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Old 14-06-2010, 10:47   #12
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Re: The Greed of the Breweries

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
Thirty years ago there were three off-licence shops in Oswaldtwistle, if you wanted to drink at home, rather than in a pub.

Now there are countless places you can pick up booze, much cheaper than you can buy it in a pub.

One of those three Offies, Renshaws in Commercial Street, the indomitable Monica, would refuse to sell you anything if she thought you might already have had a drink within the previous twenty four hours.

24 hours, a slight understatement there G In fact I was trying to think of the other two
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