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  • "why don't you volunteer to help at an residence/care home on New Years Eve & you can join in the festivities as well?
    When I shopped there I returned to my car I had a Sports Shop leaflet tucked under my windscreen(which is illegal-only traffic waldrens & the police are allowed to do).I complained to the store manager & their HO but no joy!
    It's sad that retail companies don't have any clout over parking restrictions when we need to encourage shoppers to our local shops/stores.
    You should have returned the towels(unused of cause)to the store & stated why you wanted to return the items & are not really encouraged to continue shopping there again.
    Some shopping centres have a mobility system that takes you to the shopping centre & back.
    I can only think of Garden centres(one in Xchurch) as a place to visit & there are a few stores just outside the entrance as well."
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Anywhere left to park without a limit?

MY friend and I know the shock that Victoria Wilkinson experienced (‘Shoppers fury at £70 charges’, Echo, March 5).

On New Year’s Eve we too had a fine at Turbary Retail Park.

As widows with no parties to attend we went out for the day to cheer us up.

As my friend has a bad hip we wandered slowly round Matalan and spent money, then we partook of lunch in Dunelm and bought many things.

We got in the car and went to The Range and eventually had tea.

Imagine our horror to get a £50 fine (which we shared). My towels were pretty dear after that.

We had no idea of the three-hour limit.

We have now been informed of a four-hour limit at Castlepoint.

Can anyone tell us of any place two old ladies can go without having to curtail our visits?

EDWINA FOOKS, Throop Road, Bournemouth

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