Pretty vacant
To suggest that the difficulties facing the Blockbuster group are a coup de grâce for the Accies’ proposals to revamp the historic but admittedly tired Raeburn Place ground at their own risk and that of their willing investors, while simultaneously reinvigorating a high street that is a shadow of its former self by extending “the strip” of shops west of the post office, thus creating a new dynamic for that part, is both risible and preposterous.
I have no idea if the Stockbridge branch of Blockbuster is profit making or not; the last time I used the place it specialised in VHS tapes, but I should have thought that the misfortunes of an ageing brand trying to compete with at least six TV movie stations and lord only knows how many other cheaper and virtual suppliers of films do not have anything whatsoever to do with the viability or otherwise of Accies’ idea.
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Hide AdThere is absolutely no connection. It might be as well to surrender absolutely and say that it is not worthwhile opening any shops any more, and that all the other retail premises that have closed in Stocky since Blockbusters opened (eg Abdul’s, L’Aquila Bianca, Woolworths, even) should have been be allowed to remain derelict the better to help preserve the lifespan of those that are left.
Magnus K Moodie
Boswall Terrace
Edinburgh