They have been damaged of late, as have our high streets, by the profusion of superstores, megastores and retail parks.
Taking away homes to build another megastore defies common sense.
It has been transferred to one of the few remaining retail outlets on the high road, and another has sprung up in one of the megastores down the road.
First, the town centres and especially the small retailers in them have suffered a loss of business as a result of the vast increase in the number of megastores.
With this move came a great expansion and the conversion from a small shop to a megastore.
There is also a variety of megastores, some of them locally and regionally developed competing with branches of international companies.
