tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post8059754397574558925..comments2024-02-17T21:46:12.329+00:00Comments on A Gurn from Nurn: Nairnbairn gurns about the Sainsbury's proposalGraisghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-48366964330648115032008-09-09T23:04:00.000+00:002008-09-09T23:04:00.000+00:00Sorry if I misunderstood the central drift of your...Sorry if I misunderstood the central drift of your comments Nairnbairn. <BR/>I think a big part of the problem is that Nairn doesn't really have a collective voice. The interests of the Highland council don't always correspond with those of Nairnites - how can that be so when the Highland Council represents the whole of the Highlands and has to divide the cake(s) up between the various areas. <BRGraisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-52886333241133904012008-09-09T22:41:00.000+00:002008-09-09T22:41:00.000+00:00I'm touched that my comment was given such space, ...I'm touched that my comment was given such space, and gratified that it has prompted reaction. But I ought to make clear that I'm not agin Sainsburys. <BR/><BR/>What vexes me is the lack of coherent and imaginative proposals for the town-centre's development needs, which seem to me more urgent. Sainsburys/Pettifer are filling a void, and capitalising on the understandable exasperation of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-26592747653142045212008-09-09T21:57:00.000+00:002008-09-09T21:57:00.000+00:00As said earlier in the Gurn, an unreliable source ...As said earlier in the Gurn, an unreliable source stated that the first person through the doors of the new Lidl store in Forres was a shopper from Nairn.Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-79923531068157138772008-09-09T20:25:00.000+00:002008-09-09T20:25:00.000+00:00I can see where Nairnbairn is coming from. I too w...I can see where Nairnbairn is coming from. I too was swept away with the Balerina Ballroom cinema, and lament the passing of the shops which Hamish mentions (There are many more as well), oh for the high street to be filled once again with the like, but that is unlikely to happen until the revolution and all supermarkets are disolved and become the property of the people.<BR/>As Nairn sprawls Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-91652443859964924602008-09-09T19:08:00.000+00:002008-09-09T19:08:00.000+00:00Frankly one does despair! As I mentioned some mont...Frankly one does despair! As I mentioned some months ago I suspect that in one way or another one of the few (the 'Ballerina' is undoubtedly another) bits of good news for people in Nairn in recent years, will be thrown off target if this kind of attitude takes hold and the planning officials get their way over the views of elected councillors who do at least seem to have their fingers on the Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393265755614039206noreply@blogger.com