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Who recalls this shop from the heyday of DIY

May 11, 2017 1 Comment

Ask for a 6in by 1/4in bolt at this ironmongers and the proprietor would ask for the thread type. Coach bolt? Setscrew?    If it was ironmongery – they stocked it. Owner Roy Tuxworth joined the company as an assistant in 1935 but it closed in 1982 unable to find a buyer.  He also owned Collards (Little Dustpan) Westgate.

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  1. Greeves says

    May 11, 2017 at 5:58 pm

    Yeh yeh yeh! Great old place’ used to go & get anything from there! lots of stock kept in like boxes & tins! One fella there??? had lovely wife! Cant remember his name! She messed about & he took it so so well! I worked with fella she went with! but on company account’ I used too have too go & get bit’s & bobs from Collards! He knew where I was from? & yet he was so so gracious! Bad old do really thinkin back! Bad Craic! life I spose!

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