Another insult
I am often accused of being anti Stafford Borough. I am not - honestly. But there are times when I get very angry about the way the Borough sometimes treats the town.
Let me explain the latest example. Over Christmas I went with friends for a drink at the Brushmakers Arms in Oulton. On the bar was a small booklet I hadn’t seen before. Entitled “Eat out, Stay in… STONE” and carrying the Borough Council’s Regeneration Services logo, I grabbed hold of it in the hope that, at long last, Stone’s rightful claim of being the Food and Drink captital of Staffordshire was being celebrated by the Borough.
On opening up the pages my blood began to boil. 30 pages, in glossy full colour, advertising restaurants and pubs in Derbyshire, Staffordshire Moorlands, East Staffordshire, South Staffordshire - but not one in Stone! The only restarant in the vicinity was The Boar pub in Moddershall.
What on earth is the Borough Council doing promoting restaurants outside the Borough boundary? What is the point of the Borough promoting a booklet encouraging people to eat in Stone when there isn’t a single Stone restaurant listed in it? And how much has this all cost?
And people wonder why I get angry!
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