Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

[joshua]

The problem with the guildhall is that the units are too small for the national retailers, hence why some have relocated to riverside or haven't even bothered coming.

The guildhall needs a big anchor store to draw people in.

They had river island but they went south

 

[Tumble weed]

You're not going to sell many big anchors this far inland, although there's a surprising number of small ones at the boot sale each year.

Indeed, fashion factory tried selling anchors and boating merchandise , n that sunk quicker than a ship lost at sea.

 

[Wormella]

Indeed, fashion factory tried selling anchors and boating merchandise , n that sunk quicker than a ship lost at sea.

Ahh, Nauticalia - such a wonderful collection of nautical based tat - perfect for ex navy officers and people that own boats of all description. Like a manly version of Past Times...

I don't have much in the way of elderly relatives to buy for anymore, which is a shame, but they were both such useful shops in their day.

 

[Benedict]

Ahh the smell of rotting seaweed and flotsam all about, good old Guildhall..

 

[proactive]

Ahh the smell of rotting seaweed and flotsam all about, good old Guildhall..

Rotting seaweed?

 

[littleme]

Rotting seaweed?

Smelt just like that outside Aldi this morning....

 

[proactive]

Smelt just like that outside Aldi this morning....

Yes but that's north end of town, so understandable...

 

[littleme]

Yes but that's north end of town, so understandable...

Aldi isnt in the North End of town.....

 

[joshua]

Aldi isnt in the North End of town.....

Yet

 

[Gramaisc]

Aldi isnt in the North End of town.....

It is if you live in Wildwood.

 

[littleme]

It is if you live in Wildwood.

Right, to stop arguement - the *Wildwood/Queensville/Meadowcroft Park/Radford Bank end of town smells like a bad day at the seaside today!

*I dont even know what the area that Aldi is in is called!

 

[Gramaisc]

*I dont even know what the area that Aldi is in is called!

On my map, that area is called The Swamp, it runs from the canal to Silkmore Lane, with an extension over the lane to the railway at the back of Gala Bingo.

 

[proactive]

Aldi isnt in the North End of town.....

Ah, now you see, that's what comes of being off the afternoon we did geography at school...

 

[Withnail]

Right, to stop arguement - the *Wildwood/Queensville/Meadowcroft Park/Radford Bank end of town smells like a bad day at the seaside today!

Receding flood waters + warmth = pong

 

[basil]

Receding flood waters + warmth = pong

All of a sudden, I find quantum physics interesting......

 

[Noah]

All of a sudden, I find quantum physics interesting......

String theory or quantum loop gravity ?

 

[Gramaisc]

String theory or quantum loop gravity ?

The Gardaí found a car this morning where string theory had been applied to a kinetic energy problem.

 

[HopesDad]

So despite the shops at Kingsmead being completed last year and lying empty, it will take them four months to put up a few shelves. And then the goodfolk of Stafford can rejoice at the opening of yet another B&M store, to add to those we already have and another chain pet shop to add to the one we already have. So nothing new at all then, as per usual. And the supermarket-that-never-was will be converted into three shops-that-never-will-be. Oh, and they won't open the car park until they open the shops. Because opening it straight away might be considered helpful and in the public interest, and that would never do in Stafford, it's not that kind of town.

 

[Carole]

Here we go again ....

 

[HopesDad]

Here we go again ....

Exactly. You wouldn't think it would be so difficult would you. But then again this is Stafford, so normal rules do not apply.