Comment

Representation ID: 17971

Received: 07/10/2021

Respondent: Mr and Mrs Philip and Valerie Rhead

Number of people: 2

I am nearly [age redacted] years of age and when I was younger Walsall was a fantastic town with fantastic shops. My family and myself were regular visitors to the town and we always enjoyed our visits. Now the town is a disgrace with many empty shop units and we only go there if we have to, which is very rare.
I have walked along Brownhills High Street and counted an empty garage workshop, a closed public house and 52 empty retail units. These empty units will not be used as shops again. Many have been empty for years. Even I have relented and purchased some goods online, this week, from Amazon, so the future of retail is now very much reduced from what it was.