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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Sainsbury's Nairn opens - Massive turn-out of local shoppers

A large queue of eager customers had built up by the time Jeanne Tolmie cut the ribbon to open Sainsbury's Balmakeith at nine this morning and before long they were flooding into the new store. By 10.00 a.m. there were only a few parking spaces left as customers continued to arrive to try out the new retail facility.



Individual pictures here and full screen slideshow here.

Agus soidhnichean dà-chànanach - bilingual signs - aig Sainsbury's Inbhir Narann



UPDATE: reports Sainsbury's is still mobbed (20.10)

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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:18 PM

    Haven't been yet but looking at the pics I know that I am going to find all that Gaelic signs very annoying.
    There was a programme on TV the other night and the comentator could hardly find any one in Skye who actually understood or spoke Gaelic.

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  2. Graisg1:25 PM

    "There was a programme on TV the other night and the comentator could hardly find any one in Skye who actually understood or spoke Gaelic."

    Never mind there are Gaelic speakers in Nairn :-)
    Friday evening 7-8 in the library for anyone that fancies a chat in Gaelic.

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  3. Graisg1:30 PM

    PS and on BBC Alba tonight (channel 8 freeview, 168 Sky) Lachie will be on being interviewed up at the new store. 8.p.m on An Là

    Chìthear Lachlan air An Là BBC aig ochd uairean a-nochd

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  4. Anonymous4:13 PM

    Poor piper seems to be blowing his brains out

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  5. Anonymous5:57 PM

    "Never mind there are Gaelic speakers in Nairn :-)
    Friday evening 7-8 in the library for anyone that fancies a chat in Gaelic."

    i speak very little gaelic - only a few words i know - but love listening to it :o)

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  6. Anonymous9:37 PM

    Our new traffic lights didn't cope very well today, gridlock backing up to the High Street

    Traffic is not going to be much fun at the end of the school day when they start back

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  7. Tesco Asda Lidle Aldi Morrison MacPherson9:57 PM

    Nice to see that Mrs Jean Tolmie cut the ribbon at the opening of the new Sainsburys Store it makes a change from the usual Big Cheeses who take all the glory for doing bugger all, at least Jean fought hard for the supermarket to be on the Balmakeith site, " Good on ya Cobber " you are some Sheila !!!!.

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  8. Graisg11:43 PM

    Was it ever much fun at the end of the school day before the new lights anyway?
    Today was also Black Isle Show day and that always impacts on Nairn traffic.

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