some welcomed additions to wexford shops!

St Senan

zerks wrote: »

The good-Ken Blacks is open so no trips to Carlow for pressies.

The bad-all the lazy feckers that can't use the empty parking spaces at the back of the car park and abandon cars right at the doors and block up the whole place.

Was down there yesterday cars were just abandoned on the grass verges the place was packed. The lay out is not good people were entering and exiting through the same doors and railings. The shop is stocked with good quality brand name toys not like the Cheap quality Toys the previous shop there had stocked.

WexfordWarrior

seen work going on in barker2 on main street where the old oneills sweet shop was.wooden floors being laid and an industrial heater to dry out plastering was in full flow so new shop opening i reccon lots of work going on in cornmarket too last night with lights going up on trees and surrounding buildings from n.i.b to mackens and around. happy christmas

Lola92

WexfordWarrior wrote: »

seen work going on in barker2 on main street where the old oneills sweet shop was.wooden floors being laid and an industrial heater to dry out plastering was in full flow so new shop opening i reccon lots of work going on in cornmarket too last night with lights going up on trees and surrounding buildings from n.i.b to mackens and around. happy christmas

The newsagents opposite the train station on the corner is relocating.

Zhane

Lola92 wrote: »

The newsagents opposite the train station on the corner is relocating.

Thats going where the Bag Shop used to be. Then used to be Deegans.

McLoughlin

WexfordWarrior wrote: »

seen work going on in barker2 on main street where the old oneills sweet shop was.wooden floors being laid and an industrial heater to dry out plastering was in full flow so new shop opening i reccon lots of work going on in cornmarket too last night with lights going up on trees and surrounding buildings from n.i.b to mackens and around. happy christmas

Your getting your sweet shops mixed up it was Nolan's not O'Neills. Nolan's great and O'Neills not so great.

vicwatson

lots of work going on in cornmarket too last night with lights going up on trees and surrounding buildings from n.i.b to mackens and around. happy christmas

That not the Bull Ring? Merry Christmas

McLoughlin

vicwatson wrote: »

That not the Bull Ring? Merry Christmas

Your correct it amazes me the amount of people can't tell were the cornmarket ends and the bullring begins

Mocrie14

Lola92 wrote: »

The newsagents opposite the train station on the corner is relocating.

So is anything going in where the newsagent currently is ie opposite train station?

Lola92

Bazbu wrote: »

So is anything going in where the newsagent currently is ie opposite train station?

Nothing that I know of so far, I will post if I hear anything.

WexfordWarrior

im not sure if RAILYWAY NEWS is completely relocating is it?? i thought it was just the post office...

yes bullring/cornmarket theres about 10metres in the difference lets get technical.

and yeah Nolans, even writing it i was trying to think... its been a while in fairness.

RadioRetro

I'm fairly sure Railway News is continuing and the Post Office is a branch off.

McLoughlin

WexfordWarrior wrote: »

im not sure if RAILYWAY NEWS is completely relocating is it?? i thought it was just the post office...

yes bullring/cornmarket theres about 10metres in the difference lets get technical.

and yeah Nolans, even writing it i was trying to think... its been a while in fairness.

I think its just the post offfice and its cornmarket down the gut and into bullring though since they took the gut out of wexford its been hard for people to tell the difference.

Lola92

Spoke to my boyfriend about this last night (he is involved in the project). The post office and newsagents that were opposite the railway station are both moving to the space opposite the chocolate box where the card shop used to be. As far as he knows there is nothing confirmed to go into the vacant spot by the station yet.

WexfordWarrior

yeah i think lola is right because the other night i seen a sign for a newsagents etc all opening within that space as well... thats a bit of a pity too though because that north end of the town now is starting to suffer a little bit...if dunnes pulled out of there itd be curtains for that area! Fusciardi's chipper gone, Music shop space gone and just covered with wexford bus stickers even though i seen someone in there working the other day... . may be a chance of somthing else moving in there... the old fdb place gone, cinema gone, paco gone from there, hughes and hughes, so its on tender hooks there at the moment only for unique hairdressers opening there a while ago...

i also seen the guy who i think owns the railway news doing stuff in the shop in town so id say thats a definate...well at least its only a move and not the business gone.. hope it all does well there and the unoccupied shops get let asap.

"in other news".... barker2 shop is going to be "jeans depot" so thats a nice little ADDITION!

all we need now is old dunnes site taken over, tesco's old site sorted out and somthing done wiht corrys on the main street! id say there is birds roosting inside that place at this stage!

McLoughlin

Back in 1980 The Capitol Cinema reopened after been closed for 4 years The Cineplex in Redmond Square should also be reopened but sadly it wont Dunnes in Redmond Sq will stay there and chances are never be done up like they planned.

Wexford really needs a good music store not that ****es For Music place been a real void since BPM closed down.

As for Corrys HA HA sorry have to laugh but he wont let anyone touch that place.

Corvo

McLoughlin wrote: »

Back in 1980 The Capitol Cinema reopened after been closed for 4 years The Cineplex in Redmond Square should also be reopened but sadly it wont Dunnes in Redmond Sq will stay there and chances are never be done up like they planned.

Wexford really needs a good music store not that ****es For Music place been a real void since BPM closed down.

As for Corrys HA HA sorry have to laugh but he wont let anyone touch that place.

Too right mate. Trying to find something in Whites in like searching for a lost treasure. Nothing is correctly categorised or anything.

Would love something like HMV to open (which it never will of course) but nice to dream.

Bendihorse

Did Dunnes stores vacate that big unit on main street?

I think they should move back there. I cant believe where it is now is new? Its def up there with the worst Dunnes iv ever been in.

That or move the clothes and homeware back to mainstreet and do a proper grocery at the other end.

Redmond Cinema should reopen as a boutique cinema. Wexford seems to be home to LOADS of artists and is visited by lots of culture seeking tourists.

McLoughlin

Bendihorse wrote: »

Did Dunnes stores vacate that big unit on main street?

I think they should move back there. I cant believe where it is now is new? Its def up there with the worst Dunnes iv ever been in.

That or move the clothes and homeware back to mainstreet and do a proper grocery at the other end.

Redmond Cinema should reopen as a boutique cinema. Wexford seems to be home to LOADS of artists and is visited by lots of culture seeking tourists.

Dunnes closed the main st some years ago and clothes and homeware didnt do that well plus the place is in a bad state upstairs is unusable and Redmond Sq was new and modern over 20 years ago but when you look at it now it was badly designed mainly the car park should be near a main entrance, Dunnes on the Main St will be left idle till Dunnes themselves decided to invest money into it but after failures such as ferrybank in waterford it won't happen soon. Dunnes Redmond Sq would have been upgraded years ago before but people objected to the planing process from memory it wouild have been a 4 level building carpark, grocery, drapery and staff areas

As far as i can recall the owner developer of the Savoy Cinema/Cineplex had plans do do up that whole area but recession happened. Yes wexford has LOADS of artists but not allot of good ones.

vicwatson

Farmers Kitchen are very close to Receivership

Rumours about it being closed, but it's not I've passed it by over the last few days and it's trading away.

Rumours rumours

RadioRetro

These rumours of closures are very damaging. The restaurant traders in town are getting together to launch a "stop rumours" campaign.

Corvo

RadioRetro wrote: »

These rumours of closures are very damaging. The restaurant traders in town are getting together to launch a "stop rumours" campaign.

And how would this work exactly? Are they going to be totally transparent with everybody?

RadioRetro

Haven't a clue, just passing on what little info I know.

fitness fan

Jeans Depot open on Main Street where BArkers 2 was. Nice clothes great opening offers - jeans for 20 euro . All Crosshatch brand !!

WexfordWarrior

yep... jean depot opened, name it opened as well and i see work going on in the shop that used to have wexford bus posters and branding on the corner of redmond square beside the dragon heen...

post office on the north main street now opened after railway news relocated.

Corvo

I hear that this new amusement place is just going to be filled with slot machines ala Mint.

Ah well, another waste of space.

WexfordWarrior

best of luck wexford12... not sure about new casino place... originally on plans it was for an amusement arcade, if its another place like mint i dont see the point but on the signage it has poker, roulette etc... hardly just computer game versions ??? maybe....

denis collins gallery opened and a permanent fixture for the next few years anyway on the quay front where keanes auctioneers had moved to for a while... corner of bean and berry.

RadioRetro

South 51 re-opening under new management this weekend, I'm told. Most of the staff let go have got their jobs back.

oldyouth

RadioRetro wrote: »

South 51 re-opening under new management this weekend, I'm told. Most of the staff let go have got their jobs back.

Excellent for the staff.

Corvo

Well still no work has commenced on the pathways on South Main St (they are to be extended, making the road narrower but allowing for chairs outside the pubs and possibly attracting a cafe or the like).

The Drinagh Court Hotel seems to be holding up, so maybe the rumours are false. Though I was there only recently and it was pretty dead. Who knows.

As I mentioned above, I've heard from a few local businessmen that the new amusement place will be Mint Mark II, which is a huge pity. I had hopes for a mini Dr. Quirkey's Good Time Emporium. How people can spend hours looking at computerised roulette machines is beyond me.

Anyone know if that Haven place is still open on the Quay? Haven't been down that way in a while on a crawl, so has there been many changes to the pubs? I know Chaz Bar was re-opening anyway.

Zhane

No, Haven has gone. Its now the private party area for Mooneys. Which is such a shame because its was a really nice bar.