Colin James Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Another sad day for the city, after 35 years in Hereford, Mothercare is closing it's store on the 30th due to the lease coming to an end. Cafe Nero have now purchased the new lease. (scoop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippyhippy Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Ragwert posted about this last week, on the empty shops in Hereford thread. It's a real shame because they also incorporate The Early Learning Centre, so we are in fact, losing two High Street names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragwert Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 It won't be empty long as we have one of those rare shops that we have very few of opening in its place.......Cafe Nero :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippyhippy Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 No way..... not another coffee shop! I made a plea for folks to support Nutters recently..... they make a great coffee in there! Let's support the Independent coffee shops! We have some great ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 No way..... not another coffee shop! I made a plea for folks to support Nutters recently..... they make a great coffee in there! Let's support the Independent coffee shops! We have some great ones. From my understanding they are relocating from their location in Eign Gate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippyhippy Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Nutters is still better by miles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted March 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Today the finally closed the doors after 35 years trading in Hereford, very sad to see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragwert Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Some of the girls inc a relative of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Neades Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 What a great shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SON OF GRIDKNOCKER Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Once again, Herefordshire Council are caught napping. Two years ago (perhaps it's longer, I'm sure TWG will refresh our memories), when TK Max announced that they were leaving Maylords, several people pointed out that the vacated two-storey unit would make an ideal city library. By the time council official moved into action, the unit had already been snapped up. Now we have a repeat with Mothercare. Surely to goodness some highly-paid suit in Plough Lane would have been tipped off that yet another (though not as large, I grant you) potential new home for the city's poor old neglected building in Broad Street was about to come on the market? And what are we getting yet another flaming coffee bar. When the publishers of that excellent guide 'Crap Towns' get around to a revised reprint, I suggest they add this about Hereford: "Empty shop uniits, interspersed with coffee bars, charity shops and mobile phone showrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aylestone Voice Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I was told that the Council did look previously into relocating the library into the old C&A/TKMaxx unit. It was ruled out I understand because structurally the first floor of the building would not be able to take the weight of the books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ubique Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Walked up Maylord St today , the first time for some time , 6 shops closed and empty . As an aside , went to Argos today - purchased a Radio / Cassette , came out feeling that it might be closing soon , or the Staff need training ! Mrs U remarked the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Jones Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Sad to see some many empty shops, hope they are soon occupied, whether that be another coffee shop or clothes shop anything has to be better than an EMPTY one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SON OF GRIDKNOCKER Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 @Aylestone Voice: Plough Lane-inspired tosh! The very-active pressure group Hereford Library Users Group (which has been campaigning for a decent city library for more than a decade) tugged the council's sleeve as soon as it was known that TK Max was moving. But, as we all know, Herefordshire Council's senior suits don't exactly move at the speed of light. And so when they finally contacted the letting agents they were told: "Sorry mate, you're too late!" Checking the potential floor-loading of the unit's first floor is just a neat explanation that masks incompetence (or should that be incontinence?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanharris Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 This is a bit of a shock, what a shame after 35 years too. Do we know how many people work there? Such a shame, I loved Mothercare. When my children were little I did all my shopping there. Are cafe Nero re-locating or opening another store. Either way not good for Hereford as there are too many coffee shops and too many empty shops. I'm sure there will be a charity shop waiting to take over the premises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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