Crumbs!

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First direct impact that the recession has had on us - our friendly, local, family-run bakery is closing shop this Saturday! There is a Greggs over the road from them, but their bread isn't a patch on that from the Shoebox (and the bread in Waitrose always leaves me feeling rather under-whelmed).

On the plus side, they're keeping the catering and celebration cakes side going, but not from the Portswood shop.

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The cakes in the Shoebox are variable, but the bread is good. They were one of the few places that does a rye loaf, although you can now buy Polish-style rye in quite a few places.

I mostly agree with you on Portswood. Dewhurst has been gone for a couple of years, and there's been nothing to take its place. I suspect that either Gannaway's or Long's will disappear at some point (International Foods are really pushing their fresh produce). Woolies is dead, dead, dead (though that's more of a mercy killing).

On the plus side, October Books moved to Portswood (though I understand that you may have a different opinion about that) and Portswood Hardware still seems to be going strong.