Wadebridge has until now cleverly and quietly combined the best of the past while embracing what the present has to offer. The key survival from the past, that keeps its modern heart beating,

is the network of independent traders offering those essential everyday commodities that bring local people into its streets for supplies and sociability. That heart has been carved out of most towns of similar size in Cornwall by their circling superstores. In Wadebridge it is still beating strongly.

Wadebridge has thus retained its butchers, bakers, candlestick maker, wine merchant, delicatessens, toy shops, ironmonger, book shop, electrical shop, news agents, cinema, haberdasheries, clothes shops and the rest.

If we allowed our independent and local traders to be squeezed out, which would be the inevitable result of supermarket expansion, the future of Wadebridge would become drab and bland.

Visit: www.lovewadebridge.com and sign the petition now.

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