JJ Lighting & Electrical - Home Electrical Centre

Imagine,  if you can,  a future without shops.

Superstores,  but not shops.  Warehouses piled high with goods,  of which the staff know little about due to staff turnover or minimal training.

Or imagine never again seeing an item before you buy it.

Imagine if you will,  what life would be like if you couldn’t just nip around the corner to buy a pint of milk.

Worryingly,  in this “credit crunch”  this future could become a reality.  Shops are closing because their trade has dropped.  Partly becasue of the credit crunch,  but partly becacause of a misconception amongst the public that small stores are dearer.

If you know our store,  you’ll know that simply isn’t the case with us,  but what about other local shops?

In Station road,  we have a wide variety of independant retailers.  Each specialises in it’s trade,  and can offer advice you simply cannot get in the big stores.

Take Shaws butchers for example.  Andy, the butcher,  has built a reputation for selling high quality cuts of meat,  along side home made produce such as scotch eggs,  coleslaw and pies.  The quality of his food is exceptional,  and not so much dearer than what you’ll find across the road in Budgens.  The difference is the quality is much better.

Take Beverly in the Bargain bookshop.  Yes Amazon may be “cheaper”  but to be able to browse for the book you want,  speak to someone passionatte about literature and order any book under the sun adds value.  What price you put on that value is up to you,  but faceless, industrial sales are not what books  are about.

Next door to us,  J.J. Wool & Crafts.  They stock a huge range of products and can assist you if you have questions or problems with your project.  They know their trade inside out and will guide you to a purchase thats right for you.  How much dearer are they than, say, a large department store?  Cheaper actually,  and you can browse,  converse and take as long as you want.  You simply can’t train people to serve in that way.

Ash the bike shop, high quality bikes, sold by someone who’s been in the trade for over 20 years. Carol Langley Florist,  again, over 20 years in Station road and experts in their subject.  What about a make over?  dawn in the beauty clinic has been in Station Road for over 25 years.  These people haven’t survived on luck,  their service and knowledge has made people keep coming back, time and time again.

What else can you buy in Station road?  We have a proper sweet shop, fashion boutiques, kids clothes, interior design, barbers, hairdressers, newsagents, chemists, carpets, furniture, kitchens, double glazing, curtains, florists and so much more.

Don’t wander like a drone into the big stores.  Don’t instinctlivly buy online.  Visit your high street,  speak to the shop keepers that keep your community alive, stop your area from becoming a ghost town.  I know money’s tight,  but why give it to companies that make Billions of pounds a year profit when you can give it to local people who will invest it in the local area.

Look after us.

please

mook