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  1. SILVERFINGERS

    Needless Alley

    Most interested in your memory of Mr Hughes. I used to collect stamps from Fyfe and Grey, a shop in Union St. I am not sure if it was Mr Fyfe or Grey, but he seemed to a twelve year old very old, he had a large moustache and was most annoyed when the shop door opened and stamps blew everywhere...
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    Needless Alley

    Hello, I read with great interest the threads of The West End Stamp Co, and the kind comments of your late Father. I replied to a member of my memories of the shop in Needless Alley. My memory of the shop was that a Mr. Heathcote Hughes, formerly working as a young man at the Stamp dealers Fyffe...
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    Needless Alley

    Mr Heathcote Hughes first worked at the stamp dealer Fyfe and Grey in Union St. When the door opened there was a mad scramble to keep stamps from blowing away.
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