Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

kyoto49

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If it wasn't so hard to get into Town, I'm sure more people would use it! Car parks closed, built on or flooded. What happened to the 'increased' on-street parking? Cuts to bus services, no bus station. Was in town today, in the Market Sq, Car Sales, come on!

Walk or cycle insead of moaning!!
 

Withnail

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In light of further evidence, perhaps 'whinge' would be more appropriate...

Mind you, every now and then, when the 'stars' align, there can be some pleasant 'rubbing' of the things...
 

littleme

250,000th poster!
That Furniture Shop (Cant think of its name) in the bottom of the old Co-op, is now officially closing down.....
 

Gareth

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4th time isn`t lol.

The building needs something doing as it is a mess both inside and outside right now.
 

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Wish we had an old style hardware shop still. I need some thin plyboard, only a few mm thick and smaller than A4, but not even sure why I could by larger amounts.
 

Really?

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Wish we had an old style hardware shop still. I need some thin plyboard, only a few mm thick and smaller than A4, but not even sure why I could by larger amounts.

This is the reason there are so few hardware shops nowadays. Imagine the disappointment for a shop keeper when you come in looking for an A5 piece of 5mm plywood. "Bread and dripping for us again tonight Love"
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
This is the reason there are so few hardware shops nowadays. Imagine the disappointment for a shop keeper when you come in looking for an A5 piece of 5mm plywood. "Bread and dripping for us again tonight Love"
Fair point but Bricky seems to do well enough at Burton Manor Square and provide the kind of service the modern places simply don't care about.
 
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