Ernie Clark. Hilperton Division, Wiltshire Council.

Support your local stores or lose them.

Another major development and another vote of confidence in Trowbridge as a retail centre - Wilkinson are taking over the former Crusty Bloomers unit in Castle Place which adjoins their store.

It increases their floor space by some 3,000 sq. feet and is another example, like New Look, of a national retailer who has moved into the town and then expanded.