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    Pearl replied to the thread We are back (after a fashion).
    Thank you Tony, well done.
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    Pearl reacted to gothic's post in the thread We are back (after a fashion) with Like Like.
    I have performed most of the rebuild required to get our web server/website updated and secured. There are still a couple of problems I have to deal with though, but it will take me a little research time to get there, so maybe a couple...
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    Pearl replied to the thread Important Tuesday 26th August 2025.
    Could even be Kate Adie!
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    Pearl replied to the thread Remember this anyone.
    We had beer and fags but yours must have been a special shop to carry funny woman, were they kept under the counter in plain brown bags?
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    Pearl reacted to theatrically_inclined's post in the thread Remember this anyone with Like Like.
    The corner shop where I grew up was one of those tiny TARDIS's. I passed there recently - I've moved away since childhood - It's expanded in to the shop next door and is now owned by Mr Alan Round. It's now called "Shop A-ROUND the clock"!
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    Pearl replied to the thread Remember this anyone.
    A lot of these shop were turned into something else, I know the ones on our old street one was turned into a house and the other a cob shop. They were tiny with mostly tin food, cereals, cleaning products, beers wines spirits They...
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    Pearl replied to the thread Remember this anyone.
    Parents always sent their kids to the corner shop, nearly every street had a corner shop, we had 2 one on each end of the street.
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    A lot of houses have coal sheds some are just tiny sheds but some are huge, the house we had before this one had a huge coal shed at the side of the house, some people turned them into downstairs bathrooms or extended the kitchen.
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    Pearl replied to the thread Remember this anyone.
    Taking a note to the corner shop and asking for 5 fags!
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    Pearl replied to the thread Commodore Amiga turns 40.
    Actually that was the idea but had no clue what we were doing and when we did read the destructions we were even more confused. He came down and it took him 5 minutes!
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    Pearl replied to the thread Commodore Amiga turns 40.
    We bought our son one for Xmas one year, xmas eve we were trying to set it up and got so annoyed, tired and flustered with it we got him up at 2am to set it up for himself for the morning! He was delighted.
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    Pearl replied to the thread Important Tuesday 26th August 2025.
    John has volunteered to bake fresh pasties and sing some soothing song for Tony while he goes through this. Good luck Tony.
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    Pearl replied to the thread Goff and Jesse.
    If I had a Travis I'd be in solitary confinement with 3 meals a day and walk for an hour everyday in the yard.
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    Pearl replied to the thread Goff and Jesse.
    We usually go together because if I send him with a list he makes worse substitutions than Tesco! No washing up liquid! 2 bottles of beer will do! And on one occasion I sent him to buy toiletries for me I had to send him with...
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    Pearl replied to the thread Little pillock.
    Little prickerly pillocks.
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