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I read the news today, oh boy................ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65881813

As one or two discussions on other threads are covering Astonfields, the Stafford to Uttoxeter railway and the Brine Baths, which all have a relationship with Stafford's salt production, I thought I'd put this in a thread of its own:

BBC TV crew on Doxey Marshes today to promote the Stafford Brooks Project. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-62037180

In a major revamp of West Coast mainline and local services, it seems Stafford will be the major winner. According to the planned changes, there will be major improvements to services to/from Stafford with effect from the December 2022 timetable change. There will be new hourly services: 1...

I have a brand new unused, white uPVC, double glazed window, measuring 928mm high and 923mm wide available for free. It was supplied to me in error, without an opening. When the company sent me the 'replacement' correct window (with the specified opening) they told me I could keep the old window.

Found this on you YouTube, recorded on 17 April 2022. It contains some of the good, the bad and the downright ugly. It also contains enough pubs to keep even @Mudgie happy.

[Thread started to try and stop 'Stafford Western Access Road' going off topic] Now that the Western Access Road is open, is it time to look east again? These were the tentative plans in 2013. of which only section A was deemed of high value in an independent report to the Council. I'm sure...

Listening to Emmy the Great on BBC 6Music this afternoon, one of the songs she selected was by a Hong Kong band called 'My Little Airport'. I was surprised to find that they had done a song called 'Victor, Fly Me To Stafford'. The song, as well as having Stafford in the title, includes the...

The Stafford Knot takes centre stage, as the Staffordshire flag flies proudly in Creswell this morning.

I know its been mentioned elsewhere, but I thought it should have a thread of its own. Tonight is the last Walking Street of the year and it looks like the weather will improve from around 4pm.

Work continues after the latest flooding, with February 2020 looking like the earliest for a reopening. Flooded Wetherspoon pub will be closed for at least two more months They should have undertaken flood prevention works after the previous flooding event. Better late than never.

As previously mentioned in the 'Stafford shops opening - Turning into a boom town?' thread, this has now been granted the relevant permission (4 September 2019). Some info on it here: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/business/2019/07/24/former-town-centre-shop-could-become-micropub/ and...

Been in Stafford Railway Building Society many times, but it was only today that I spotted their pneumatic tube system which, apparently, still works. Thought these had pretty much been consigned to the history books, although I did go in a pub, elsewhere in the country, with one a few years...

Main works due to commence next month (according to the County Council's website). https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Highways/roadworks/stafford/westernaccess/proposedstaffordwesternbypass.aspx

Stafford's iconic Shire Hall could be brought back to life Can't help but think that the mothballing exercise has not saved as much as the County Council expected.

Expecting three of them tomorrow around 13:30:

It seems that Cannock town centre hasn't got a Christmas Tree; if there was only somewhere nearby that grew them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-46400468

Good luck to the Staffordshire short film, The Silent Child, at the Oscars.

I know Wolverhampton University is mentioned in various other threads, but it doesn't seem to have one of its own, so here it is: Wolverhampton University plans to relocate Stafford base move a step closer

I think this has been mentioned, in passing, in another thread but, given its potential for disruption over a significant period of time, I thought it deserved its own thread. Commencing in Autumn 2017, through to Autumn 2019, the Highways Agency will be transforming the M6, between junctions...