northernboy

That’s good, and I hope you never have to. Particularly when I’m facing into the sun if it’s low in the sky, I sometimes confuse 25 and 75 until the bus gets closer. I just meant that it’s more important to me to be able to tell them apart at a glance, rather than exactly what colours they choose.

My main requests for bus colours would be a - colours that are easy to spot from a distance when it’s approaching b - easy to distinguish between operators at a glance, rather than having to squint towards the number as it gets nearer Some of the current buses pass both of these easily, e.g. Stagecoach Gold.

I hope it’s a success. They must be confident that it will attract plenty of customers, given the size of the food hall. Definitely not somewhere I would go to eat, but I wish them well.

Demolition was considered as an option, but renovation was judged to have considerably less environmental impact - plus, a group decided to get the building listed, including the car park, making demolition significantly more difficult to get approved.

It will take a significant length of time to get this building ready, no matter what company takes on the task. I think the plan is for the lower floors to be ready some time in 2027. But at least something is being done, and progress is being made.

I’m surprised that any WH Smith branches outside stations and airports make any money to be honest, not sure why they keep them open.

She’ll be sadly missed… shame she’s not going for about 18 months, but I expect their new-ish chief executive will be making most of the decisions in the meantime.

The Monki logo means they are destined to always be called MONKL, a bit like the old Gwhat Shop - remember them? I think they were behind Debenhams roughly where the Light cinema is?

Urban Splash then. Hope they make a success of it. https://sheffnews.com/news/cole-brothers-urban-splash-named-as-preferred-bidders-with-plans-to-create-exciting-mixed-use-space/

This page hasn’t been updated since last September, but it does seem to show reliability getting worse each year https://travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/newsupdates/bus-punctuality#Sheffield

I bet someone still stood up and shut the window!

The shelter at that location was demolished when a car crashed into it. I was hoping the pole was a temporary replacement until a new shelter could be installed, but it’s looking more like it will be permanent.

That’s £2.50 until November 2024 by the way, not just for one month

There is one in Nottingham, but I really don’t think we’ll be getting one on Woodseats, partly due to the large Waitrose (one of their biggest stores in the country), and partly due to how badly they are doing financially. Plus, the “Little Waitrose” prices are even higher than the main stores!

I was thinking earlier about the plan to provide free Wi-Fi throughout the city centre. There’s still a website about this but it doesn’t seem to have been updated since 2019. I know they started to install the access points and there was a limited service in a very small area, does anyone know if it’s still going?