WITH Royston High Street looking increasingly sad, and with a rising interest in local food and building community spirit in these difficult times, how about converting the former Woolworths premises into a modern farmers supermarket? It could be owned

WITH Royston High Street looking increasingly sad, and with a rising interest in local food and building community spirit in these difficult times, how about converting the former Woolworths premises into a modern farmers' supermarket?

It could be owned and controlled at a local level with the support of the local authority.

The space could initially be used for selling locally-grown produce, and later include locally produced goods.

Local food producers could share refrigeration, storage, cash handling and marketing - gaining a prominent daily foothold in the High Street and benefiting from some economies of scale.

The idea is not new - Exeter claimed to have had the first farmers supermarket back in 2002 - but this may be just the injection of community enterprise that Royston town centre needs right now.

Chris Lee

Mill Road Royston