I have just returned home after my
weekly browse around my local
independent record store, Record
Village, in Scunthorpe town centre. As
on many previous occasions, I picked
up a small armful of CDs and a couple
of second-hand vinyl bargains.
However, today is different: the shop
now features large wording
announcing ‘Closing Down’. It is
going to continue as an internet-based
store and I wish everyone connected
with the venture well. It is a sad day
for music lovers like myself. The
number of such shops were you can
freely browse is being reduced almost
weekly. (As of March there will be
none in my local area, if I do want to
‘browse’ I am driving 50-plus miles –,
hmm, looks like I’m not browsing!).
Record Village has been part of the
music scene in Scunthorpe for over
thirty years. I have always found them
to be helpful, knowledgeable and I
cannot count the number of artists I
have been introduced to via RV. All of
which is impossible when shopping
‘virtually’, there is no personal touch
shopping online! I wish everyone
connected with the new venture ‘all
the best’. At the same time I also feel
like I have lost a friend.
