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Bye bye Mr. Bray!

There are some excellent cafes ... I'm thinking of dairylicious Longley's!

Well, when Morrison's increase the size of their development at meltham more people will go there. Holmfirth footfall will drop anyway but the jobs will be taken in Meltham instead of Holmfirth

The keep Holmfirth special brigade have realised the great unwashed who don't write to the press or attend meetings will vote with their pounds and their feet by using any supermarket in the Holme Valley that is relatively cheaper than the shops in Holmfirth.

That's more than 3 minutes!

... or perhaps they will appeal and the council will be landed with a huge bill at our cost and still no Tesco. Ludicrous, make the right decision today for the majority of the residents

Tesco should have offered to build a link between Huddersfield Road and New Mill Road - that would have persuaded many of the objectors.

If the Honley site satisfies a "commercial need better" I'm damn sure Tescos would have noticed that!

Morrisons meltham is very close to meltham unliek the tesco proposal to holmfirth

And most of the first speakers were either traders or related to traders - hmmmmm

There will be new retail spend David22 as those who currently go to Huddersfield, Waterloo, Meltham or Penistone will stay local.

Objectors always speak first, supporters will follow

I'm sure the Ducks will cope!

Understood that reports and inquiries show that the number of jobs lost in the retail sector of the area around a new supermarket is balanced out by the jobs created at the supermarket. This could have been before the advent of the self service checkout.

You mean all the tourists that take up the parking and don't buy anything

What bloody tourist trade?

All the tourists who come in for a quick ice-cream and a second hand jumper. Holmfirth is creaking - can't they see it?