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| daib0 | 10 Oct 2012, 05:59 AM Post #1 |
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Jackson's of Reading set to close after 137 years trading BBC News A department store founded in Reading in 1875 is facing closure because of the cost of maintaining the building and a drop in trade. Jackson's has been trading for 137 years and still uses pneumatic pipes to transport cash around the building. Managing director Brian Carter said retail had changed significantly and the store now had to cope with competition from the internet and large centres like the Oracle. The 60 staff employed by Jackson's will now have to wait to see if the economic situation improves to save it from closure. A shame, isn't it?! |
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| furiousgrumpywilliam | 10 Oct 2012, 04:09 PM Post #11 |
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And you end up on here as a" crusty old man "
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| SuffolkRoyal | 10 Oct 2012, 04:17 PM Post #12 |
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I'm sure I must have asked before (my memory isn't what it was since I retired ) but how about Bernie Inns?The first time I ever took a girl out for a meal was to the Catherine Wheel which was the Bernie Inn in Henley. It was 1970 and we both had a meal, with an included dessert, and I got change from a £1 note. |
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| daib0 | 10 Oct 2012, 04:52 PM Post #13 |
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Mine was a 'prom' concert, music fine, but experience a disaster - nothing happened! |
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| SuffolkRoyal | 10 Oct 2012, 05:38 PM Post #14 |
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To balance that story up David. As an apprentice electrician, at that time, my take home pay was around £9 per week. So it did cost around 10% of my weeks pay. |
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| Hayes | 10 Oct 2012, 06:06 PM Post #15 |
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Well not quite ,might have used their doorway
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| Hayes | 10 Oct 2012, 06:07 PM Post #16 |
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I teed you lot up for that
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| Hayes | 10 Oct 2012, 06:08 PM Post #17 |
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First serious girlfreind I took to the Granby then home to my flat
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| furiousgrumpywilliam | 10 Oct 2012, 07:36 PM Post #18 |
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Lucky you were never hit by a trolleybus pole , they were always coming off on that junction with Duke st , often landed in the shops doorway
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| SuffolkRoyal | 10 Oct 2012, 07:44 PM Post #19 |
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Here is a Tutty's moment. Do you remember the pet shop just around the corner from Jacksons? The only way my Gran could get me to go to Reading without kicking off was if she promised to take me to the pet shop. They had kittens, puppies and all sorts in there. And going back to Bernie Inns, wasn't the George a Bernie? |
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| Hayes | 10 Oct 2012, 07:49 PM Post #20 |
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Remember my grandad taking me to the George,I had to sit outside on the cobble stones with a orangeade and a packet of Smiths Crisp with the twist of salt inside.Must have been in the fifties,stayed a lot with them in Callington Road Whitley when I was young.Remember Appletons horse ,the rag and bone man,used to get a goldfish if you give him something...
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