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Our favourite shop
posted on: 2/4/2007 5:58:07 PM

not the brill Style Council album (featuring Lenny Henry!).

following up from our new article by top author Catherine O'Flynn - what's your top Brum shopping experience?
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Our favourite shop
replied on: 2/4/2007 7:45:13 PM

mine is possibly Enoch's Miscellaneous Stores, on the Stratford Rd - it's got a sign that says 'anything bought and sold'.

now that's what i call keeping the customers happy.

it's also been advertising a 'safe for sale' for as long as i can remember (6 years at least) - i think Enoch might need soem help from Trevor Beattie
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This message was updated on 2/4/2007 11:21:00 PM by falsedog

Our favourite shop
replied on: 2/4/2007 11:02:15 PM

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'safe for sale' for as long as i can remember (6 years at least)



It's the old Big Issue vendor's trick of offering the "last" copy - they've always got a stack more.

I am reminded of the "gigantic ball of string" that was in the Evening Mail's classified ads section for months c. 1997 price £4.

My favourite shop however: Selly Oak Jumper World.

Edit: does 'safe for sale' mean they are selling a safe or that the things they have for sale are themselves tested and found "safe" ?
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What Was Lost, Catherine O'Flynn
replied on: 2/26/2007 11:42:38 AM

My own experience of working at Merry Hill Shopping centre can be seen in this wonderful book. I once stayed there overnight in the rundown, shabby, make-shift staffroom area at the bookstore where i worked. I witnessed the floor buffers and the eery empty stores that Catherine talks about in her book. I'd recommend this to anyone who has ever worked at a large shopping centre and felt subclass to the shoppers!
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