The Movies Video Rental on Ock Street is to close for good on 30th April. “The Movies” has been around for at least fifteen years. It means we have lost two video /DVD /Computer games rental shops since the start of the year.

More recently, and only a few hundred yards down Ock Street, a new rental outlet “Movie Zone” opened and closed within the year. The owner said when he opened the shop that there were a lot of people living in easy walking distance of his shop – because of new housing. But it didn’t work out .