Jamies Italian in wood green!

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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on January 27, 2015 at 21:42

Shush!!

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Permalink Reply by Peter on January 28, 2015 at 22:13

I think it will add value to the area! not monetary value! 

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Permalink Reply by Robert Pike on January 31, 2015 at 18:58

I think the Grand Parade is a good counter to the more commercial book ends, which is something to build on with various new independents. It was a shame when the crippling business rates and march of the chains forced independents like Nyborgs out of Muswell Hill when I lived up there. It ruins the balance and makes it like a mini Upper Street. 

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on February 1, 2015 at 8:46

Pav, as far as the development plan goes, the types of uses can be defined, and it can be used to encourage independent ownership stores to open in an area but there is very little that can be done to prevent chain store ownership. A retail unit is, with some caveats, a retail unit and if it has the right permissions the person or company who owns the business cannot be defined in the plan or as a condition to the permission.
We may have a bit of a rosy view of Green Lanes being a haven for independent retail though. Do we actually know which individuals and companies own buildings and businesses on GL and how much?

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Permalink Reply by John D on February 1, 2015 at 16:41

Well I'm not sure about this Pav.

I have to say the last time I was a customer in a betting shop was in about 1957, when I won 6/8d on Petite Etoile with Gordon Richards up.

With my libertarian hat on, however, the betting shops wouldn't be there if they weren't profitable and they wouldn't be profitable if there weren't a demand. Who am I to say that the punter shouldn't waste his money however and wherever he likes ?

I know all the arguments about wives and children starving while the wage-earner squanders the housekeeping, but the same could be said ( and often has been said ) about pubs.

I don't think the betting-addicted spend more  just because there is a betting shop on every corner: if you halve the number of bookies each of the remaining will have twice as many customers.

What really does disturb me is the proliferation of on-line betting sites and the accompanying television advertising.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on February 14, 2015 at 17:12

Know what you mean about heron. I'm on five Egrets a day.

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Permalink Reply by John D on February 1, 2015 at 17:29

To return to the initial topic - I and my companion ( shades of Michael Winner   ) were wandering around Covent Garden when suddenly it seemed that a lunch-time snack was indicated.

We went to the Jamies' there and had a couple of mediocre pizzas ( all base and not much topping ) and a couple of cokes or coffees. I left £40 pounds the poorer thinking that I could have put the money to better use in a betting shop ( see what I did there ? ) .

I won't be rushing to the Wood Green Jamies'.

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