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So sad to see what's happened to our high streets, these magnificent giant's who you thought would be here for ever are now just fond memories. What you would give for a time machine for the weekend, to go proper Christmas shopping, instead of sitting in front of a computer screen pressing buy...
The guy in the rag market was called Stan, he sold absolutely anything he could get his hands on, I reckon he used to maybe do house clearance work etc, never knew where he got his records from, some week's he had nothing then the next week a box full. I used to have a jukebox and had all my 7"...
The rag market had some good little record stalls over the year's, I remember one guy selling all sorts of items on his pitch and in the corner had a pile of American 7" singles, most of those were styrene an were already pretty poor condition. I don't know where this chap got some of his stock...
You've described that perfectly Janice, where can you get the atmosphere of Christmas, Easter and many other special occasions close to your heart by logging in and logging off, on an online store, it's all changing and not for the better