Oh dear! What can the matter be in Cranleigh Part 2?

Here at the Waverley Web, we feel compelled to let our readers expose their true feelings about the towns and villages where they live.

Here’s another comment.

Here’s what Bunty said

Sometime yesterday, social media reported an elderly lady being punched in Sainsbury’s whilst trying to stop a shoplifter, a 4×4 speeding onto the High Street and nearly causing a collision, graffiti appearing on the Village Hall and a police officer walking down the High Street. The latter is the only event that caused surprise to villagers as it is a ‘one in a blue moon’ occurrence.

This is how some want to see the High Street in the future.

Recently, we wrote a post on the gang warfare occurring in the town that was once so proud of being England’s largest village.  Our stat counter went off the scale as readers from all over the borough read it and commented.

Gang warfare hits the streets of Cranleigh.

Here’s one resident’s jaded view of the once lovely village of Cranleigh which has grown into Cranleigh New Town. A place that Chamber of Trade honcho Martin ‘The Cranleigh Chat Controller’ Bamford wants to see more and more housing development and more footfall hitting its streets.

Here’s what long-time resident and businessman Noel Boyd thinks about the state of Cranleigh today.

“Despite the ferocious rate of housing development, Cranleigh High Street is a sad and forlorn site. Yes, the Medical Centre is under immense pressure as the new residents sign up.

In contrast, the High Street is tired, tatty and shop owners are not maintaining their shop fronts with rotten wood fascias. Retail theft is at a record high, now deemed normal and factored into the retail prices in the Supermarkets. Manns is an eyesore, and many shops on the same side have closed.

How many Nail shops and Turkish Barbers can one village support? It looked and felt like a village in 1990, and the High Street is now a highway from hell for construction vehicles and earth-moving trucks.

After 32 years, maybe it is indeed time to move before Dunsfold Housing completely ruins Cranleigh.

The Cranleigh Hotel can remain just that, and the Village can be renamed Cranley.”

 

One thought on “Oh dear! What can the matter be in Cranleigh Part 2?”

  1. Yesterday’s social media report an elderly lady being punched in Sainsburys whilst trying to stop a shop lifter, a 4×4 speeding onto the High Street and nearly causing a collision, graffiti appearing on the Village Hall and a police officer walking down the High Street. The latter is the only event that caused surprise to villagers as its a ‘one in a blue moon’ occurence.

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