| Shops in Whitstable, Kent have changed
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| | The most famous street for this boutique
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| over the years as the nature of the town
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| | style shop is Harbour Street, which forms
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| has evolved, as Whitstable's popularity
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| | part of the one way system towards the
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| has grown with those seeking a break in
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| | harbour end of the High Street. It's very
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| this picturesque English seaside
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| | pretty, and the delicate little shops
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| location.
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| | sell nick-knacks, nautically themed
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| More and more, shops are springing up
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| | wares, art, and independently-labelled
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| designed to cater for the many tourists
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| | clothes, and high end flower arranging.
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| the town attracts, and their look and
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| | They're all very pretty, and there's a
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| feel is quite different to the
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| | very feminine touch apparent in the shops
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| establishments that have served the town
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| | fronts. The influence of Harbour Street
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| in the past. The design of the newer
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| | has started to spread up the high street,
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| shops is instantly noticeable, and a
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| | and now the whole town seems to be
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| general 'boutique' feel seems to be the
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| | shifting towards a greater awareness of
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| way the new breed of proprietors are
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| | aesthetics as a very definite 'feel'
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| attracting the tourist pound. Some of
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| | seems to be incorporated into all manner
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| them really are very beautifully laid
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| | of new businesses.
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| out, with attention to detail, and
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| | Many of the old brick buildings are being
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| 'design concepts' galore.
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| | restored and once again used for
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| Whitstable's only a very small town, so
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| | commerce, and the result is a very
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| visitors don't have to plan their stay in
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| | interesting, and charming selection of
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| the same way as you might to a larger
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| | individual shops, which visitors often
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| location. There's no 'East Whitstable' or
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| | pause to point at or take photos of. The
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| 'Latin Quarter' here, so the way most
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| | rate at which shops change hands is still
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| people explore the town is simply to
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| | a little alarming, but some are staying
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| wander around, taking in the sights and
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| | and finding their niche amongst this
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| amenities as they happen to chance upon
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| | increasingly thriving market place, and
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| them. It's because of this that
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| | the whole feel of Whitstable's retail
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| Whitstable's new boutique-style
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| | landscape is settling into a new groove,
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| establishments have sprung up, eager to
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| | where name recognition and word of mouth
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| lure customers with their pretty shop
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| | are attracting still more visitors to
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| fronts and well-managed lighting, and it
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| | sample the charms of one of Kent's most
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| seems to be working, as more and more
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| | prized little towns.
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| appear all the time.
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