The Town [ Not Cfc ]
#1
Posted 10 November 2019 - 10:10 AM
I called in a week ago and it struck me that the place looked a bit grim.
Is it just me looking through rose tinted specs or is it symptomatic of most town centres ?
Plus, I only saw one CFC badge all afternoon and that was mine.
#2
Posted 10 November 2019 - 10:12 AM
ronpowellsbutler, on 10 November 2019 - 10:10 AM, said:
I called in a week ago and it struck me that the place looked a bit grim.
Is it just me looking through rose tinted specs or is it symptomatic of most town centres ?
Plus, I only saw one CFC badge all afternoon and that was mine.
the town has been on its bottom for years.
#3
Posted 10 November 2019 - 10:45 AM
time revellers seem to be dwindling. Factor in the price of drink in the pubs compared to supermarkets and that’s got to be a major factor.
#4
Posted 10 November 2019 - 10:57 AM
#5
Posted 10 November 2019 - 11:06 AM
Though perhaps it's indicative of the wider economy that relatively high employment figures aren't reflected in disposable income.
Minimum wage and zero hours contracts have seen in-work poverty rise alongside food bank usage.
As for Town badges, yeah, they're still around. However jogging past a line of vehicles outside a local school the other day I couldn't help noticing how many Blunts stickers were displayed.
There's a sick kinda irony in the bloke who bragged about his club being higher than them just three short years ago not only overseeing such a demise, but reduced to hosting their youth team for a few Sheffield shillings...
#6
Posted 10 November 2019 - 01:03 PM
What happened to all these develpment projects around the town
#7
Posted 10 November 2019 - 04:23 PM
Rotherham is dire and I mean dire Grimsby, Haetlepool and some parts of Newcastle and Sunderland are desperate
Internet shopping and greedy councils charging way too much for business rates are the biggest contributors to the downfall IMO
#8
Posted 10 November 2019 - 04:30 PM
#9
Posted 10 November 2019 - 04:37 PM
The Peoples Champion, on 10 November 2019 - 04:23 PM, said:
Rotherham is dire and I mean dire Grimsby, Haetlepool and some parts of Newcastle and Sunderland are desperate
Internet shopping and greedy councils charging way too much for business rates are the biggest contributors to the downfall IMO
You’d rather pay more council tax to help with the up keep if the town centre rather than make businesses pay?
#10
Posted 10 November 2019 - 04:40 PM
The Peoples Champion, on 10 November 2019 - 04:23 PM, said:
Rotherham is dire and I mean dire Grimsby, Haetlepool and some parts of Newcastle and Sunderland are desperate
Internet shopping and greedy councils charging way too much for business rates are the biggest contributors to the downfall IMO
Central govt sets business rates
#11
Posted 10 November 2019 - 05:30 PM
The Peoples Champion, on 10 November 2019 - 04:23 PM, said:
Rotherham is dire and I mean dire Grimsby, Haetlepool and some parts of Newcastle and Sunderland are desperate
Internet shopping and greedy councils charging way too much for business rates are the biggest contributors to the downfall IMO
Councils have been hammered for the last nine years, a back-handed way of imposing austerity whilst shifting the blame.
The money has to come from somewhere, and I wonder how many residents would welcome free parking yet a huge hike in council tax.
#12
Posted 10 November 2019 - 07:31 PM
#13
Posted 10 November 2019 - 09:00 PM
This post has been edited by stainlessstephen: 10 November 2019 - 09:03 PM
#14
Posted 10 November 2019 - 09:21 PM
Potentially looking at moving back this way after 10 years living away and certainly have no qualms about settling around the town, good transport links and plenty of new housing seems to make it viable for me now.
#15
Posted 10 November 2019 - 10:28 PM
Like you say, C'field town centre still not too compared to other places. As you get older, you travel about and, as I was told, travel broadens the horizons. That said, home is where the heart is, there is always someone worse off than you are.
#16
Posted 11 November 2019 - 01:22 AM
This post has been edited by Paul stanley: 11 November 2019 - 01:26 AM
#17
Posted 11 November 2019 - 07:31 AM
The Peoples Champion, on 10 November 2019 - 04:23 PM, said:
Rotherham is dire and I mean dire Grimsby, Haetlepool and some parts of Newcastle and Sunderland are desperate
Internet shopping and greedy councils charging way too much for business rates are the biggest contributors to the downfall IMO
Councils don’t set business rates. The Valuation Office does surely?
#19
Posted 11 November 2019 - 09:17 AM
Paul stanley, on 11 November 2019 - 01:22 AM, said:
I love County Durham and am visiting Lumiere this coming weekend. I know Durham city is very different from the county surrounding it but I love it all, including Darlington, which has real character, I think. Stayed near Bishop Auckland last time and sure, it was a bit down at heel (not as noticeably so as neighbouring Spennymoor) but seemed a decent enough town filled with an unremarkable mixture of Victorian terraces..... what surprised me is that in Bishop Auckland each of those terraces costs around 25 to 30k. The town didn't seem that bad but reading further, is plagued by social problems.
As for Chesterfield, I grew up there in the 80s, just post-miners' strike, and recall the town being in a much worse state than it is now. I can't really speak for the last couple of years as I've only tended to come to Whit Moor for the 'football'.
This post has been edited by Siberian Spireite: 11 November 2019 - 10:12 AM
#20
Posted 11 November 2019 - 09:51 AM