Stafford will be unrecognisable in the next few years

[John Marwood]

There are 63,000 adults of working age in Stafford ( 16 - 65 )

 

[proactive]

There are 63,000 adults of working age in Stafford ( 16 - 65 )

There's bound to be a dyke amongst that lot, so perhaps all hope of defence is not lost.

 

[John Marwood]

There's bound to be a dyke amongst that lot, so perhaps all hope of defence is not lost.

63,000 O.N.O.

(or nearest Offa)

 

[John Marwood]

More desirable Stafford ( Borough ) property

http://search.knightfrank.co.uk/brm090094

 

[proactive]

Nah. The kitchen and bathroom are a little to small.

 

[John Marwood]

Nice views of the sewage works though

 

[Noah]

So if we accept the Burghal Hidage calculations of four men per pole* of wall to defend the burh - how many men would we now need?

I'm going to start with a guesstimate of quite a lot.

*ie 5 1/2 yards, not some sort of crazy ukip manifesto pledge

Or should that be 15 feet which was the Anglian/Mercian/Northumbrian rod (pole or perch). The Wessex rod was 18ft and the 16.5ft was the compromise adopted when Alfreds brat's and their Saxon thugs overran the good Anglo-Danish lands.

 

[Withnail]

The Burghal Hidage is Wessexian, so presumably 18ft - i'm not that 'up' on medieval measurements.

 

[hop]

More desirable Stafford ( Borough ) property

http://search.knightfrank.co.uk/brm090094

Nice upswing in value. Sold for £1 in 1981.

 

[tek-monkey]

Was a bit of a fixer upper admittedly.

 

[Gramaisc]

Entrust is actually a company made up of CAPITA ( and its shareholders ) and SCC

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/business/investment/Entrust/About-Entrust.aspx

All may be less than well - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-27663363 ...

 

[proactive]

What a surprise. Nothing that is associated with Crapita ever goes well.

 

[tek-monkey]

However, inspectors praised the county council's data analysis, which looks at pupils' achievements and highlights those who are not making enough progress.

We may be shit but at least we can prove it!

 

[andy w]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...ister-suggests-Nimbys-have-had-their-day.html
I suspect no one was asked their opinion round Stafford.

 

[John Marwood]

Added...

The Lionel Blair development says 'on hold' on the Churchill website. - http://www.churchillretirement.co.uk/stafford.html

Also, was there rumoured to be retirement developments on the old fairway council buildings & Green Hall site?

(Green Hall & Churchill development added)

Green Hall to get the Lionel Blair treatment - felt tip pens at the ready!

 

[John Marwood]

Green Hall to get the Lionel Blair treatment - felt tip pens at the ready!

Not long now

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-28961179

 

[1JKz]

Stafford will be unrecognisable in the next few years.
I'm afraid so.

If "we" continue to knock everything down, due to sheer uncreative blinkeredness, places like this (see link) will be knocked down in favour of tinsheds, that will never stand for even a tenth of the time, these places (link!) stood for!*

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.8...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sj_9yIPNjvczj2_FzrhD60w!2e0

the above could easily have been turned into:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.8...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s5I4cGYRM_O_vkI9ltK2Gpg!2e0


*erm, that make sense?

 

[My Name is URL]

Kind of on 1JKz's subject... i'm sure I noticed activity on these buildings a few weeks back.... hopefully might finally be refurbished after all these years.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.8...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sfaXgqZzSWifhyD8H7EaolQ!2e0

 

[1JKz]

I went to art college in those beauties, they are/were lovely!

...they'll be dragged down by a bulldozer soon enough, I'm surprised they're still there.

Bye bye, heritage.

...I just need to win a few million and i'll be buying up a lot of land and property in Stafford.

 

[tek-monkey]

I heard a rumour that the college still owns them but can't afford to fix them, no idea how true that is though. Probably cost more to put right than they are worth, amazed they are still standing though as the land must be worth something?