Wtf happened to Welly road?
Spent some time on it today for the first time in years. Spent almost a decade working on it nearer to the APH end. It was never all posh then, but a good mix of audio shops, couple of decent barbers, pubs estate and letting agents etc and generally always looked clean and well kept.
Today it looked like a bomb had hit it. The barber I used to use was now one of a good half dozen Turkish obvious-dodgy type shops full of mirrors and LEDS. Countless foreign food shops and half of them with pallets of crap out the front. One of the popular bars had a removable front fitted; it'd look great if it was anywhere else but where it is? May as well be on the Gaza strip.
It feels like the bottom part of Kettering road had become contagious and spread the rot all the way down to Abington park. And the less said about the moronic parking up towards town, the better; taxies and deliveroo types no doubt :(
Such a shame as it used to have a bit of character!