2538 a pleasure thank you for sharing
@@fookinl3048 thanks for watching
You would think with the thousands of extra houses Newtown is collecting poll tax on it could lighten up on business rates or is the money being ploughed into its pension fund or political "expenses" payouts
true but they dont seem to care thanks for watching
I feel like I should point out that there are so many factors that contribute to this & they're not _all_ political.
For example -it's a matter of fact that travel agents are an anachronism in 2023.
For another example up until fairly recently I used to be a fairly regular consumer of print media but when my paper of choice starts to nudge £3 per day then sadly I'm priced out of the game - which is a loss which I pass onto my local newsagent.
& for another example if you're the sort who would sooner order everything you ever need from Amazon & uber eats whilst you sit in bed then you can't pretend to be surprised when a town centre dies.
true thanks for watching and comment
Wow. Your town is really dying. So sad. That rent is ridiculous, council tax going up too? As RhydTuned says, put the money back into the town and subsidise that extortionate rent.
thanks for watching
Love your videos
What about Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire?
thankyou nice to know someone watches them those places to far for me. but i guess your towns are losing shops every day also thanks for watching :)
@@justroamingaround2538 Thank you for replying. It's a shame they are too far away. Thank you for the videos, I like to find out about different areas.
I've lived in Oxfordshire, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire & Cambridgeshire. 😊
No wonder nobodys about town all shops boarded up
A great advertisement for the Welsh Assembly Government.
thanks for watching welsh assembly just think of them selves corporate bussiness means more to them than any other
It was never alive.
thanks for watching
Well there are questions being asked here and I have an answer that I don't think anyone has touched on here, a very obvious answer. Lets spell it out shall we, just like that 70s song; T E S C O. Perhaps not that one vast Tesco alone but he sum of all the large supermarkets in Newtown. There are too many, how could the small town centre ever stand a chance, with , how many, 5 superstores sucking all of that trade away. The Tesco alone is a behemoth that doubles as a department store.
true never thought that either thanks for watching
I worked in Charlie's, that was expensive even then
11:04 politicians my arse❤️🇬🇧💯 11:19
Greed eats brain. A saying in Austria
Thanks for watching
This is the plan...Its becoming more and more obvious.
so true thanks for watching
You are yet another conspiracy nut. The online offer is simply better than high street retail prices. If you shop online then you are contributing to the death of the high street...bet you do. There is no plan its just simple economics.
It looks dismal and depressing , some of the towns. Don’t people go out to the cafes ?
yes but its getting costly these days with heating as well people do try :(
The rents are ridiculous. Bear Lanes- £1000pcm for one of those shops. That's why they're all empty and have been for years. As for homeworkers 'claiming' more, that's not accurate. Covid showed that office based work can be done at home. Staff are more productive too as they prefer to be at home. Cheaper for the workforce to work at home, so they get rid of the expensive offices. It's a saving for the council, but that saving should be put back into the community.
Covid was a Leftist ploy to kill off the town centres...if your unaware Drakeford and Welsh govt are busy buying up as much farmland as possible, then re letting it as ANYTHING but farming . See the Netherlands and Canada , both left led countries who have been systematically trying to kill agriculture, in the laughable claim of saving the planet ...the cashless utopia idea of the new wave of champagne socialists is sickening , one of wealthiest people in Newtown is now a non British resident who is buying pubs and turning them into cash farms by letting to immigrants etc . Newtown rent and rates have always been a problem, and only getting worse due to a single estate agent now having a nigh on monopoly on rental properties..
What a shame they've cluttered the otherwise lovely town with such pointless ugliness, rather than, as you say, put the funds into upkeep and rejuvenating the very town they're trying to "update". Different way of thinking, that's for sure! Blind...
Thanks for commenting & watching :)
Its you that is causing this issue by buying online
thanks for watching
Bet any money you shop online. Don't you. The online offer is simply better than high street prices. We all moan about the demise of high street retail but that's all most of us do. With no high street shops there will be no reason to visit town centres any more and eventually even fast food outlets will go. Sign of the times I'm afraid.
yep we all do thanks fopr watching and commenting
All towns in Wales are sadly dying under Welsh Labour in the Senedd , I just wish more people would open their eyes to see exactly what his happening in this once great country.
totally agree help small business i say thanks for watching & commenting
If you think this is just a Welsh issue you need to get out more. Small towns all over the UK are dying. It's mainly to do with online and out of town shopping.
@@PaGaNism thanks for watching
@@PaGaNismJust travelled around North Wales and the problem looks worse there. Agree UK has its problems but it's nowhere near as glum.
@@stumac869 Worse than where?
Same story all over the UK. All that’s left are pound shops, charity shops, chain coffee shops and hairdressers.
No town is any different, all the shopping is done out of town and on the net.
People are there worst enemy, support local businesses, stop using deliveries, get off your butts and get involved.oh, the world is so much better these days.....really?
totally agree bud thanks for watching
Not only that, the town is getting filled with immigrants from England and elsewhere.
thanks for watching
Why u stalkin towns an lookin throu peoples windoes.-.
I agree why are u
nice to see people watcing like your feedback
@@morristhemonkey nice to see people watcing like your feedback
@@intelp4tim based
What’s the point of this? Your just trash talking Newtown and it’s ridiculous 😒
making things aware in our local area people dont know and the feedback is liked you are the first really to complain but thanks for yur advise always welcome
@@justroamingaround2538bro shut up
@timothy harris thanks for watcing
He isn’t trash talking, he’s trying to raise awareness of a problem that is nation wide.
Telling the truth is trash talking?
I stayed in Newtown in the mid '90's on a motorbike holiday. It was one of the most pretty and thriving towns I'd ever been to, so much so that I still consider moving up that way someday.
As usual though, Wales always gets it in the ass from the Government. This isn't a problem unique to Wales though, I lived in Cambridge all my life and that is going the same way. The rents are absolutely ludicrous, as are the business rates and when you combine that with the cost of living, the whole thing is unsustainable.
Greedy bloody landlords and councils, sadly, It's going to get worse.
i love it here but things will change just going to be slow thanks for watching
Omg Cambridge was so amazing I was there early 2000s just visiting from Ireland. I was blown away. Govt must do something...
Cambridge looked great (but was expensive) last time I visited ( 3 years ago). At least compared to most other towns I have visited in UK recently.
Is that correct 60 to 70k electricity bill for that little butchers shop?
yes most businesses nearly trippled on electric bills. thanks for watching and your input
Has anybody noticed all these barbers that are starting to appear with foreigners running them something very strange about it
thanks for watching
I mean, you know...