I shop local a lot....
I have an old fashioned hardware store near me....there are 2 of the most helpful old guys in there....
Any job....they will nearly do it for you......
This is what you need....these are the proper screws !!!!!
Don't get that in B&Q .... |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I shop local a lot....
I have an old fashioned hardware store near me....there are 2 of the most helpful old guys in there....
Any job....they will nearly do it for you......
This is what you need....these are the proper screws !!!!!
Don't get that in B&Q ...."
We used to have one like that, stuffed full of weird and wonderful things, but alas it is no more.
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You have to know what you want when you go to BAndQs.....
These guys tell you everything you need and want......
I also shop in this little Indian shop,,they are so friendly
When my mum came over on holidays once...they made her a carrot cake...she was so chuffed.....
Changed her opinion on London |
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Still got some great little shops here that are very competitive, but sadly the town centre is just becoming Coffee Bars and Restaurants that open and close like a revolving door. The nice boutique shops and smaller chain shops are being driven out by high rates and reducing customer base.  Even the mobile phone shops are closing  |
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"My local shop is just too expensive to do a shop. For milk and sugar and bog roll it's great for anything else it's just too expensive "
Mine are the same and it's such a shame |
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"Still got some great little shops here that are very competitive, but sadly the town centre is just becoming Coffee Bars and Restaurants that open and close like a revolving door. The nice boutique shops and smaller chain shops are being driven out by high rates and reducing customer base. Even the mobile phone shops are closing "
the writing was on the wall for the mobile shops when over 80% of us had at least 3 the current one and the old ones in the drawer lol and there was 3 times as many shops as needed my home town had 7 orange and t mobile shops now it has one each and an EE shop ?? work that out |
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We did our bit.
Had a hot choccy in an independent coffee shop, a sandwich from a market cafe, a walk round some local artist & jewellery galleries and got the car valeted at a local business that employs local lads trying to get back on the straight & narrow.
Then cancelled out all the good work by going having a cupboard n fridge stock up at Asda  |
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"We did our bit.
Had a hot choccy in an independent coffee shop, a sandwich from a market cafe, a walk round some local artist & jewellery galleries and got the car valeted at a local business that employs local lads trying to get back on the straight & narrow.
Then cancelled out all the good work by going having a cupboard n fridge stock up at Asda "
No cream scones?  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"We did our bit.
Had a hot choccy in an independent coffee shop, a sandwich from a market cafe, a walk round some local artist & jewellery galleries and got the car valeted at a local business that employs local lads trying to get back on the straight & narrow.
Then cancelled out all the good work by going having a cupboard n fridge stock up at Asda "
You didn't cancel it out. You could have had your coffee at the supermarket or one of the chains. |
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"We did our bit.
Had a hot choccy in an independent coffee shop, a sandwich from a market cafe, a walk round some local artist & jewellery galleries and got the car valeted at a local business that employs local lads trying to get back on the straight & narrow.
Then cancelled out all the good work by going having a cupboard n fridge stock up at Asda
No cream scones? "
Not today
I am still recovering from a browniefest yesterday  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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In Whitby, over the swing bridge, there's a lot little shops that have that Dickensian feel to them, there was one, sadly gone now I think, but they sold nuts, herbs, spices and the likes, they also made their own chocolate and sold organic honey, everything was stocked on wooden shelves, and hessian sacks on the floor, and the aroma you got when you walked in was amazing, it was like stepping back in time...just thought I'd throw it in the mix... |
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"We did our bit.
Had a hot choccy in an independent coffee shop, a sandwich from a market cafe, a walk round some local artist & jewellery galleries and got the car valeted at a local business that employs local lads trying to get back on the straight & narrow.
Then cancelled out all the good work by going having a cupboard n fridge stock up at Asda
No cream scones?
Not today
I am still recovering from a browniefest yesterday "
I'm jealous.  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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I'd normally be at the Dickensian Festival in Ulverston this time of the year and only spending money in little local shops and social enterprises.
Somehow I have avoided buying anything at all today.
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"Go local today and support a small business.
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In Daventry that would mean buying junk from a charity shop or office stationery. We have virtually no town centre to speak of (one short road) and that is 25% charity shops, 25% take aways and the majority of the remaining buildings are chains, banks and pubs |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
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"Go local today and support a small business.
In Daventry that would mean buying junk from a charity shop or office stationery. We have virtually no town centre to speak of (one short road) and that is 25% charity shops, 25% take aways and the majority of the remaining buildings are chains, banks and pubs "
That's pretty dire.
Near me there is a shopping/eating street with only 1 chain outlet. Locals oppose every application that isn't an independent outlet. The one chain got through on a technicality.
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"Go local today and support a small business.
In Daventry that would mean buying junk from a charity shop or office stationery. We have virtually no town centre to speak of (one short road) and that is 25% charity shops, 25% take aways and the majority of the remaining buildings are chains, banks and pubs
That's pretty dire.
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Indeed Daventry is SHIT!! |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Small business Saturday is next weekend!
Is it social enterprise Saturday today then?
Dementure saturday? lickety splits?"
Dementia is well on its way. It's not just for Saturdays TT.
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By *he tactile technicianMan
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"Small business Saturday is next weekend!
Is it social enterprise Saturday today then?
Dementure saturday? lickety splits?
Dementia is well on its way. It's not just for Saturdays TT.
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with you there, whilst I can remember what I was posting  |
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