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Just a quick mention of the news on the OS that Steve Lansdown has named the first contractor to be working on AG as a Bristol Company and stating his intention to use local workforce wherever possible.SL gets some good and some bad press on here but hats off to the guy.He is a real asset to our club and the city of Bristol.

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same as what sir jack Hayward did at wolves local companies and local labour only

 

It was only spotted a couple of years ago but it was as a result of this, the word Blues was laid out in the supposedly random paving in one of the corners outside the ground - Birmingham fans working on the bricklaying

 

Great idea to get local contractors in, with the and does the City a real favour

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The lads that did my decking a few years ago were pretty good.

 

I'll give you their number if you like.

 

Now it's spring they might be a bit busy to do two new stands, but they will still give you a quote.

 

Let me know.

 

 

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It was only spotted a couple of years ago but it was as a result of this, the word Blues was laid out in the supposedly random paving in one of the corners outside the ground - Birmingham fans working on the bricklaying

 

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Agree. Good to see this move. Local cider, pies and kit supplier next please.

Exactly, Red Army.

 

When I spoke to Martin Griffith at one of the latter Fans' Parliament meetings (easy, everyone, calm down) he agreed that local produce would be on sale, nodding his head to Pieminister, Thatchers. Presumably this would be alongside the usual corporate guff (Fosters etc).

 

I was torn between thinking he was going to stick to this idea (which he insinuated he already had in hand) and feeling he was just nodding to get rid of me. Who knows? Given all the toing and froing with design, details etc it wouldn't surprise me if, in the end, there wasn't anything local, but I'm still willing/naive/foolish enough to give them the benefit of the doubt and wait (there are obviously plenty with bad experiences who wouldn't).

 

One thing's for certain: if there isn't local stuff I'll be one of the first in the queue to complain.

 

Please, City, ffs, get this right.

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Exactly, Red Army.

 

When I spoke to Martin Griffith at one of the latter Fans' Parliament meetings (easy, everyone, calm down) he agreed that local produce would be on sale, nodding his head to Pieminister, Thatchers. Presumably this would be alongside the usual corporate guff (Fosters etc).

 

I was torn between thinking he was going to stick to this idea (which he insinuated he already had in hand) and feeling he was just nodding to get rid of me. Who knows? Given all the toing and froing with design, details etc it wouldn't surprise me if, in the end, there wasn't anything local, but I'm still willing/naive/foolish enough to give them the benefit of the doubt and wait (there are obviously plenty with bad experiences who wouldn't).

 

One thing's for certain: if there isn't local stuff I'll be one of the first in the queue to complain.

 

Please, City, ffs, get this right.

 

We've all done that mate!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I thought your head/neck was loose last time I saw you!!

 

Cheeky bugger.

 

Might contact the printers before they print The Bountyhunter Issue 14 (East End Special, on sale v Crewe) and remove our specially placed photo in memory of you, Glyn.

 

That'll be the Natch! :drunk2:

 

Look forward to the new edition, save me a copy.

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Exactly, Red Army.

 

When I spoke to Martin Griffith at one of the latter Fans' Parliament meetings (easy, everyone, calm down) he agreed that local produce would be on sale, nodding his head to Pieminister, Thatchers. Presumably this would be alongside the usual corporate guff (Fosters etc).

 

One thing's for certain: if there isn't local stuff I'll be one of the first in the queue to complain.

 

Please, City, ffs, get this right.

Does that mean replacing Lindleys with a decent local company?

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Exactly, Red Army.

 

When I spoke to Martin Griffith at one of the latter Fans' Parliament meetings (easy, everyone, calm down) he agreed that local produce would be on sale, nodding his head to Pieminister, Thatchers. Presumably this would be alongside the usual corporate guff (Fosters etc).

 

I was torn between thinking he was going to stick to this idea (which he insinuated he already had in hand) and feeling he was just nodding to get rid of me. Who knows? Given all the toing and froing with design, details etc it wouldn't surprise me if, in the end, there wasn't anything local, but I'm still willing/naive/foolish enough to give them the benefit of the doubt and wait (there are obviously plenty with bad experiences who wouldn't).

 

One thing's for certain: if there isn't local stuff I'll be one of the first in the queue to complain.

 

Please, City, ffs, get this right.

 

Blimey. They'm dear enough already, Surge, without the usual stadium mark-up being applied. They'm nice, no doubt, but surely too expensive for the football. Dear old Clark's Pies from North Street would be a much more sensible (& local) choice, no?

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Blimey. They'm dear enough already, Surge, without the usual stadium mark-up being applied. They'm nice, no doubt, but surely too expensive for the football. Dear old Clark's Pies from North Street would be a much more sensible (& local) choice, no?

Agreed, Cider. Clarks pies are better priced and popular... but don't forget they're Welsh and sponsor Cardiff http://www.clarkspies.co.uk/

 

But PM are proper Bristolian, totally local. And better quality. Both maybe? 

 

Does that mean replacing Lindleys with a decent local company?

I think the plan is to bomb Lindleys out (if I remember correctly, but that was a few months ago and with the news that it's an ex-City Cat as Project Manager over the stadium, Gawd only knows...) and an ideal would be a market-style variety of offerings, a bit like the Wednesday stalls on Corn St. 

 

As I say, though, we're all familiar with City's ability to state one thing and do another, so don't get yr hopes up everyone, until you've got yr chops round one of they pies/pints in a shiny new stadium.

 

And even then don't count yr chicken 'n' chips...

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It was only spotted a couple of years ago but it was as a result of this, the word Blues was laid out in the supposedly random paving in one of the corners outside the ground - Birmingham fans working on the bricklaying

 

Great idea to get local contractors in, with the and does the City a real favour

That's brilliant, thanks Phantom for finding the photos. Better not let any Gasheads near the brickwork, Can potential workers be screened, a bit like they do for jury service!

Wasnt St. Mary's built by Portsmouth workers who buried a shirt below the stands or something, Southamptons results were shocking when they moved there.

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