dippyhippy

Good Grief!

An error in the HT's report?

How extremely unusual!!!

Excellent point Will!

If you know Hereford at all, you'll know to avoid this at all costs!

I regularly travel from the Aylestone Hill area back to Whitecross, and avoid Steels roundabout like the plague!

What about...

(Traffic)LIGHTS! (Traffic)CAMERA'S! (Traffic) ACTION...????

Grid Knocker!

We are so on the same wavelength on this!

Dedicated Tress would be wonderful....to mark an event, to remember a loved one, or simply to say that you give a damn and want to improve what we have for everyone to enjoy!!

I wish they would do this with the seating in High Town - those metal seats are dreadful!

Well done Colin, and thanks for reporting back to us so promptly!

Has any sort of timescale been hinted at??

Yes - what I was going to post was that I thought there was a separate trial for these offences....then worried I might be making a comment I shouldn't, so deleted it. I have been called "irresponsible" once, its not going to happen twice!

And you argument against using a horse and cart is.....??

Seriously though, you are correct. It's ridiculous that day to day journeys take this long.

And you are also correct about the way traffic bunches up, which may be another reason why people keep hap-hazardly swapping lanes.

Church Street is how it should be done - it's fabulous!

I travel around in my little camper van, and when I mention to folk I live in Hereford, if they have visited our City, Church Street and the Farmers Market/Butter Market, are usually the highlights of High Town for them.

A few years back, Left Bank also used to get mentioned a lot....many are surprised when I tell them how that is looking these days.

"But it was beautiful" they say, with bemused expressions on their faces.

I can only agree...it was.

Perhaps it has all gone pear shaped, and Colin is holding them in a locked room until his demand are met....????

This is,quite literally,allowing the rot to set in.

Absolute nonsense.Listed buildings need to be protected - but they also need to be useful and functional. If not, they will slide into such a state of decline, they will be beyond saving.

This is so short sighted.

Some really informative links here, Megilleland!

Thanks.

Best of luck Colin!

Try and take a clipboard as well....and something laminated,that always looks important!!

Trees Trees Trees!

I love 'em, I can't get enough of 'em, and we definately need a whole lot more of them to stop Our City resembling a concrete jungle.

There was a great little story about a family who are giving away a thousand trees to folk who wanted to plant one.....surely a smattering of these about the place would be a start?

Wouldn't cost a bean, and would make the place look and feel a whole lot better.

HT is certaintly starving us of many highly commentable stories...having just been over there, and thrown my two pence worth in, I have come up with a plan!

I am going to leave it alone for a whole week. I am not even going to look at it - not even a sneaky peep! Then view it after a week, to see if there was anything at all worth my time posting on.

If the answer is a resounding "No!" I shall cut my losses and move in here permanently. I don't have the time or inclination to post on two sites, and at the moment, my money's on Hereford Voice.

We shall see what results this experiment throws up.....!

GridKnocker!

You found the picture! Just when I thought this could get no better....it did!

Brilliant and inspired!

You can absolutely count on my support, what's the plan Harry?

No No Ubique!!

You are forgetting something!

Should this jaw dropping story have found its way onto HT on-line, comments would never, ever be allowed!

Far too contentious.....there could be complaints, about the mendacious types who rather enjoy this sort of thing!

Leave it here, in the safe haven of Hereford Voice!!

Simon, I think you should post your Positive Hereford contribution on here anyway....there are a few foolish folk who haven't quite got to grips with the whole Face -Tubing experience, which is absolutely ridiculous...I mean who on earth doesn't embrace technology in this way??? Certaintly I don't fall into this category....!!!!!

Honestly, this isn't a selfish request from a complete technophobe, perish the idea that computers hold any fear for me....!!

Oh Gridknocker!

This has not disapointed!

I have been looking forward to reading this all week!

Absolutely brilliant - I just love all the "factoids", that lend themselves to such a realistic portrayal of life at Plough Lane HQ!! Your attention to detail is breathtaking!

The acronym, the interview, the lunch, the payoff!!

Wonderful, simply wonderful!!

I would always rather see shops used than left empty, and I really like the East European shops that have opened, it adds to the mix! What we need in Hereford is the right mix/balance. That means Independant shops, a selection of High Street/chain stores, and a revival of the quirky shops...not so many of those around now sadly.

Anyone remember the Kasbah?

It was great. With the demise of The Dinosaur Market, there are ,well no, "quirky" ones left!!

We have some great coffee shops, and the regular markets are a definate draw.

Yes...getting the mix right is key!

I love Megillelands idea of having more green space within the Town area...this could really be utilised for music, social gatherings,or just somewhere nice to eat your spicy bean burger!

I sense there may be trouble ahead.......!!

Noooo GridKnocker!

That is not an image I want in my head!

Anyway, I always thought Our Bobby had a penchant for Liz Hurley!!!

I'll second that!

Bobby, absolutely agree....I refuse to not walk the streets of where I live, and I continue to shop as much as I can in town.But it feels like a losing battle at the moment.

We don't just need to reclaim our streets- we need to reclaim our City!! This council may have let the rot set in, but I strongly feel that we can turn it around - wether that's in my lifetime or not is up for discussion!

Afternoon Aylestone Voice!

Quite agree with finding a way to move forward....hopefully that will be before 2015, but we'll have to wait and see! In amongst all the moans and groans, there have been quite a few really good, decent, common sense ideas put forward...its not just "No, don't like that." We have come up with a few solutions ( Colin and his traffic lights being one example that springs to mind)

I just don't think things will change drastically, until the Conservatives move aside and make way for some new blood.