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  1. 9th July 2010, 09:57 AM #1
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    Britain's oldest ironmongers is beaten by the recession (and B&Q) and closes after 480 years



    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ion---B-Q.html
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  3. 9th July 2010, 10:37 AM #2
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    Bloody hell
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    It is an interesting read.
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    Wonder if they're having a closing down sale? It might even be worth flying over.
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    Wouldn't you love to scroung through the old stuff in the back corner. There would be some gems tucked away there.
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    meet you at the airport Mark and others or should we put in an offer for the lot and have it shipped over sign and all.
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    Sounds good, passport is in the top drawer ready to go, been a few years since I visited Oxford, I remember the food market in the centre of town was fantstic, that was 1980.
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    last time I was there was 1960 when I left the place still passports easy to grab and with 30C temps due over there it'll be like spring here.
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  10. 10th July 2010, 04:12 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by wheelinround View Post
    meet you at the airport Mark and others or should we put in an offer for the lot and have it shipped over sign and all.
    The sign will probably fetch a fortune.
    Just think of all those hard/impossible to get hinges, screws and all the spare parts for planes - probably a few norris smoothers gathering dust.
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    Was This STEPOE and SON
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    Quote Originally Posted by groverwa View Post
    Was This STEPOE and SON

    Could have been steptoe and great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandson
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