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1 hour ago, Mister M said:

What eventually happens when there is nothing left of the barrel to scrape:

 

 

Just in case people don't know: Ben Habib is Deputy Leader for Reform UK; Parliamentary Candidate for Wellingborough.

48 minutes ago, ECCOnoob said:

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Another idea could be expanding out Atkinsons who always seem to be running out of room and squeezing things in their current store. Take it right back to how they used to be years ago when they had multiple branches around the city. Keep the furniture and homeware in one store and then do a great expansion of their fashion, beauty and lifestyle stuff into another store, making it a bit more premium, etc. but again probably unlikely as they would not want to overreach themselves nor lose the convenient parking.

 

So to me the best thing is splitting to maybe two or three units and trying entire some smaller store brands to take up space.  Something like a Uniqlo and maybe a Sephora could do well captive given the large student population on the doorstep.  

To think that Atkinsons housed Sainsbury's on the first floor of their building for 26 years.

I believe you're right though, about overeach. As I understand it, Atkinsons own their building outright and it could be folly taking on the lease of an additional building (or even a section of it).

"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" in memory of Dickey Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024).

Perhaps a bit of Clarence clarification is called for:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clarence-frogman-henry-aint-got-no-home-dead-1235000874/

Sadly, that article from Rolling Stone also links to an obit of Dickey Betts:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-dead-727523/

21 minutes ago, echo beach said:

That was Jerry Samuels in 1966 according to Wiki.

 

 

echo.

AKA Napoleon XIV. Abysmal record.

2 hours ago, Pyrotequila said:

Probably whoever wants to win some votes for the upcoming elections 😉

Or maybe local folk with spare time on their hands who are fed up with the state of our streets?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SheffieldLitterPickers/about

'Group rule 2: No Party Politics'

Ah! I see ads36 beat me to it yesterday morning, in post #7437.

Yay! Good old BoJo (and Rees-Mogg).

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/11/new-brexit-checks-to-cost-uk-business-2bn-and-fuel-inflation-report-finds

"New post-Brexit UK border controls coming into force later this month will cost British businesses £2bn and fuel higher inflation, according to a report warning that UK-EU trade will be damaged as a result.

With less than a month before the introduction of new checks on animal and plant products from 30 April, the insurer Allianz Trade said the controls agreed under Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal could add 10% to import costs over the first year.

Ministers last week revealed that businesses could be charged up to £145 for each consignment imported through Dover, prompting warnings that this would drive up food prices and disproportionately hurt small businesses.

The Allianz report said that the checks, part of the government’s “border target operating model” (Btom), would affect £21bn of agricultural product imports, including eggs, live trees and plants, meat and fish, covering about 3% of all UK imports.

These new costs were the equivalent to adding a 10% tariff on these imports, it said, with Allianz indicating that EU companies would be likely to pass on these costs to UK customers."

"Of the 43 countries most often considered to be within Europe, 40 use some form of proportional representation to elect their MPs.

The UK stands almost alone in Europe in using a ‘one-person-takes-all’ disproportionate voting system. If we exclude the authoritarian state of Belarus, France is the only other European country to use a ‘one-person-takes-all’ system (the Two-Round System).

The UK is unique among European countries in terms of its electoral system – and not in a good way. It’s the only country with a parliamentary system that uses the outdated, one-person-takes-all First Past the Post system. Westminster is even unique within the UK, as the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, as well as the Northern Ireland and London Assemblies all use forms of proportional representation."

Electoral Reform Society

As a young child, the daily Paludrine tablet   and sleeping under mosquito nets at night is memorable, but so are the many happy hours spent on a foot-burning hot and deserted sandy beach, surfing with my sis.

1 hour ago, The_DADDY said:

Whenever I smell germolene it takes my back to being with my Nan. Sometimes when I'm not feeling up to the mark and I want to cheer myself up I get the germolene out and remember my Nan. 

 Mmmm! Germolene. ♥️  And TCP.

Try opening:

doncaster.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?AIId=20811

and clicking on the pdf link

http://i7 061223 - Final - SYAC Cabinet Report Dec23 - DRAFT V2

49 minutes ago, geared said:

Possibly, but may need new facilities building.

 

They won't need the runway, but at the same time they're big and can't get in the way of the runway so need to be somewhere separate.

If they're floating while moored, also don't want them anywhere near the planes as the wash from the engines could blow them about.

 

As they're applying for planning on their own site, they might not want to pay additional fees to operate out of DSA when their own base is so close.

I was thinking along similar lines but also that such an operation close by could lead to more air freight going to DSA. Wishful thinking perhaps.

A possible opportunity for DSA, or just a lot of hot air?

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/airlander_10_hybrid_airship/

37 minutes ago, Longcol said:

West Street doesn't have more than a handul of "bustling  busy shoppers" any time of day,

Quite. It comes alive at night time though. I like it.

That, possibly AI-written, blurb is a laugh though: "The presence of the tram running down the street adds a quaint touch to the urban landscape, inviting visitors to explore at a leisurely pace."  🤣

Having just read through the thread about West Street, <chuckle>, I fancied a bit of Jarvis and the gang:

On 02/04/2024 at 08:58, sheffbag said:

two weeks to go, anyone heard anything from any of the candidates yet?

A leaflet from the Greens yesterday.

Bridget Riley (92), David Hockney (86), and Maggi Hambling (78).

They've certainly enriched my life.

The Boat Race.

It would have been his friends and relatives who would have arranged the funeral, not him.

53 minutes ago, Delbow said:

Where is that allegation from? The Ukraine border is very far from Moscow, so they'd have to get their skates on to flee there.

The border with Belarus would be the closest I think, followed by Latvia and Ukraine, but all a fair distance.

I would have thought that the border with Ukraine would be bristling with Russian military surveillance installations and personnel so not the best direction to head.

All speculation at this stage anyway.

I often walk past this house and have wondered what the story is. The peeling paint on the upstairs window frames is a shade of green that says 1940s to me.

I remember the gold taxi atop Mr Compensator on Abbeydale Road.

6 minutes ago, Mister M said:

The chocolate and salted caramel ones sound very moreish though 😍

7 minutes ago, Mister M said:

I've not stepped inside a church, or observed any of the Bible's teachings all my life, yet I object to a tick being put on hot cross buns, as were a Christian country; and by putting ticks on their hot cross buns, Iceland are one stroke away from having a crescent on their buns 🤪

Moorish.

It looks breezy up there this morning.

https://peregrine.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/

4 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Maybe I was  but those headlines would have disappeared in a night , a plaque should be forever. 

I'm not disputing that a plaque would be a fitting tribute, but even if one had been laid, it seems there's still no guarantee that you, personally, would have heard about it.