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althea
althea
Thu, Aug 07, 2014 3:48pm

It’s thrilling and heartwarming to see these haven’t changed. Thank you.

RogerBW
RogerBW
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 2:13pm

Yeah, all too many places want to be the universal fast food supplier (“Pizza Mexy”, now closed, was an example near me). But fish and chippies go on, proving that you don’t have to do lots of other stuff too or go terminally upmarket to survive.