“I think tesco's is the last thing knowle needs as we already have a good range of local shops but still need to get rid of the pub. I think what we need is a SPEARMINT RHINO to bring everyone together.”

“Anything that gets rid of the pub is good in my book. 30 jobs will be excellent for the area. How many locals do the newsagent and local shop employ - NONE. It will give more choice, those that do not want a Tesco can contiue to shop elsewhere. I personally cannot wait. Its the typical british thing, lets knock someone if they are successful. The post never carrie the stories where people actually support a Tesco as its not controversial enough!”

“Arghh, everywhere I turn another Tesco shop springs up. People may be disgruntled at the pub, but does it really need to another shop? The other two shops are well stocked. The checkout staff are on the phone, true, but they still engage better than some Tesco staff. Tesco will limit consumer choice, increase traffic, noise and put at risk local children from accidents.
Tesco sell cheap food because of their power in the market, crippling the smaller suppliers. Tesco do get everything right, but we will regret it in future decades.”

“Oh yes. Come on people lets stop that horrible ogre Tesco from taking over our wonderful, family friendly, community pub that it The Fellowship. Let's rise up in support of the corner shops which are never dirty, are always well laid out with friendly staff and would never dream of selling food that is past it's sell by date!!

The vast majority of Knowle residents deserve better and in my opinion the first blocks will be put in place when Tesco deliver their Express store.”

“As a long suffering neighbour of the 'Friendship' pub (friendly ? eh no!) and the local amenities I've a complaint - why will it take so long for Tescos to open ?

I've at least another year of not being able to see the pavement outside for fag ends and putting up with natch fuelled idiots having fights in the street whilst dodging the cars practising grand prix starts off the nearby pavement who themselves are dodging the chinese bloke who's flogging pirate DVDs.

And as for the local store - anybody ever managed to get served by a member of staff who isn't chatting on the phone !? Customer Service not a strong point there.

Someone else mentions the Tesco at Totterdown, surrounded by 2 pubs, a cafe, a banco lounge and a patco - yup certainly made an impact there - it improved the local area.

As the first comment in this thread reads - good riddance to the Friendship.

Local stores - rise to the challenge that Tesco will give you.”

“I think this is great news for the area. The current pub is appalling and scheduled for closure in any event due to violence and problems.
The simple factor is that if pople do not want to shop in a Tesco then they have that choice. Competiton should not be restricted, hopefully the other local trader will now improve their own retail offer and provide a similar level of quality customer and product service that a Tesco would.
I'm totally for this and will certainly use the store and is good news for the surrounding house holds. The problem with partitions are that it does not reflect that 99% of the people in the area who didn't sign it actually want the store to open.”

“I am a resident of over 20 years who lives in the same road.

Police have been called countless times to this pub over fighting.

All law abiding residents say good riddance to this pub - we were all too scared to go in there!!


The real community welcomes a much safer place to live with better shopping facilities.”

“if the local convinence shop had as much choice as tesco then more people would use them. i prefer tesco express than the local shop unless im buying a loaf bread and milk.”

“if Tesco create a 3000sq.ft. store at Axbridge Road the following local shops will all be affected:
Axbridge Road
Broad Walk Shopping Centre
Newquay Road
Melvin Square
Knowle Park Square
St. Johns Lane
Harrowdene Road
Leinster Avenue, possibly
Hengrove Lane.
If all the small shops in these areas take a 10-20% hit (a consevative estimate as the very local shops are bound to be even higher), they will not survive, All these shops have been purchased by hard working people.
They will loose their income and their investment very rapidly. They will have no business to sell even if they wanted out. How many people do these shops employ? Our goverment has rescued the banks, will it rescue these people?
The above are "local" shops that "locals" can WALK to. How many car spaces do Tesco imagine they will need.
Our local planners and politicians had better work out what our communities are going to be like in 20-30 years time.
The shopping centre at Broad Walk is the place to have a decent supermarket. All the other shop (chemists, opticians, butchers greengrocers, fashion, can then exist alongside. If Tesco build at Axbridge Road, who will invest in the shopping centre? How many jobs and amenities will then be lost? This is a very big issue about the future of our communities
and choice.
I have even started on the environmental impact and the potential traffic issues at a very busy junction.
Come on Lidl and Aldi give Tescos a run for their money, put an application in to build in Redcatch Park!”

“Alex B. "Yes Tesco Metro's are a rip-off but you don't have to go to them if you don't want to."
Really? Try looking for groceries in any direction from Tesco Metro in Broadmead, and all you'll find are MORE Tesco's”