Shire Hall to be "temporarily mothballed"

ATJ said:

Stop that Gareth. Aren't you supposed to be the pro-council mole?

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I know,I know wait until they find out I am a double agent lol.

Gareth said:

I know,I know wait until they find out I am a double agent lol.

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Trebles all round !!

The County town is being systematically asset stripped piece by piece and not one of us can do anything about it.
They may as well rename the place Stokeshire and have done with it.

Amerlan said:

The County town is being systematically asset stripped piece by piece and not one of us can do anything about it.
They may as well rename the place Stokeshire and have done with it.

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It's a Conservative town - in a Conservative County in a Conservative country

What on earth did you expect?

Withnail said:

What i don't fully understand is why it isn't even, apparently, being considered as new housing for the recently evicted Staffordshire Arts & Museums Services collection, ex of Shugborough?

The Council needs somewhere to house its collection in the wake of the NT taking over Shugborough at exactly the same time that it needs, again apparently, to 'repurpose' the Shire Hall. The timing would appear, at least from the 'outside', to be a stroke of serendipitous fortune, would it not?

And yet i understand that the SAMS 'stuff' is to be similarly 'mothballed' - bunged into a warehouse somewhere. Some of it, no doubt, thence to suffer the Curse of the White Lion...

Warehousing isn't free if you don't own the warehouse.

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That sounds like a splendid idea to me. Have you written to them to ask why it isn't an option?

Perhaps we need to get on starting petitions & writing to the Newsletter to make it happen?

Amerlan said:

The County town is being systematically asset stripped piece by piece and not one of us can do anything about it.
They may as well rename the place Stokeshire and have done with it.

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I agree with that, at times it does feel like it by SCC especially. Why on earth does the New Vic Theatre get funding ???

The Shirehall should an assest to the town and the county IF used properly.

County Cllrs represent the county which is why I am baffled Cllr Parry was not pulled up when debating the Shirehall a couple of months that his constituents (somewhere near Codsall) don't care 2 hoots about the shirehall.

What has his constituents got to do with the shirehall or county town...bloody idiot.

Gareth said:

I agree with that, at times it does feel like it by SCC especially. Why on earth does the New Vic Theatre get funding ???

The Shirehall should an assest to the town and the county IF used properly.

County Cllrs represent the county which is why I am baffled Cllr Parry was not pulled up when debating the Shirehall a couple of months that his constituents (somewhere near Codsall) don't care 2 hoots about the shirehall.

What has his constituents got to do with the shirehall or county town...bloody idiot.

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let's

Let's think what's been achieved in Stafford in the last 20 years - following the 60s and 70s where the castle was partially demolished - old buildings destroyed in the town - fast forward to the 80s and 90s - historic market - to bring in a Shopping Centre - the library closed - building of out of town retail parks on the busiest routes into Stafford - a new Staffs County Council building in times of austerity and cuts to services - the building of a sports centre which lacks scope and imagination - schools demolished and new ones built - roads built that don't have significant impact - the building of new shopping centres - which kills the shops at the other end. For good measure -,circle the Town with supermarkets - and encourage more traffic. There is a bright side perhaps we don't need two councils taking up space in the town - a Police HQ moved to Weston Road at great expense - never mind - the bright side is that there is not more to destroy -

joshua said:

You think that will stop them ?

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Christ Church was abandoned and subsequently knocked down for housing - there was a church in Derby Street, by the Station that was also redeveloped - and the Wesleyan Chapel was mostly demolished for the Market (and the tower very nearly went 'by accident'). One has to wonder if St Mary's and St Chad's are totally invulnerable?

And, the High House only survived by the skin of its teeth.

There are still some buildings left that we would be dismayed to see go.

joshua said:

where was Christ Church ?

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Top of Gaol Square, where the Beth Johnson old folks' place is now.

Petition?

Gay

I heard SCC's preferred use for the Shire Hall is hardcore.