Having had a quick scout through the planning site on harborough.gov.uk here’s what’s being planned (though not necessarily put into practice) in Market Harborough. Firstly The White Lion pub has a planning application in to make a front entrance off the High Street, rather than side entrance it has now. This could mean a new [...]

Market Harborough could soon have a new Deli on Adam and Eve Street.

It appears from signage and planning applications that a new furniture store is coming to Market Harborough. The Sandicliffe Ford old site, once wrongly rumoured to become a Waitrose,  has had ‘under offer’ notice for while now and a planning application by Kettering furniture company The Furniture Centre Ltd seems to confirm that a new [...]

With the announcement that HMV have had a tough Christmas selling period, have lost 20% off their share prices and the consequent notice that they’ll be shutting up to 60 HMV and Waterstones stores, it raised the question of whether the Market Harborough store would stay open. The store always seems quite busy when I [...]

The old Golden Wonder building’s restoration is coming along now, the lower floor retail units are taking shape and should be a good addition to the High Street. It appears (from ad boards) that Phase Eight is going to be taking a unit within the development. This re-inforces my worries about Market Harborough eventually becoming [...]

Ok, so my title is a little mis-leading as these are most definitely NOT the proposed toilets for Harborough, in fact the toilets in Harborough will soon be as common as a dodo. Anyway, less of the political sideswipes, here’s the real post. Here’s a pic of a urinal I recently visited whilst staying with [...]

Here’s 4 pics I took as we opened up the Harborough mobile cinema for the first time. It has been standing , unused in the highlands of Scotland for a while, but upon entry it was quite notable how dry the interior was. I was expecting a bit of damp, but it wasn’t at all, [...]

As you can see from the pictures, the old Golden Wonder site, in Market Harborough, is being ripped apart and being readied for the coming of a new Travel Lodge. What does this mean for local hotel The 3 Swans? My own personal feelings on this, are that it won’t affect business too much, as [...]