Can craft beer and sourdough pizza heal Britain’s ailing market town centres after a pummelling from the internet and retail parks?
Macclesfield is joining a growing band of small towns about to find out.
The Cheshire town is trying to harness the national foodie obsession to claw back the social purpose of its heart. The council is poised to approve plans for a communal food hall in a redundant cinema in an effort to turn the heart of the former weaving town into a place where people…
Source : South China Morning Post
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