Queensville car park was mobbed today, so still plenty of people spending money.I wonder how much research these places do before committing to 6 or 12 months of misery
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Queensville car park was mobbed today, so still plenty of people spending money.I wonder how much research these places do before committing to 6 or 12 months of misery
Shopping. It's all people know how to do nowadays. Gone are family days out, country walks, board games, family films. Sunday is a day to drag your kids round retail parks to buy nasty materialistic tat made in China. Although this is a slightly contoversial comment, having worked in Matalan its based on actual facts and evidence observed.Queensville car park was mobbed today, so still plenty of people spending money.
It’s quite possible to do all those things as well. I doubt your 10 minute glimpse in Matalan told you everything about a family.Shopping. It's all people know how to do nowadays. Gone are family days out, country walks, board games, family films. Sunday is a day to drag your kids round retail parks to buy nasty materialistic tat made in China. Although this is a slightly contoversial comment, having worked in Matalan its based on actual facts and evidence observed.
I said I worked there, for years, not a quick glimpse??It’s quite possible to do all those things as well. I doubt your 10 minute glimpse in Matalan told you everything about a family.
My sister who grew up here but took her chance to escape has just walked up our High Street and said this
"My god, Stafford is even more desolate than last time. The only young centre shops are banks, vapes and mobile shops, its mad!
I can't believe it, there is nowhere to spend your money!"
Anyone who doesn't think Stafford is a home made dead end disaster needs to get out more....mainly the Council I realise!
What’s the solution?
Surely you don’t expect Amazon and Google to pay taxes?
Whatever next? People leaving their homes?
Ridiculous!
But if they don't build more shops how will they get what little money we have left?Probably not to keep building more shops?
Have you tried getting a bone from the butchers ?I had to go to Queens retail park to get dog food. My new addition deciding she no longer likes the raw food I moved her onto.
Have you tried getting a bone from the butchers ?
12 - 8 pm. Would indeed give me so much more chance to pop into town and pick things up.They like bones. This is raw chicken, it is more natural for them. But while I could get other meats my greyhound doesn't like them. I guess having the same food every day gets boring. But greyhounds are notorious for making the most ungodly smells and the raw food stops that.
As for high street etc, why people blame Amazon I've no idea. It is a completely different business model that is never going away. If they paid more taxes they would just pass it onto us in price rises. It wouldn't make the high street viable. High streets are open when people are at work, they belong in the era when the husband went to work and the wife stayed at home with the kids and went into town to spend the housekeeping money. Try opening from 12pm to 8pm if you want to make the high street viable again. No shortage of people shopping in out of town retail parks that open until 8pm!!!
We can thank the government for ruining what was left of the high street by closing it all and allowing mail order businesses to carry on as normal.
12 - 8 pm. Would indeed give me so much more chance to pop into town and pick things up.
My sister who grew up here but took her chance to escape has just walked up our High Street and said this
"My god, Stafford is even more desolate than last time. The only young centre shops are banks, vapes and mobile shops, its mad!
I can't believe it, there is nowhere to spend your money!"
Anyone who doesn't think Stafford is a home made dead end disaster needs to get out more....mainly the Council I realise!
Mustang Valley is moving out the market , into the old Cravers.
Anyone got any reviews?Mustang Valley is moving out the market , into the old Cravers.
Cravers lasted years tbh , pretty sure it was around well before lockdown. Think it was called something else originally, but all it did was just change the name to Cravers, the menu was pretty much identical.Anyone got any reviews?
Also Cravers sure did last long then…