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Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?
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Mudgie
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I never knew it was there.
airbusA346
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The only mentions I've seen of the market was an electronic billboard around junction 9 of the M6 (something about some Coronation Street cast attending). A post saying they had cancelled it one Saturday, now this.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
It's telling that most posts on fb are saying they had no idea it was there
Len's Lens
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I saw a few posters on lamp posts around the roundabout a few weeks ago and thought I may pay it a visit sometime. Now, that chance has gone.
littleme
250,000th poster!
We went, but it was wet, rainy & windy. The track to it was terrible with lots of pot holes... Not great for my little car.
Such a shame though... I hoped it would become something....only last week they were advertising car boot at the same time as the market.
Theresa Green
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Steve_b
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The Hawk
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Stafford Wilko to close on Tuesday 12 September 2023.
Wilko: Full list of shops set to close next week revealed
Staff being made redundant were told of the news this morning, with shops closing next week.
www.bbc.co.uk
Wormella
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That's a shame, but not unexpected. I suspect there isn't much life left in the building either.Stafford Wilko to close on Tuesday 12 September 2023.
Wilko: Full list of shops set to close next week revealed
Staff being made redundant were told of the news this morning, with shops closing next week.www.bbc.co.uk
Theresa Green
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Would make ideal Northern Soul nightclub for the hard of travelling
Possibly a stables for Shetland Ponies on their way south for the winter
So a shop selling Taiwanese tat it is then
Possibly a stables for Shetland Ponies on their way south for the winter
So a shop selling Taiwanese tat it is then
Wormella
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Weirdly I also thought the other day it would make a great roller disco venue - it has that vibe to it.Think if you cleared out the building, basically reduced it too a shell, level the floors, added a few bogs, and maybe a bar, I reckon it would make an excellent venue for a Roller Disco', .................
Any takers!
Wormella
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It was constantly more expensive then CEX and it didn't have anything alphabetised but thanks for the heads up, we'll try and pop down.
The boy has a growing collection of dvds so he doesn't have to worry about his favourite films being at the whims of license agreements on streaming services.
It's a shame, clearly someone's dream and another shop gone at that end.
Cue
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Any kind of leisure/hospitality type venue would be a good bet tbh, but it would live or die by the council’s willingness to do free parking for it otherwise people would constantly be worrying about their parking tickets and not sticking around.
It probably would have been a better unit for Superbowl really
Not terribly surprising at all, people just don’t buy physical media much these days outside of games
Was it new stuff or were they trying to go for the “retro” crowd?
Wormella
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It was just general 2nd hand dvds, which are handy if you know you want something you'll watch a lot (in the case if our house the recent run of Godzilla / Kong monsterverse films) and you don't want any barriers to watching whichever takes your fancy at any given time - but we picked up a couple we were missing for £1 and £1.50 from CEX and whichever one we couldn't find there new for £3 from amazon delivered the next day.
If it wasn't for the boy (who is 8 and has only known on demand streaming services or dvds for all of his entertainment needs) I'm not sure we'd have any physical media, really.
highguyuk
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Stafford Wilko to close on Tuesday 12 September 2023.
Wilko: Full list of shops set to close next week revealed
Staff being made redundant were told of the news this morning, with shops closing next week.www.bbc.co.uk
I think it's got the potential to end up being for retirement living i.e. McCarthy Stone.
Great city centre location, right next to amenities and transport. Next door at the Guildhall about to be developed into residential too over the next few years.
Potential to even include all of Broad Street/Balk Passage etc., and the asking price which was once close to £1m has been reduced to £500k.
23 Broad Street
**PRICE REDUCED** The property comprises four adjoining but separate buildings with frontage to Broad Street, Mount Street and Balk Passage and located in a long-established retail/commercial sector of Stafford town centre.
chiverscommercial.co.uk
It may even be tempting for the owners of the Guildhall development to extend their development into this plot, but I'd suggest their risk exposure in Stafford would probably be a bit too high for that.