Reference
Z1465/5/7
Title
An article entitled 'Standing still not an option', by Frank Branston, published in Bedfordshire on Sunday.
Date free text
20 July 1997
Production date
From: 1997 To: 1997
Scope and Content
The article details the growing traffic problems in Bedford Town Centre and the 'hot issue' of parking. The writer sympathises with Bedford Council and their policy of introducing paid parking around the town centre, giving it the 'thumbs up'. The article then goes on to discuss the lack of decent shops in various Bedfordshire Towns including Bedford, Henley and Ampthill, whilst comparing them to more successful town centres in Marlow (Buckinghamshire) and Holt (Norfolk). Branston advocates that the council spend some of its funds on attracting a variety of different types of shops in order to make it more prosperous.
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Level of description
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