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    Stafford Rangers golf day.

    Stafford rangers are hosting a golf day at Stafford castle golf club. It is going to be a great day so if you a golfer and want an enjoyable day out with friends please get in touch. What on earth are you going to do once the season finishes after our last home game against South Shields on...
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    Stafford Half Marathon.

    I am waiting to enrol. Wanted to do it after the HM
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    Stafford shops opening - Turning into a boom town?

    Personally I think the old rugby club should be retained for sport. In 2003 the borough council commissioned a report which highlighted a number of areas where Stafford was lacking. Most notably in the number of 4g football and grass pitches available and the inadequate state of hockey...
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    Stafford shops opening - Turning into a boom town?

    With all the colleges expansion plans they probably should have purchased the old university site. Personally I never understood why staffs county council didn’t but it and create a Stafford 6th form centre. The current situation for a level provision isn’t great.
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    Market Square paving.

    The government are now big advocates of Prince 2 which is a good project management tool to assist in the management of projects. In my experience of working on government projects Is that they are overly bureaucratic and they employ overpaid cost consultants / advisors who slow down the...
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    Market Square paving.

    I would say 2 to 3 months maximum.
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    Market Square paving.

    I’m a project manager and there is no way that the market square job should take 8 months. The site has decent service drawings and cat scans would have been made before works commenced so why / how it has taken them 5 weeks to soft dig trenches for services is a mystery. The prelims on that...
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    Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

    It’s due to open in April.
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    Stafford shops opening - Turning into a boom town?

    Work taking place at the former Laura Ashley shop.
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    Sandon Rd Developments.

    Sandonia could and should be saved. There are numerous very good examples of buildings in a worse state being refurbished at the very least the facade should be retained. The owners of this site have left the building to go into disrepair and not followed due process when they previously tried...
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    The random Stafford gardener.

    His name is Martin Reay. There is currently a crowd funding page to buy him new tools etc. The guy is a Stafford gem. I have seen him numerous times on a path near where I live cleaning out leaves from a poorly designed drain that the incompetent council installed some years ago and which...
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    Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

    Where have you heard that hoegarths and number 3 are closing. Number 3 released a post on social media stating that things were difficult but there were no plans to close. Hoegarths are also booking in acts for 2023 and have stated that they have no plans to close.
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    Stafford East Consulation Regarding Proposed Development.

    I haven’t surveyed the fire station so couldn’t comment on the fabric of the building but I would be amassed if it is as bad as being suggested. My guess is that because they are seeking permission to demolish they are perhaps over egging it. However with regards to plant and services after 30...
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    Stafford East Consulation Regarding Proposed Development.

    Look at all the new fire stations that were built under the pfi agreement in Staffordshire. The ones at a Cannock, Hanley, Was built at rising brook due to a number of factors 1. Close proximity to m6 2. At the time there was a large number of low level fires being started in rising brook...
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    Stafford East Consulation Regarding Proposed Development.

    Read what I wrote and then post. I didn’t state that more fatalities occur on motorways I stated that more severe accidents on motorways. There is a significant difference. In urban environments crashes are often at lower speeds and will predominately a vehicle and pedestrian or two vehicles...
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