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Old 01-11-2010, 16:44   #1
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just seen this on bbc website ..

BBC News - When was the High Street at its best?

its about the tv programme starting tomorrow night .. when they took a high street back to victorian, edwardian, 30s, 50s and 70s ... i think it will be interesting to watch ..

Anyway .. what 'time' would you want to go shopping in ... one of the retailers says edwardian times .. customers are saying the 50s .. when you got customer service and fresh food and knew where it had come from ...
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Old 01-11-2010, 16:56   #2
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fer me the 50s n early 60s were best, proper shops, staff who knew their jobs, polite n wanted to help yah, much of that has sadly vanished.
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Old 01-11-2010, 17:12   #3
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just seen this on bbc website ..

BBC News - When was the High Street at its best?

its about the tv programme starting tomorrow night .. when they took a high street back to victorian, edwardian, 30s, 50s and 70s ... i think it will be interesting to watch ..

Anyway .. what 'time' would you want to go shopping in ... one of the retailers says edwardian times .. customers are saying the 50s .. when you got customer service and fresh food and knew where it had come from ...
That looks absolutely fascinating, thanks for the notice Jen.
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Old 01-11-2010, 17:59   #4
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fer me the 50s n early 60s were best, proper shops, staff who knew their jobs, polite n wanted to help yah, much of that has sadly vanished.

I'm glad you qualified the statement by using the word MUCH not ALL
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Old 01-11-2010, 18:26   #5
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Definitely one to watch ... thanks Shill. x
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Old 01-11-2010, 18:36   #6
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Definitely the 60s for me
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Old 02-11-2010, 22:19   #7
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Dang .. missed this due to over-run of meeting .. hope will be on catch-up.
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Old 02-11-2010, 22:22   #8
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theres always iplayer kate ...

by the way i missed the first 15mins of it .. but what i saw it was interesting .. and im glad i dont eat the bread from victorian times .......
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Old 02-11-2010, 22:26   #9
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by the way i missed the first 15mins of it .. but what i saw it was interesting .. and im glad i dont eat the bread from victorian times .......
Yeh, that's what I meant by catch up Shill .. sure it will be there at some stage ... hopefully, tomorrow ... nowt on on Wednesdays.
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Old 02-11-2010, 22:28   #10
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Enjoyed the prog. It was a nice little insight as to how life was back then.
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Old 02-11-2010, 22:29   #11
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theres something else on tonite .. its on at 10.35pm .. after the news .. taking your keys away .. which is about when are you too old to drive ..
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Old 03-11-2010, 11:19   #12
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there's something else on tonite .. its on at 10.35pm .. after the news .. taking your keys away .. which is about when are you too old to drive ..
Just might watch that, before my Father died I was having a terrible time trying to convince him it was time to hang his keys up, because quite frankly he was a danger to the public and himself, very sad but very true
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Old 03-11-2010, 14:46   #13
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Did you notice what it did to pull people into the Market square? I wonder if Gayle saw it?
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Old 03-11-2010, 14:56   #14
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Just seen it, what a marvellous programme. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
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Old 03-11-2010, 15:30   #15
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watched it, loved it, sawdust to bulk bread out....interesting
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