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- Tue 18 Apr, 2017 07.18
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
- Replies: 2197
- Views: 1058404
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
In short the stores affected are the ones which were originally Somerfields stores before the Co-Operative brought them out, and then sold them on to Budgens.
I wonder how many of those were originally Kwik Save stores. I can think of a few that made the conversion to Somerfield and then Co ...
- Thu 04 Feb, 2016 22.56
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Baffling local news stories
- Replies: 336
- Views: 329654
Re: Baffling local news stories
Donald Trump banned from Stirlingshire ironmongers
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local ... LeSeM3t.97
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local ... LeSeM3t.97
- Mon 19 May, 2014 15.57
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: State of the high street
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5111
Re: State of the high street
Stirling was hit quite badly by the recession. Woolworths sat empty for around 3 years before being entirely gutted internally (the store fit had been the same for decades before it closed). We lost a Peacocks, JJB, Game (the pervious Gamestation unit became Game and the larger 'Game' closed) and ...
- Wed 25 Sep, 2013 07.54
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Baffling local news stories
- Replies: 336
- Views: 329654
Re: Baffling local news stories
A recent highlight from Stirling. That place where so much happens
- Tue 16 Apr, 2013 18.55
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Mrs T
- Replies: 39
- Views: 17632
Re: Mrs T
I know everybody hated the poll tax because for many people it meant they had to pay more tax - but isn't it a fairer proposition?
Regardless of the size of a house, a home with 8 people will use more public services than an apartment with 1 person in it - so why should the single male in the ...
Regardless of the size of a house, a home with 8 people will use more public services than an apartment with 1 person in it - so why should the single male in the ...
- Sat 13 Apr, 2013 07.52
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Mrs T
- Replies: 39
- Views: 17632
Re: Mrs T
Because none of what you mentioned has anything to do with the passing of a lady in her late 80s. If my Nana (who for the last few years of her working life, during Thatcher's premiership, was the senior union person for hundreds of Raleigh/Sturmey Archer workers in Nottingham) is able to separate ...
- Mon 18 Mar, 2013 13.05
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: TV Forum Watch News and Information Board
- Replies: 9280
- Views: 3029121
Re: TV Forum Watch News and Information Board
Of pretty much all the moments in the last 10 years it could have chosen... Is Asa playing with us? :p
- Wed 06 Mar, 2013 12.28
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread
- Replies: 845
- Views: 545398
Re: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread
Yup, font consistency at Sainsbury's was always pretty darned awful when I worked there. Any temporary notices tended to be A4 bits of paper with Times New Roman. I remember once being told to create some product advertising which included clip art even though it's easy to generate barker cards ...
- Sat 26 Jan, 2013 13.00
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The EU
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8821
Re: The EU
I'd actually quite like to see more votes. Money should be invested in technology that allows a referendum to be held regularly and cheaply. Don't they vote much more regularly on things in Switzerland? In the internet age, the idea of us just voting for an MP and him having a sort of say in what ...
- Fri 20 Jul, 2012 18.11
- Forum: Birdsong
- Topic: World Service to axe The World Today
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10641
Re: World Service to axe The World Today
A very good send off but a very somber show. It's clear that this is just another budget cutting measure (the BBC makes 2 English language programmes on weekday mornings, as of Monday it will only make one) but it is clear that The World Today is well regarded across Europe and North America (I ...
- Sun 06 May, 2012 16.47
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
- Replies: 2068
- Views: 1130482
Re: The Tesco & Other non-Morrisons Supermarket Thread
Wood seems to be the in thing in supermarket design at the moment. The Sainsbury's I used to work in underwent a major refit last year and all the counters had lots of wood effect stuff put in (thankfully the refit came early enough for us to avoid the nasty serif font they've now adopted)
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