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Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?
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Cue
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I think I walked through it a month ago, it was warmer than walking round it.
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Mind ya back legs
Two for ten ya colly
Broken biscuits
Two for ten ya colly
Broken biscuits
Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
The Guildhall is in a real state largely down to neglect by its owners. If they were more flexible with rents and lengths of lease they would probably have more units filled.
It shows how bad they must be when Carphone Warehouse moved out. Mobile phone shops are usually a shoe-in within shopping centres.
It shows how bad they must be when Carphone Warehouse moved out. Mobile phone shops are usually a shoe-in within shopping centres.
Maybe she was looking for Mothercare.
Jade-clothing
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You think the Guildhall is run down but you think the old Riverside, old Tesco and car park above were perfectly serviceable??
Eh?
The Guildhall isn't run down, it's just badly managed.
The old Tesco and carpark however were dire. Tesco was dingy looking and the area outside where the lifts were always reeked of wee and was dark and uninviting. A theme that was carried on through the Carpark. Riverside was ok I guess but it was very dated. The new one might not be as big but it's bright and modern.
Loungers are opening a place in Staffordshire Place. Good news that one of those long vacant premises is going to be used, and, I can speak from experience and say that they run nice cafe bars with tasty food.
http://www.expressandstar.com/enter...n-at-stafford-council-hq-after-six-year-wait/
http://thelounges.co.uk/
http://www.expressandstar.com/enter...n-at-stafford-council-hq-after-six-year-wait/
http://thelounges.co.uk/
Wormella
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I didn't realise it was the same people who run Loco Lounge in King's Heath - that's a cracking place.
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
And the Faro Lounge in Lichfield.......
kyoto49
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HopesDad
Don't feed the troll
Old news. I commented on that on here some time ago.
HopesDad
Don't feed the troll
A behind-the-scenes deal will have been done by the County Council to persuade the university that the shire hall is suddenly not suitable for their needs, and the council offices would be a much better option. That way, shire hall finds itself empty and so can be sold off, and the vastly oversized council offices are a bit more full. Win win for the council, who will have bought off the university with our council tax. The council won't be at all bothered that they have given premises intended for retail over to what is littke more than office accommodation, thereby creating another 'dead' area in the town where the public will not go, rather than the vibrant area that was promised to justify the obscene overspend on plush offices for the council.
How are they vastly oversized offices??
It is the main head office for the county that in about 2012 claimed to employee almost 30000 staff.
Do you have stats go back up your statement or is it finger in the air again??
Seems pretty full when u walk past looking up at the windows.
It is the main head office for the county that in about 2012 claimed to employee almost 30000 staff.
Do you have stats go back up your statement or is it finger in the air again??
Seems pretty full when u walk past looking up at the windows.
c0tt0nt0p
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You might of mentioned it, but then again some people might not pay much notice of what you say....