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I was going to post the very same idea, in a fantasy demolishment stylee, earlier. What a fabulous space that would make. You'd have to tidy up the backs of the other shops leading up to Market Sq to make it work as they're well tatty behind.darben said:if that (Mcdonalds) were to go you would have a lovely open space around St Mary's and the ancient high house.
And just out of shot on the left is a man with his ear nailed to that treebig-blue-wolf said:Yeah down the steps on the right of the photo... oh, you didn't mean that did you
Shurely you mean car park - it's the only kind of park that goes well round 'ere...darben said:how progressive and attractive would it be if the old riverside land and the old tescos were to make way for a park
I have it on questionable authority, and being a bit before my time some of the Elders may be able to confirm/deny, that the current Civic Centre on the site actually won an architectural prize of some sort for its progressive, yet historically sensitive design.... rebuild the brine baths with a progressive designed building.
I beg to differddub1984 said:I actually dont think it (the Civic centre) is such a bad design, it needs the window frames replacing/painting but that is just simple maintenence, once that is done I think it is actually quite attractive in a modernist sort of way. Once the walkway is improved (which is having funding approved as we speak) & the river is made more of a focal point it could be really nice, IMO, & certainly doesnt warrant ripping down & replacing.
One of those shops still has one of the 'Lonely?' graffiti things that we reported on a couple of years ago. It may be the only one left.darben said:The back of those shops really annoys me too, It astounds me that such a historically interesting & potentially beautiful area has been permitted to be fringed and marred with such eyesores.
Slim Dusty?John Marwood said:Wot No Beer?
There was a competition in the Newsletter when Presto opened for a *thinks* 10 minute trolley dash that my Mum, in her competition entry phase, won.John Marwood said:Hey, Presto!
Get him on here and I'll skill him.Withnail said:There was a competition in the Newsletter when Presto opened for a *thinks* 10 minute trolley dash that my Mum, in her competition entry phase, won.John Marwood said:Hey, Presto!
When it came to receiving the prize, it was revealed that it wouldn't be at the Stafford store, but one in (i think) West Bromwich,or there abouts, obviously with the intention of deterring the winner from actually taking up the vaunted prize.
As it happened, my mother worked in West Bromwich at the time - so she delivered my brother to the store and he dashed round with the kind of nous that one has come to expect of him now, but in retrospect was rather precocious.
My parents were still drinking Nescafe (those powdered, barrell drum affairs) for at least two years after, and he picked up some lobster tail from the freezer and a Soda Stream Machine in the process.
It'd take him more than ten minutes to get past the fruit 'n' veg now, but he was a trolley dash legend in his day.
Back of one of the telephone boxes of the sadly neglected Co-op to P&A Collonade still supports one also.Gramaisc said:One of those shops still has one of the 'Lonely?' graffiti things that we reported on a couple of years ago. It may be the only one left.
Any more?Withnail said:Back of one of the telephone boxes of the sadly neglected Co-op to P&A Collonade still supports one also.Gramaisc said:One of those shops still has one of the 'Lonely?' graffiti things that we reported on a couple of years ago. It may be the only one left.