Recent content by sandy

Just following up on my original question, it would certainly appear that Friars Terrace is the hub of the Romanian community with Tesco cashing in (Lefty liberals note: Romanians are defined as people born in Romania who speak Romanian).

What a pity you have to result to such language.

Thank you for some of the constructive responses. I am baffled why a straightforward question would be met with such distaste? Would it be considered the same if we asked where in Stafford the Irish community settled back in the earlier part of the century and their respective areas of...

I've heard, anecdotally, that the recent wave of immigrants from Romania are centred around Friar's Terrace and the surrounding area. I'm curious to know more about this new community, for example, in which sectors are they generally employed? Is it generally around the town centre where the...

The well-researched and highly informative Staffs Past Track* suggests the Old Library was built in 1913 - and was indeed constructed using Carnegie Trust funding. In regards to how the building will now be used and the matter of the original funding obligations, I will make a Freedom of...

Mrs B, that's ideal material for the Highways department. Actual incidents should give the cause more weight. I've spoken to others who feel the same, but never actually raise it with anyone.

Apologies if this has been raised before, but I refer to the following road layout: Queensway - two becomes three When heading towards the A449, drivers should be in the right-hand lane before moving across to the left of the two lanes. However, the problem comes when people in the...

After looking at those three photos, I contacted the Council in regard to the confusion caused. It sounds like these signs are pretty much irrelevant for most 'passing' motorists and they do not want people getting this far in the first place. The signs at the junctions of Water...

Just saw the news in the Express and Star myself. It's about time we had a decent furniture store I'd say.

Any ideas what they are going to do with this building? It looks like there is some movement. Please let it contain food/drink as this development badly badly needs somewhere to drink/eat. After all, once all those shoppers have finished filling their cars with plastic from China, they need a...

They do. Just contact your local Councillor. Their name and email address will be readily available on the website. They are there to represent you.

When will they learn that 'X' never marks the spot. :) Makes the witch bottle look a bit puny. He he, I wonder why the Staffs County Council logo changed to a gold colour last week. :D

Sandy are you involved with the dig? If not, how did you find out about their finds? Sadly, not. I work opposite. There is a noticeboard at the site with results of their findings.

I've heard the same story from relatives about the RAF guy. It wasn't called 'Slash' street for nothing. :eek:

If anyone is interested in archeaology, then a trip to Tipping Street is well worth making at the moment. The former car park is now host to Oxford Archaeology who have three separate sites they are working on. The main aim seems to be to find Saxon remains. At the front of the car park, the...