Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

[stoofer34]

"The lights were on but nobody was in"

 

[Gramaisc]

Perhaps it's an art installation?

 

[Sir BoD]

Perhaps it's an art installation?

Not just any art installation.....

 

[joshua]

Homeless types, crowbar, getting chilly, wouldn't blame them, wouldn't report them either

 

[The Hawk]

Apparently, or should it be apparationly, we are a ghost town after all:

http://www.hauntedheritage.co.uk/event/halloween-weekend-saturday-29th-october-ancient-high-house/

 

[Floss]

Apparently, or should it be apparationly, we are a ghost town after all:

http://www.hauntedheritage.co.uk/event/halloween-weekend-saturday-29th-october-ancient-high-house/

Went last year they did an earlier one prior to the all nighter , so we thought we'd try it before committing to the full session, but a woman bought a couple of kids along so they would only do things like turn the lights out. Really annoying especially as it was advertised for adults. The host kept saying to her it wasn't really appropriate for kids but she kept saying they'll be fine, what he should have said is sorry you can't stay so these people who have paid lots of money can get their money's worth. Put me off ever going again.

 

[kyoto49]

Another one will soon be biting the dust

http://news.sky.com/story/staples-sale-by-us-owner-to-result-in-brands-exit-from-uk-10660286

 

[bunique]

We don't have a Staples in Stafford?

There's a new clothes shop opened in the building briefly occupied by Century 21, called Absolute Beginnersr

 

[Gramaisc]

Another one will soon be biting the dust

http://news.sky.com/story/staples-sale-by-us-owner-to-result-in-brands-exit-from-uk-10660286

Nearest one's in Hanley now, I think....

 

[kyoto49]

We don't have a Staples in Stafford?

There's a new clothes shop opened in the building briefly occupied by Century 21, called Absolute Beginnersr

We don't? What's that shop that was opposite Millets near the old Marks? Or has it closed down since I last bought something there 2 months or so ago?

 

[Gramaisc]

We don't? What's that shop that was opposite Millets near the old Marks? Or has it closed down since I last bought something there 2 months or so ago?

Ryman's.

Still there.

 

[kyoto49]

Ryman's.

Still there.

AH yes, my mistake! I thought it was called staples. They very similar though aren't they!

 

[Gramaisc]

AH yes, my mistake! I thought it was called staples. They very similar though aren't they!

I wouldn't drop dead from shock if somebody could show that it was a Staples shop for a period, some years ago.....

 

[Gareth]

I remember staples where starbucks is once, I think

 

[HopesDad]

AH yes, my mistake! I thought it was called staples. They very similar though aren't they!

Similar in content, but Rymans is privately owned by multimillionaire retail oligarch and former Dragon Theo Paphitis, who also owns Robert Dyas and an underwear shop whose name i forget. He has enough money to throw at it to keep it going. Surprised he didn't buy staples when he has the chance, would have thought it would be a neat fit.

 

[Gramaisc]

I remember staples where starbucks is once, I think

Was that Staples? I remember it as Stationery Box.



There was also a P K Stationery next to Woolworths, many years ago.

 

[HopesDad]

I remember staples where starbucks is once, I think

Never been a staples in Stafford. They are almost always big warehouse-type places on our-of-town retail parks.

 

[HopesDad]

Was that Staples? I remember it as Stationery Box.



There was also a P K Stationery next to Woolworths, many years ago.

Stationery Box was a national company which went bankrupt, PK stationery was, I believe, a local independent.

 

[Studio Tan]

Staples was started in the U.S. by (I think) Mitt Romney - remember him ?

 

[Woody38]

"The lights were on but nobody was in"

see that Kirklands has gone, used to be in the road at the back of the old M & S, was a really good shop for home stuff bots & pans, the notice in the window says your nearest store stoke on Trent.