Very interesting point. On the other hand, the Co-op arose precisely because of the problem of depending on small shopkeepers in an isolated village - or worse still a truck shop. It was very strong … (View Post)

And lawyers. Let's ban them. (View Post)

Or indeed the rates, before even that. They had to be paid, never mind how many occupants there were. (I can't remember that there was a discount for no occupiers, though: that seems more like a… (View Post)

Did you have prawns marie rose, steak au poivre and Black Forest gateau? Seriously, memories of the old airport ... (View Post)

I remember my first flight (to Edinburgh, emergency return home as granny seriously ill, I think) - on a Vanguard. G-APEB. When the terminal was a lot smaller *and* north of the airfield runways (nea… (View Post)