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 [...]

I was walking through Market Harborough the other day and passed “The Pizza Direct Co” on St Mary’s Road, this got me to thinking, especially as I’ve blogged about Pizza Express previously, how many Harborough eating establishments sell pizzas. The list I can make consists of… • Pizza Express • Zizzi’s • Timo’s • Pizzaman/Venito • Domino’s • The Pizza Direct [...]

So the Martin Castrogiovani and Geordan Murphy owned Italian Restaurant, Timo is now open in Market Harborough. It is in the old Prego Restaurant building and looks to have had a face lift. Hopefully they’ve managed to suppress the noise downstairs as it got very noisy when busy. The two Tigers players will make an [...]

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 [...]

It seems a company called Tanvic Tyres is wanting to take the old Welland Valley foods premises on Leicester Road. Planning permission, submitted on 02/08/2010 is ‘Pending Consideration‘. Is this a good move or a bad move for that part of town? I suppose it’s good in the respect of  filling empty premises, although I had [...]

Rumour has it, the old Sanderson Ford car showroom on Springfield Street, will be a new Waitrose store. “Another supermarket?”, I hear you ask. Well apparently, maybe, if the rumours are to be believed. As I find out more I shall update the post. I did find THIS article on the Harborough Mail website from [...]

It was with intrigue that I watched the unit, near where I work, take shape and transform into a retail shop. It was with greater interest that I watched stock being taken in and it soon became apparent that there was going to be a new garden furniture store for us to peruse. It’s now [...]

I’ve heard this rumour from 4 different sources now and it appears we may well be getting a Pizza Express in Market harborough on the site of the old Peacock Pub. What affect will this have on the other restaurants in town? The likes of Ascoughs Bistro will surely feel the pinch and with Gondola [...]