Forest Hill, Ewell, Cheam and Norbury

Yesterday I went to Forest Hill, Ewell, Cheam and Norbury. It's only been a year since WH Smith's high street stores rebranded meaninglessly as TG Jones, but they've already started closing. This is what happens when venture capitalists rationalise their portfolio via a restructuring plan, they shut things, because it's not about community service it's about value for investors. Uxbridge went in July, Brixton in August, Greenford and Worcester Park in September, Pinner next Wednesday and Orpington and West Wickham later this month. This is TG Jones in Forest Hill which was due to shut last week but has had a stay of execution until the end of the month. The upstairs Post Office will also have to close until somewhere else can be found for it, this the inevitable consequence of a policy that shacked up public service in private spaces. It's a bit grim inside, although this may not solely be a result of impending closure. The range of available goods is somewhat limited, including not…