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1950's 60s and 70s Erdington

Richard Dye said:
But what happened that all of this apparently gone? Pets photos look like it was a vibrant busy town.
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A lot of the bigger retail shops closed down because increased rents and Council Tax charges, made them too costly to continue to run there and a lot moved on to retail parks instead. Online shopping also played a big part and in the case of smaller High Street shops, they faced stiff competition from supermarkets in the retail parks and smaller supermarket owned "mini" supermarkets on their High Street too. What shops are still left on High Streets are now plagued by shoplifters, who take what they want, when they want it and know that the odds of them being apprehended for doing so, are slim to none.
 
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