Bristol’s shops loved and lost: What shops do locals miss the most?

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Bristol as always been a great city for shopping but our high streets have changed dramatically over the years and many much-loved shops have been lost forever

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00:00 I miss a post office in the area for people with disabilities and stuff.

00:07 That's what we need is a post office in Bristol, in Hanbury, so that people can then

00:15 get their money out that way and pay bills and stuff. I don't think the cost

00:21 of living is wonderful at the moment.

00:24 Now there's some handy shops here in Westbury, some handy shops.

00:27 So I've just been to Mogford's, you've just got about everything a man could want really,

00:32 within reason. Yeah, I find it a nice little village.

00:36 Too many charity shops probably.

00:39 According to the Economics Observatory, retail sales are falling as many consumers struggle

00:45 to afford basic products, their spending habits and where they shop are changing.

00:50 Some retailers are struggling to stay profitable as sales decline while the cost of goods,

00:55 energy, transport and staff rises. Let's chat to the people of Bristol to find out where

01:00 they like to shop.

01:01 I go to the Star Cafe and I go to the Co-op in a minute, do my food shop and stuff like

01:10 that. There should be more stuff for the kids to do round here. There's not much, it's only

01:14 a play area and they get bored, you know, with their parents.

01:20 Recently many locals have asked for more chemists and GPs. Let's find out if Bristolians agree.

01:25 Yeah, possibly you could add banks to that as well because they've got to do it all online

01:30 and if you've got a mother like mine who's 88 and she can't go to her local bank to pay

01:35 in a cheque or do something, I've always got to go to her to help her out to do it, you

01:39 know, because they don't understand the modern technology. I'm struggling with it now, you

01:44 know, and I'm only 68, you know.

01:48 Yeah, well I don't worry about it but yeah, it ain't what it used to be, no, no, no. And

01:54 people don't buy the papers do they anymore? Post office are always in the back of a supermarket.

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