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  1. Plum

    Plum Well-Known Member

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    Would it work for Ikea? They'd need ground floor parking so you can wheel those big trolleys straight to your car.
     
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    They'd take one look at the traffic flow at Prinny Quay and run a mile.

    So far, they've only opened four trial click and collect stores, two are on trading estates, one is the ground floor of a city centre multi story car park and just one is in a shopping centre, but it's a centre with a free car park and no traffic issues. Kingswood have more chance of getting a click and collect than Prinny Quay, but based on the IKEA statement about that development, that doesn't sound likely either.

    They're building a full size IKEA store next door to Meadowhall now anyway.
     
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    Does anyone else the stuff IKEA flogs is tat?

    Wouldn't go near the stuff myself.
     
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    There is a large piece of empty land there, but immediately in front of it is the entrance to Albert Dock itself, so there's the small problem of a large expanse of water between the land and where the ship would have to go and access to the dock being blocked if there was a cruise ship there.

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    Personally, I'd stick the cruise terminal on St Andrews Dock, as it has the benefit of the Lord Line building potentially getting a new use as a cruise terminal. There's also the benefit of it having a load of waste ground in front of it for parking and access without having to go all the way to the city centre.

    It's only drawbacks are the fact that the council don't currently own the site, it's too far from the city centre for people to walk in and use the facilities and the apparently the water isn't deep enough and would require quite expensively dredging (or a very long gangway).

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    Could the terminal/berth go south of Albert Dock bullnose, so it wouldn't block the dock entrance? i.e. bolted onto the side of the dock, instead of next to Humber Quays.

    Amenities could be built on the dockside where the warehouses are, with new warehousing built on the old Ice Arena site? Other amenities could be built on the waste land next to Humber Quays with a new swing bridge along the dock gates for passengers to get between the two.
     
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    Would love to see something done with this site - shame Manor have their mitts on it!
     
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    That site would have all the same drawbacks as St Andrews Dock, but with none of the positives.
     
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    It's ok if you're happy to replace it every few years.
     
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    The cheapo stuff does it's job as "starter" or "student" wares, but some of the more substantial stuff lasts as well as any other brand. I have Billy bookcases 20+ years old and still looking smart, and I had a solid pine dining table and chairs and sideboard for a similar length of time that survived several long distance house moves and looked good.

    In fact, my mum and dad got their bathroom cabinet from the Warrington Ikea when it was the first one to open in the UK in 1987 and that's still going strong!
     
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    Funnily enough my ex still has a dining table bought in Ikea in Denmark in 1985.
     
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    Just their Billy, it's very versatile, can't beat a Billy. Otherwise agreed. <ok>
     
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    I got a really good bookcase from Ikea , no idea if it's called Billy , had it years
     
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    Soz mate but you've lost me there.

    What's a Billy?
     
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    What! IKEA sell Goats?
     
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    Their biggest selling shelving system...

    http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/collections/billy/

    I think they're really good for crockery, pans, glasses, cutlery and the like. Furniture tends to not last all that long, but it's good if you're just starting off, my daughter recently bought lots of stuff for her new house.
     
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    I was referring to their furniture, looks a bit flimsy.
     
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    Oooh errrr, how do you know she still has it?
     
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    In my day 'going to Ikea together' was always seen as the next 'big step' in a relationship. :emoticon-0115-inlov
     
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    I bump into her from time to time, it sort of goes like this..

    me: still got the Ikea table?
    her: yes
    me: can I have your half of the vinyl back?
    her: no

    the end.
     
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