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13.10.17 Presentations and media updated
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Aberfan
At a period when there seems to be an anniversary at every turn, on the 21st October there will be the 50th remembrance of a truly shocking event – Aberfan. Seared in the memories of individuals and communities, especially across … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Community, Disasters, Governance, Government, History, Personal, Places, Regeneration, Regulation, Social Justice, Wales
Tagged Aberfan, Book, Community, Cover-up, Disaster, South Wales
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Pontypool vs Penarth: Rugby and The High Street and Town of 1951
This post has been ready for some time, but I thought I would publish it today, as it is National Sporting Heritage Day. If you are reading this on the 30th in Stirling then the University is hosting a pop-up … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Community, Cooperatives, Design, High Streets, Independents, Local Retailers, Places, Retail History, Rugby Union, Small Shops, Towns, Urban History
Tagged Advertising, Co-operatives, Communities, High Streets, independents, Local, Retail History, Rugby Programmes, Small Businesses, towns
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From the Scottish Government’s National Review of Town Centres to the World Towns Summit
Downloadable versions of this post are available here (word) and here (pdf). The attraction of many international delegates to the inaugural World Towns Summit in Edinburgh in June 2016 was eloquent testimony to the perception that Scotland has led the … Continue reading
Posted in Bids Scotland, Charrettes, Community, Cross Party Group, Development Trusts, Government, High Streets, Place Standard, Places, Planning, Policy, Proactive Planning, Regeneration, Retail Change, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Scottish Government, Town Centre Action Plan, town centre first, Town Centre Review, Town Centres, Towns, Understanding Scottish Places, USP, World Towns Framework, WTLS16
Tagged Bids Scotland, Cross Party Group, Development Trusts, National Review of Town Centres, Places, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Scottish Government, Town Centre Action plan, Town Centres, Understanding Scottish Places, World Towns Leadership Summit
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Gardens and Gin
I sometimes wonder what visitors make of Scotland. When I first moved up we did a lot of the tourist things, as people and family visited, but as life goes on it is all too easy to look to further … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Architecture, Buildings, Community, Distillery, Edinburgh, Festivals, Gardens, Gin, Historic Shops, Royal Mile, Scotland Food and Drink, Spaces, Urban History
Tagged Distillery Tours, Edinburgh, Gardens, Gin, Pickerings, Royal Mile, Walking Tours
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‘Oor Summit’ and its Big Ears
Towards the end of the first day of the World Towns Leadership Summit in Edinburgh last week, Neil McInroy tried to describe and capture the sense of engagement and endeavour that the delegates were displaying and he used the phrase … Continue reading
Posted in ATCM, Bids Scotland, Community, Community Development, Connectivity, Data, Downtown, IDA, Leadership, Local Retailers, Places, Public Realm, Reinvention, Retail Change, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Scottish Government, Social Justice, Sustainability, Town Centre Action Plan, Town Centre Review, Town Centres, Towns, Understanding Scottish Places, University of Stirling, Urban, World Towns Agreement, World Towns Framework, WTLS16
Tagged Community, Places, Public-Private-Social Partnership, Scotland's Towns Partnership, towns, Urban, World Towns Agreement, World Towns Framework, World Towns Leadership Summit
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Social Spaces and Places
A number of my colleagues have at times questioned why I bother with this retail blog or engage with Twitter. They tend to view such activity as essentially pointless or potentially taking them away from their research and other activity. … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, BIDS, Community, Community Co-operatives, Community Development, Cooperatives, Development Trusts, High Streets, Places, Regeneration, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Town Centre Action Plan, Town Centre Review, Town Centres, Towns, Uncategorized, USP
Tagged BIDs, Co-operatives, Cooperative Movement, High Streets, Places, Retailing, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Town Centres, towns
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Time Flies
Remarkably – well to me anyhow – it has been almost six weeks since I last posted on here. It is not as though things haven’t been happening or that I have not been busy, it is just life has … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Diet and Health, Food, Food Court, Health, Hospital, Pharmacy, Retailing, Shopping Centres, Singapore, Sport, University of Stirling
Tagged Community, Design, Food Court, Health, Hospital, Pharmacy, Shopping Centres, Singapore
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