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Liphook to lose Petrol station - paul (24th Apr 2007 - 08:58:09) I hear the Jet station on Portsmouth road could end. There is an application for a property development on the site. Is this another retail loss to our village?

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - Eneida (24th Apr 2007 - 14:27:27) Paul Are you a reporter for the Liphook Herald drumming up stories for your paper?? I'm just wondering.......... Eneida

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - paul (24th Apr 2007 - 16:30:47) Hi Eneida, I have never worked for a newspaper in my life. For many years Liphook has been my home. I like to "keep my ears to the ground".

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - Eneida (24th Apr 2007 - 17:45:42) Gosh Paul....that must be a jolly uncomfortable position ;) I was wondering because you always ask questions that generate long discussions, but you never ever join in, or give us your opinions.... Eneida

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - Steve Read (24th Apr 2007 - 17:56:44) You wanna be careful doing that Paul, you can get your head run over! Heard similar the other day, not a surprise really bet they get permission.

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - Helen (24th Apr 2007 - 19:36:51) It is all doom and gloom for Liphook lately isn't it? Soon we will need extra schools and brand new hospitals etc for all the people living on developed shop/business sites. But lets face facts and that is that times DO change, life moves on and villages/towns expand - surely there are more important things to worry about like...love, heatlh and happiness!

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - candyfloss (24th Apr 2007 - 20:13:19) I heard at the weekend the Jet was to close, and notice has been given to the staff. I will miss them, and certainly will not use Sainsbury's. Though unfortunately, many will not have the choice. Once their only competition has gone - watch their fuel prices!!. Changes are inevitable, but they seem to be happening all at once!!. The much talked about problems with the Housewares side of the hardware seems to have lost the battle - a 'Closing Down' sign is now on their window!. Perhaps they feel that their strength will be in one consolidated shop!!. I did hear that a proposal to demolish the row of shops opposite the Dragon had been filed. Is this true? Also the possibility of the optitions/southern fried may be 'houses'. I was so pleased to read on one posting that the Estate Agents use Sainsbury's as a selling point for Liphook - very wise as in due course it may be the only retail Business left worth mentioning. (no disrespect to those trading at present)

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - Steve (24th Apr 2007 - 20:53:07) I'm not at all surprised if this were to be true.

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - Mammal (25th Apr 2007 - 07:55:57) That's right Helen... Love, Happiness and making lots and lots of money at everyone else's expense. Lets just keep building and building forget hospitals, schools new businesses lets just build houses, so imaginative aren't we? But you're right take a step backwards sometimes and appreciate the relative security and lack of want we enjoy in this part of the world. Sure.

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - katy (25th Apr 2007 - 11:39:03) Hi I believe there is a planning application in to demolish Tweenways(the cobblers) up to RM Motors (opposite the Green Dragon and HSBC Bank and replace them with 4 retail units and flats above. If anyone wants to view the plans they can do in the Parish Office on Midhurst Road. I am all for more retail units but it's a shame we can't fill the one's we have already! Katy

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - Helen (25th Apr 2007 - 12:21:31) I heard that at the back of RM Motorcolours is a protected building attached to the little unused shop front in the gap between kebab shop and RM. This will make a planning application almost impossible I believe.

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - Sue W (25th Apr 2007 - 19:00:09) I quite agree, there are enough empty units (station Road), that need filling, and even though Tweenways is very 'odd' it is also part of Liphook's history - an old Air-raid shelter. Why should the past always be demolished for the future - we cast away yesterday things all to ealisy. Then wish we had them back!!.

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - Paul Robinson (25th Apr 2007 - 23:24:33) If and when the developers come to knock down 'Tweenways' they will have a job on their hands. Mr Cook, a craftsman for whom I have a lot of time, told me that the building was originally an air raid shelter built during World War 2 to give shelter to military convoys who regularly used the A3 from Portsmouth to London. When some years ago a window was required in his building it took two men and a pnuematic hammer nearly a week to cut a hole in the wall! Whatever happens to that site I hope there will be a place for Mr Cook, a man of rare skills and great good humour. I recently asked him when he planned to change his window display. "I will be retiring in twenty years time" he said "It hardly seems worth it!' Paul Robinson

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - oscar (3rd May 2007 - 21:06:47) Yet another casualty of the mighty sainsburys. Soon it will be the only retail outlet in liphook. There are some fantastic little shops in Liphook that i hope will not be felled by sainsburys.When they say buy locally, they mean the little shops..

Re: Liphook to lose Petrol station - AJ (8th May 2007 - 11:26:49) Tweenways (the cobblers) I dont think we should loose this as its important to the village. An idea only!! (dont shoot me) If Mr Cook retires Have the cobbers turned back in to an air raid shelter and make it so the local school children can learn more on what happened in liphook during the second world war. then get it protected and ask for english heritage or national trust to take over the building, this might encourage people to come to see it and the local shops in the village. Is the cobbers a protected building ?

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