内容摘要：Angelique Van Gils Henderson, chair of the West Hove Seafront Action Group, said: "It's fantastic, a small group of us have worked on this since 2018. We were unhappy with the seafront and how derelict it looked.

Angelique Van Gils Henderson, chair of the West Hove Seafront Action Group, said: "It's fantastic, a small group of us have worked on this since 2018. We were unhappy with the seafront and how derelict it looked.

She told BBC Radio Somerset the best part of running her 130-year-old shop was "meeting all my friends every day"."I remember the old sweet jars and the cheese with the rind on," she said of the shop's history.

"Decimalisation came in and mum didn't think she was going to cope - but she did it fine!"The shop itself started life in the attached house, and has since grown to what it is today, and sells groceries and toiletries.It is also home to a Post Office, with Ms Creed saying they managed to avoid

Before running the shop, Ms Creed worked at Yeovil District Hospital in the maternity ward, but returned to the family business when her father passed away.She added she had good feedback from the community, including businesses that were able to pay in cash to the attached Post Office.

Ms Creed, who is the shop's sole employee, also said she stayed open throughout the Covid lockdowns, adding people "queued right down the road" to get their essentials.

"It was quite a thing really wasn't it?" she said, admitting it would have been a lifeline to locals."They're a different type of visitor, their demographics are different, their spend is different and their needs are different."

Anna Hume, who grew up on Anglesey and works at Ribride in the summer, agreed that a longer season would create employment."It's great to have a summer job in tourism or hospitality, but there's nothing to keep young people here all year round," she said.

"There's not enough jobs to support young people, then we kind of end up moving away and can't afford to buy houses here because there's not enough income."Frustrations about visitor numbers have already been felt recently, albeit on a smaller scale, after the popularity of Anglesey’s Llanddwyn Beach - helped by it being featured in HBO's House of the Dragon -