Stafford shops opening - Turning into a boom town?

[Mudgie]

I noticed a lot of black paint in the old co op opposite the 4 crosses it even goes along the rest of the buildings.. New ownership maybe

I see a red door
And I want it painted black
No colours anymore
I want them to turn black

I wanna see it painted
Painted black
Black as night
Black as coal

 

[bunique]

Looks like the Avoir interiors at Woodings yard is being stripped out after their departure which I hope means someone else is taking the unit on.

There are some really lovely gift bits in the unit at the back of the yard (Jonny Todd/Protean Art’s place).

 

[airbusA346]

I noticed a lot of black paint in the old co op opposite the 4 crosses it even goes along the rest of the buildings.. New ownership maybe.

Do you mean the shop that was Coral?

Guess the landlord is tidying it up a bit. They must have had a deal on black paint seen as they have painted EVERYTHING including the posters that Coral put over the windows when they moved out.

 

[Thehooperman]

I see a red door
And I want it painted black
No colours anymore
I want them to turn black

I wanna see it painted
Painted black
Black as night
Black as coal

 

[Glam]

I noticed a lot of black paint in the old co op opposite the 4 crosses it even goes along the rest of the buildings.. New ownership maybe.

Do you mean the shop that was Coral?

Guess the landlord is tidying it up a bit. They must have had a deal on black paint seen as they have painted EVERYTHING including the posters that Coral put over the windows when they moved out.

Yea, they were painting it about 2-3 weeks ago, thought nowt of ity because I didn't realise Coral was closed.

 

[Lucy]

Looks like the Avoir interiors at Woodings yard is being stripped out after their departure which I hope means someone else is taking the unit on.

There are some really lovely gift bits in the unit at the back of the yard (Jonny Todd/Protean Art’s place).

Another market there next Saturday too; I've had some lovely stuff from the last two. Paging @kyoto49

 

[kyoto49]

Another market there next Saturday too; I've had some lovely stuff from the last two. Paging @kyoto49

Thankyou

 

[Tumble weed]

The new sports direct at Riverside looks nice and modern. Shame they couldn't have just refurbished the old Woolworths store though, would have kept people in that end of town.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

The new sports direct at Riverside looks nice and modern. Shame they couldn't have just refurbished the old Woolworths store though, would have kept people in that end of town.

Refurbing doesn't give you extra floor space though does it??

 

[EasMid]

The new sports direct at Riverside looks nice and modern. Shame they couldn't have just refurbished the old Woolworths store though, would have kept people in that end of town.

“They” don’t want retail in that end of the high street. Residential & night time economy is their future vision.

 

[gilesjuk]

Refurbing doesn't give you extra floor space though does it??

Not usually. Plus there's energy efficiency etc as well. Newer buildings should hopefully be better in terms of energy efficiency? (well, I'd hope so).

 

[proactive]

“They” don’t want retail in that end of the high street. Residential & night time economy is their future vision.

You mean there's a vision?

Pull the other one.

 

[Cue]

“They” don’t want retail in that end of the high street. Residential & night time economy is their future vision.

Retail doesn’t want that end of the highstreet either, those old buildings are a pain in the ass to shop fit.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Retail doesn’t want that end of the highstreet either, those old buildings are a pain in the ass to shop fit.

Yep, it's all cyclical.... People wait until the council compulsory purchase a while area to redevelop, then it begins again....

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

The Grove coffee shop is changing into French & Byrne cafe bar.... Putting signage up this morning

 

[joshua]

The Grove coffee shop is changing into French & Byrne cafe bar.... Putting signage up this morning

Is it still being run by the Sandys ?

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Is it still being run by the Sandys ?

Not a clue, never been in but I walk past it most mornings

 

[joshua]

So much for town centre policing, perhaps they should walk one their clever sniffer dogs around some of the many empty units in town

 

[EasMid]

They can’t do that. The dogs end up stoned every time.

 

[Cue]

So much for town centre policing, perhaps they should walk one their clever sniffer dogs around some of the many empty units in town

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