My Matalan has gone!

[The Medway Handyman]

Where am I going to get my cheap tee shirts & socks now :-(

[Alan Holmes]

You must be devasted, I can't think how I would manage without my Matalan!

[Owain]

Owain

[Bob Eager]

[Guy King]

The message from "The Medway Handyman" contains these words:

sod 'em.

[Jerry]

[Mary Fisher]

broken down.

I think I must be mistaken.

Mary

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[Brian Reay]

We drove past there today, looks like a big fire. We noticed "Police tape" so I assume they suspect arson. I hope no one was hurt.

The is another Matalan in Maidstone- just other side of the "watery donut" to the main town, in the block facing the river and the big car dealers (Chrysler?). There is a free carpark that services Matalan and Lidl (which is by Matalan).

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73 Brian

[John Rumm]

together!

[{{{{{Welcome}}}}}]

Thus spaketh The Medway Handyman:

[dg]

Must be an insurance job. One of their stores in Birmingham went up about 10 months ago - and reason IIRC, and its not been rebuilt since - not even demolished its still just a mangled pile of steel.

dg

[Stuart]

Yeah...Why do you need to "register" before you can buy ..what's that all about ?..It least you no longer need to pay a £1

[Mary Fisher]

How many tee shirts and socks does he need?

Mary

[The Medway Handyman]

Apparently not, one casualty of smoke inhalation taken to hospital. News says it was started in the stockroom. Driving past today, that area has most damage.

Dead right, near what was once the Chrysler Gearbox Plant.

Two cheapiers in one!

[{{{{{Welcome}}}}}]

Many people around here believe the Birmingham one was an insurance job too, as it wasn't used that much, as Matalan don't really have very good prices, OK some items when on a very much reduced special offer are then reasonably priced, but when not in a highly reduced sale their stuff is way over-priced.

The Staples in Birmingham near the City Centre was burnt down many years back for the same insurance job reasons.

[deckertim]

BBC website. I think the ferocity of the fire took the emergency services by surprise. I went down to see the fire in the morning and we were able to get within 30 metres of it, despite the ferocity which resulted in at least two explosions. Later in the afternoon when it had died down, the Police had finally shut roads and cordoned off a much larger area and they had a load of 'specials' preventing you getting any nearer.

Dave, you will have to got to Primarni now!

[Andy Hall]

Are you the one driving the fire engine?

Just like a normal day at Matalan, then....

[Brian Reay]

As you know, it doesn't take much to totally grid lock the towns. The redesign of the roads in Chatham will probably stop that but only because it will be in permanent grid lock. And people wonder why Chatham is dying.

That isn't funny as he has to visit Chatham High Street, a truely dreadful place.

Brian

[Brian Reay]

I'd not read the news article, let us hope he/she is OK. I've always found that Matalan pretty good and the staff seem more helpful than you'd perhaps expect in a "cheap" shop.

There is quite a little complex of shops in that area but Medway Council haven't (as usual) sorted out the roads.

Brian

[Alan]

In message , Brian Reay wrote

Usually it's called traffic calming - it cuts down death on the roads because no-one is travelling any faster than walking pace.

I'm sure a lot of local authorities wonder why their town centres are already dead.