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Off Topic Hull City Centre Public Realm Strategy

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by originallambrettaman, Jun 8, 2015.

  1. tigerscanada

    tigerscanada Well-Known Member

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    He went bust last week. :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  2. Jezz511

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    Always seem to focus on the wrong thing, but it's what sells papers
     
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  3. originallambrettaman

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    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Well that’s good news
    I can’t understand why M n S just kept the food hall on their two sites
    Scunny and Grimsby both have a proper store ffs
     
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    Where are Matalan going?
     
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  6. Chazz Rheinhold

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    I was just going to add how the **** has it stayed open this long
     
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  7. PLT

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    Apparently they're just giving up some space, not leaving entirely.
     
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  8. Wildie

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    Swapping stores I heard - Matalan moving into the current M&S
     
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    I quite like Matalan
     
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  10. DJBlackandamberarmy(No4)

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    me too, not quite as low tier as Primark, but not hoity toity like Next- a solid shop .
     
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  11. originallambrettaman

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    Just seen the new M&S is 61,000 sq ft, which is bigger than their old Whitefriargate store.
     
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  12. Gone For A Walk

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    Sounds like good news.
    Real pity for the City that it isn't in the City centre though; it needs it.
    But good news for those in Hull and ER that can get to Kingswood easily and prefer not going into the City centre.
     
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  13. Gone For A Walk

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  14. Chazz Rheinhold

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    It's named after the founder John Hargreaves sons Matthew and Alan. :emoticon-0147-emo:
     
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  16. originallambrettaman

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    I don't think you can call it squashing it in, when it's 61,000 sq ft.
     
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  17. bradymk2

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    How many football pitches is that
     
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  18. originallambrettaman

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    It's a bit smaller than an average football pitch.
     
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    About 25% smaller.
     
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  20. bradymk2

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    How many antonov An-225s is it
     
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