Viking Supporters Co-operative
Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: not on facebook on February 08, 2017, 04:06:26 pm
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It's seems that the above post office is upping its operation to another
location in donny.
Question is what will now happen to the priory place listed building?
Seems a Scottish king from way before the days Mel Gibson shouted ' freedom' is burried there underneath its floors > > > will a delegation
from that midget winch bag that runs the SNP set up camp inside claiming it to be a part of Bonnie Scotland on behalf of the SNP ?
Or will Witherspoons or some other pub chain chance it's arm hammering another nail into the ' pubcaster ' term ?
Maybe a museum built on that jock king theme ,hence in turn Glasgow fair week will be moved to pubcaster instead of blackpool ?
Club Doncaster town centre ticket and info outlet as part of the new 5 year push anyone ?
Day centre for asylum seekers ?
Polish supermarket?
Whitbys town centre fish and chip shop restaurant?
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It'll end up being a bargain store, hair/nail salon or cash converter type store. Though I ain't been in Donny centre for quite some time now, it seemed that area was still on a decline, though it's a cracking opportunity for someone.
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Great shame for the Building and even more for the employees but its another victim of the way we all shop / communicate these days.
"They" will be after reducing costs by having less Sq footage - heating / lighting and rates etc and will no doubt pop up in some corner of a larger nearby Store at a fraction of the cost and with a hugely reduced workforce.
Most of what they do can be done online anyway (though not everyone has that facility - or wants to use it if they have) - Stamps you can buy almost anywhere - Parcels can be sent cheaper by Hermes (etc) and lots of people (maybe all) now get their Pensions etc paid directly into a Bank and so it is a victim of changing times
I cant believe the changes I have seen / lived through just since the end of the 50's or early 1960.s. Running to a Red Box to ring WolfyDon to say I had made the School Team - and now I can get a Mobile Phone on which I can do almost anything - and so businesses have changed beyond recognition including of course Banks and PO's
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High Melton college is closing too.
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What?! The whole thing? IS the College continuing elsewhere or under another name? Or is it curtains? Bloody hell....
Thanks Mr Frost
BobG
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Really? My grassroots team play there, if true, I wonder where that leaves us?
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Was in the free press today. They're relocating everything to The Hub in town and shutting everything down at High Melton. Minimum of 60 jobs lost.
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Don't the ROvers have space at High Melton? I have a feeling they run at least some of their community and education stuff from there. Could be wrong but I'm sure they did once upon a time :)
BobG
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That can't be good that high melton is shutting up shop and
re locating
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http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/doncaster-s-historic-priory-place-post-office-set-to-close-and-move-inside-frenchgate-whsmith-branch-1-8377703
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Is the footgolf place still up at High Melton? I played once and really enjoyed it but never got round to going again.
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Yes it is Mike. Apparently network rail or some such are buying high melton. The college is moving everything to The Hub.