Shrewsbury developments thread!

[Telfordboy]

Originally Posted by Jonesy55

Manchester Planner, it's cruel to point out these things, it's bad enough that people have to live in Telford as it is without you rubbing it in

Pff you're losing your place as my favourite Shrewsburyite on SSC

[Jonesy55]

Originally Posted by Telfordboy

Pff you're losing your place as my favourite Shrewsburyite on SSC

Arrgh, don't be upset I was only joking.

It's not as if you would never diss Shrewsbury now, is it?

[Telfordboy]

What me? Never

I have to admit, I hate it slightly less theses days. Your public transport is still terrible though and some of your bus drivers are real gits.

[Gherkin]

Shropshire's most famous bridge:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_green/403861210/
"Ironbridge, Shropshire, UK"

I love Telford's version of the famous Hollywood sign:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_green/249067506/

I always see chavs humping Thomas Telford when I walk past it.

[Jonesy55]

Originally Posted by Telfordboy

What me? Never

I have to admit, I hate it slightly less theses days. Your public transport is still terrible though and some of your bus drivers are real gits.

I don't like the way that buses stop at about 1930 and there are hardly any on sundays But the buses themselves are not too bad, especially those cute dark blue dinky little ones, they are quite comfortable.

And the rail links are pretty good too, you can get direct trains to Welington, T-Town, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Crewe, Manchester, Wrexham, Chester, Holyhead, Aberystwyth, Hereford, Cardiff, Swansea and lots of little towns and villages all over shropshire.

The direct service to London Marylebone starts next spring too.

We could do with direct trains to Liverpool rather than having to change at Chester and also direct trains to Birmingham and Manchester Airports would be handy.

[Gherkin]

Originally Posted by Jonesy55

The direct service to London Marylebone starts next spring too.

That bypasses Birmingham doesn't it? So we've effectively got another train service to the Midlands too.

[Telfordboy]

Look at the addresses that the Ironbridge Gorge Museum trust use

http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/

I never get to use any of the little blue ones, just the ageing arriva ones that look like they were the ones we had before our 'Quality' bus routes were created.

Our buses stop being regular at about 6 after that its like once an hour, its such a pain if you miss one by a couble of seconds

I can't wait for the direct rail link, if only they would electrify the line though.

[Butterfield]

Originally Posted by Telfordboy

Yo see the white bit just above the word Ironbridge? can you guess what that area is called? Well its Woodside? Is that in Telford? Its closer to Ironbridge.

I noticed last time I visited Ironbridge earlier this year that Woodside is really close to Ironbridge - pretty much as soon as you drop down from Woodside - voila and you're in Cutesville!

I think Telford is okay as it is, you could say one expects it to be a bit dodgy in places as it's a 1960s town so there's no real surprises. I find some of Shropshire's rural villages more shockingly skanky as you expect them to be nice but some themselves have Telford-style housing in all shapes and angles. Oh and chavs hanging around, albeit on a smaller scale, as there's even less for them to do out in the sticks.

[Gherkin]

There's a nice view of Telford from Church Stretton actually.

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...1077573&size=o

[Telfordboy]

Is that because you can't see it? It is a good picture though, I love the way the Wrekin rises from the pain all on its lonesome

Originally Posted by Butterfield

I noticed last time I visited Ironbridge earlier this year that Woodside is really close to Ironbridge - pretty much as soon as you drop down from Woodside - voila and you're in Cutesville!

I think Telford is okay as it is, you could say one expects it to be a bit dodgy in places as it's a 1960s town so there's no real surprises. I find some of Shropshire's rural villages more shockingly skanky as you expect them to be nice but some themselves have Telford-style housing in all shapes and angles. Oh and chavs hanging around, albeit on a smaller scale, as there's even less for them to do out in the sticks.

I like the use of the word drop, I agree. If the slope wasn''t so steep and unstable I reckon they would have built right into Ironbridge.

[Jonesy55]

Originally Posted by Butterfield

I find some of Shropshire's rural villages more shockingly skanky as you expect them to be nice but some themselves have Telford-style housing in all shapes and angles. Oh and chavs hanging around, albeit on a smaller scale, as there's even less for them to do out in the sticks.

Which ones in particular? I think that the most skanky Shropshire town is possibly Market Drayton. Wem and Whitchurch are not great either.

The villages don't tend to be that bad in general although I wouldn't want to live in one, as you say there's not much to do except throw stones at cows and chew sticks. It might be okay if you are retired and like gardening and pootling round country lanes in your car.

[Telfordboy]

I quite like Market Drayton, and if the article I read on the towns of North Shrops the other week is right then they could be in for a similar take off to that which Ludlow went through.

I bet he means Shifnal or somewhere though.

[Butterfield]

No I didn't mean Shifnal actually! I meant deeper into Shropshire than that. I've mentioned my surprise at Craven Arms before, and I remember driving on the road between Bishop's Castle and Shrewsbury and one of the villages had skanky kids sitting on walls by a council estate backed with a warehouse/factory thing.

Also, Ludlow seemed to have lots of boy racers and graffiti. These places may look nicer than Telford but some of the things you say about Telford you do find in small doses in Shropshire-proper.

Originally Posted by Telfordboy

I like the use of the word drop, I agree. If the slope wasn''t so steep and unstable I reckon they would have built right into Ironbridge.

I'm kinda glad they didn't.

[Telfordboy]

Me too.

[Gherkin]

Ludlow's surprisingly diverse. There are so many different types of poeple living on such a small hill. Wherever you go you'll see scallies/chavs, but Telford just looks worse in photos.

[Telfordboy]

Have you seen this? http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/0...-site-revival/

Its for a new hotel up to 9 storeys on Smithfield Road, I remember hearing something of it a while ago but its nice to know that things are progressing. I hope for your sake that its not as butt ugly as some budget hotels across the country. Although I would secretly love it if it was

Btw, I noticed this morning that they are starting to glaze the new theatre, its starting to look fairly smart although the top seems to be missing something at the moment.

[Manchester Planner]

First render released:

http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/0...of-hotel-plan/

They really need to take out the bus station, multi-storey car park and other assorted 70s crap in the area as well though.

[Telfordboy]

Woodhousen has supplied a bigger pic of it...



Also here is a flood pic showing the progress of the new theatre...



Its growing on me.

[Jonesy55]

I think it looks pretty good, there are the usual people on the Shropshire Star website saying that any hotel on the site should be a mock-tudor crapheap but hopefully nobody will listen to them!!

[Gherkin]

9 storeys! This is a supertall! Put it in the World Forums!

The theatre's taking shape - cladding seems to have turned up judging by the webcam:
http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/...elshBridge.htm

I haven't seen it in person for a while so can't comment on quality...