I want to say thank you to Tesco. The news that they are dropping their plans to build a superstore on the London Road site and instead move their St Peters Street store to larger premises in the former Woolworths is a shot in the arm for St Albans.
We can now get an appropriately mixed [...]
Entries Tagged as 'St Albans Market'
A win-win for everyone
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
Tags:London Road·Sandy Walkington·St Albans·St Albans Market·Tesco
What would happen if St Albans followed the example of Lucca?
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
A curious story today about the city fathers in Lucca banning all non-Italian food outlets within the city walls. I like Lucca – it is a remarkably well preserved walled city and less overwhelmed by visitors than other Tuscan cities. I have eaten some really good Italian food there – but some pretty [...]
Tags:farmers' market·Lucca·St Albans Market·St Michael's Manor
St Albans Market in the chill
January 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
Gosh it was chilly in St Albans market this morning. All the stallholders were blue with cold, coriander was virtally frozen solid, clouds of breath from shoppers’ mouths. But it was cheerfully dickensian, people stamping their feet, rubbing their hands, and the Abbey Tower peeking over the roofs.
How lucky we are to have the [...]