Midway Shop - Trading as Usual

Recently we received a letter box drop from "the powers that be" who control the road works on Stafford Road.  It told us that three shops on Stafford Road were trading "as usual".

Here's one of the shops - Midway:

The photo shows that Midway General Store is cut off completely from its feeder roads - Stafford Road and Gordon Street.

It may be that Midway's trading hours are the same as they always have been - but to suggest that they are trading "as usual" has been met with derision in the neighbourhood.  Midway Store looks more like something set in a war zone or the makings of a detention camp than a "as usual" trading store.

This public relations attempt has simply backfired - an unintended consequence.

Then, to make matters worse, two other stores on Stafford Road were mentioned:  the Fish and Chip Shop and the Dental Technician.

They were located on the circularised map as lying between Gordon Street and Khartoum Street.

This is a photo of the location identified on the map:

No Fish'n'Chips Shop, No Dental Technician.

Were they miraculously moved?  No.  They are located, and always have been, in the next block west between Khartoum Street and Richmond Street:

In my opinion, the "powers that be" in charge of the road works on Stafford Road are taking on, more and more, the appearance of characters from Fawlty Towers.

If this wasn't so serious it would be funny.  But it's not funny.  It is derisory.

Meanwhile, the tranquil streets of Gordon Park continue with the unfortunate, and potentially deadly, traffic flows which have increased since the work began on Stafford Road.

Redbacka
(Lance Blundell)