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And Finally
Hard Fi man upsets Staines
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 23 August 2011
A local councillor for Staines has denied claims made by the town’s most famous son, Hard Fi frontman Richard Archer, that it is becoming “like a ghost town”.
Archer told The Times: “Staines is in a dark place at the moment, like a ghost town. A lot of the bars are closing, Habitat went into administration, Jane Norman, Thorntons. It’s all starting to fall to bits”.
Councillor Colin Davies responded by saying: “Far from Staines being a ‘ghost town’, retail vacancy rates in Staines are running at 8% which is less than half the national average. This has not increased to any great extent during the poor economic climate, in contrast to many other towns”.
So, that’s him told. For those of you who have never set foot in the town that is Staines, I can inform you that the streets are paved with rainbows and no one has frowned there since 1976.
