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ChrisHB Apr 2021 6:21pm, 15 Apr 2021 20,859 posts	0 ChrisHB A four year-old can eat squirty cream with his fingers.
DeeGee Apr 2021 10:02pm, 15 Apr 2021 20,556 posts	0 DeeGee [A sister ship to the Tattershall Castle, the PS Lincoln Castle, was moored in Grimsby until it was broken up in 2010. It was one of three floating pubs in the Alexandra Dock. Only one, "The Barge" remains, which is one of my favourite drinking spots in the whole world.]
Dvorak Apr 2021 10:43pm, 15 Apr 2021 22,278 posts	0 Dvorak Sports Direct now own Evans Cycles (takeover 2018). Oddly, the "Our history" section of the Evans website makes no mention of this.
Fitz Apr 2021 11:35pm, 15 Apr 2021 2,410 posts	0 Fitz [a story in the paper on Saturday referred to Sports Direct / Mike Ashley-owned brand Flannels as fast-growing and fashionable, neither of which terms I would ever expect to see associated with Ashley's retail empire]
DeeGee Apr 2021 9:32am, 16 Apr 2021 20,557 posts	0 DeeGee [Does that mean I can now buy a Karrimor mountain bike at "70% off RRP"?]
macca 53 Apr 2021 11:14am, 16 Apr 2021 28,784 posts	0 macca 53 Our local House of Fraser (Proprietor, Mr M Ashley) is giving the whole of its first floor to Sofa.com (prop. Mr M Ashley) - he will very soon be the only person with a big bricks and mortar presence. ASOS and Boohoo have bought up most of Green’s empire and will go on-line only with the brands, closing the stores. “The High St” will look very strange in/for a few years...
macca 53 Apr 2021 11:15am, 16 Apr 2021 28,785 posts	0 macca 53 [that post should have had []]
Dvorak Apr 2021 11:35am, 16 Apr 2021 22,279 posts	0 Dvorak [DeeGee, I typed "Halfords bikes" into Google and the first thing shown, as is the way these days, was an ad for a Muddy Fox bike (£125) at Evans. "Hmm", I thought.]
mr d Apr 2021 12:01pm, 16 Apr 2021 4,754 posts	0 mr d [The 'Make Evans great again' campaign isn't getting much traction then.]
BanjoBax Apr 2021 10:49pm, 16 Apr 2021 5,050 posts	0 BanjoBax [ I liked Evans but avoid it now same as the rest of Ashley's empire ]