Lots of change has come to Atherstone

[Madhatter]

Lots of change has come to Atherstone Town Centre recently.

As well as Aldi opening on Station Street, a new antique shop has opened on Station Street, Chestnut Antiques which stocks a wide range of quality antiques. The shop is sure to be a welcome compliment to Atherstone's bookshops

Chestnut Antiques on Station Street, Atherstone

The Dillon's Store on the corner of Long Street and Coleshill Street has been taken over by TM Retail and is now a Martin's store. Completely refurbished, reorganised and restocked, the layout is now a lot more shopper friendly .

Martins new store, ex Dillon's, Long Street, Atherstone

Viking Office Supplies has opened in Atherstone in the old Fosters and Swains store (their sign is still up). Viking Office Supplies who also have a store in Tamworth supply a wide range of office equipment and stationary

Viking Office Supplies Ltd, Long Street, Atherstone

The Coffee Bean also on Long Street Has open in place of Dollybears Shop. They stock a wide range of Coffee Beans and Accessories

The Coffee Bean on Long Street, Atherstone

A new Mobile phone store has opened in Jenkins bakery shop at 108 Long Street Atherstone.

Direct2Save Mobile 108 Long St, Atherstone

Also opening soon in Atherstone are Gregg's Bakery in the old hair dressing shop which was for many years hiscock's menswear, and a foreign cuisine restaurant in the old YMCA charity shop opposite Woolpack Way car park.

[JoshBaskin]

I thought that Jenkins old shop was going to be a book shop, Evans and Short, is that not going to happen now?
I can't wait for Gregg's to open, I was told it's going to be a restaurant too.

[swinnertond]

I thought the now Martins is the former newsstat store? Didn't it used to be called something like that before Dillons?

[Madhatter]

That shop originally started out about by the pedestrian entrance to woolpackway car park, by the Zebra crossing. It was one shop, then two shops knocked in to one as they expanded, they were a bit like jenkins's style of shops if I remember right. Back then called shiltons.
It moved to long street in to what used to be C H Locks Iromongers Plumbers and Builders Merchants, and the old shop got knocked down.
Eventually they changed the name to Newstat, I'm not sure if that was before the move or after.
I'm sure they sold out but maybe wrong but they or the next owners sold to dillons. That was before 1996.

[Madhatter]

More change is imminent, there's a new restuarant and take away opening soon opposite woolpack way car park.

[dave.s]

New resteraunt? Is it the former chinese, former Berties building? What style of resteraunt?

[Madhatter]

Newest Chinese is of course crystals opposite woolpack way, but yes that was where I meant although it's been under offer for a very long time and I noticed today that the licence application has been taken down. Does that mean they have got it or haven't got it. I know someone else that may be interested in the building though.

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