tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post8207314738531273574..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Somerfields and the local demographicGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-6979641695560228662009-01-25T14:27:00.000+00:002009-01-25T14:27:00.000+00:00Co-op? I still remember mum's original co-op numbe...Co-op? I still remember mum's original co-op number. Next to the Co-op was an Aladdin paraffin shop, and then a paper shop and a pub with an off-sales door., also nearby a betting-shop, and a church with a strange smell, not wax polish or holy smoke, but something sinister that I've never really been able to place. All a bit like George's nightmare village.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-65020612848797619072009-01-24T20:42:00.000+00:002009-01-24T20:42:00.000+00:00Very happy for the Co-op to take over. I've heard ...Very happy for the Co-op to take over. I've heard stories about the takeover too. We used to shop there in London when I was a kid.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-6378177401238907982009-01-24T14:20:00.000+00:002009-01-24T14:20:00.000+00:00George, you'll be pleased to know that if the take...George, you'll be pleased to know that if the takeover goes through your Somerfields will be becoming a branch of the Co-op fairly soon. See what your "arty" neighbours say then. Perhaps you might like to join the Co-op and get involved?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-85102470771325516092009-01-24T11:25:00.000+00:002009-01-24T11:25:00.000+00:00Billy C, thanks for the timely warning about the N...Billy C, <BR/>thanks for the timely warning about the Nora Batty clones and the Greywolves in the Pennymarket shops. <BR/>The Cross Keys will probably open as a Pizza takeaway. A boy with a ring through his bottom lip and acne on a clapped out red moped will bring your el tonno and corn niblet otherwise known as a tuna paradiso direct to your front door.<BR/>Meanwhile at Pennymarket, if you heed Billy C's warning you can get your out of date but still taste ok, if you don't mind the metallic tang of chinese aluminium, tinnies for half price.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-1232906532991451502009-01-23T20:40:00.000+00:002009-01-23T20:40:00.000+00:00Just to clarify matters in my previous post. It sh...Just to clarify matters in my previous post. It should have read...<BR/><BR/>"Mostly old men discussing Health and Efficiency while admiring Nora Batty clones.<BR/><BR/>How on earth did I make that error? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-67317861521910934122009-01-23T18:26:00.000+00:002009-01-23T18:26:00.000+00:00I always enjoyed the narrow streets looking in the...I always enjoyed the narrow streets looking in the bedroom windows from the upper deck of the bus but it was never more than unmade beds that I saw.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-43124379436143781992009-01-23T17:38:00.000+00:002009-01-23T17:38:00.000+00:00I found this post interesting and well written. I ...I found this post interesting and well written. I am anticipating coming back later and reading it again, at a slower pace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-27653867649332807382009-01-23T13:47:00.000+00:002009-01-23T13:47:00.000+00:00Bravo, George. I enjoyed that. You should take up ...Bravo, George. I enjoyed that. You should take up writing.<BR/><BR/>Oi, PIR, I shop regularly in Pennymarket. Get used to it! Mr Brown will bring all you arties down to my level soon. And then I'll be King of the Pennymarketeers. We get a different breed of Greywolves in Pennymarket. Mostly old men discussing porn while admiring Nora Batty clones. From behind the tins of baked beans of course. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-52047962940796230402009-01-23T11:20:00.000+00:002009-01-23T11:20:00.000+00:00You will need to brush up your Polish, Lithuanian...You will need to brush up your Polish, Lithuanian and Essex to shop in Attleborough. A different world yet only up the road. You forgot to mention the Cross Keys is boarded up and no where for the boys to go and talk football and cars anymore. Gordon likes to keep saying global, I noticed it too last night; it makes him feel better.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-73820705198520261002009-01-23T11:10:00.000+00:002009-01-23T11:10:00.000+00:00A lovel piece, George. Beautiful writing. Chapeau!...A lovel piece, George. Beautiful writing. Chapeau!<BR/>Early warning sign: The global UK crunch has sent me and my ever dwindling index-linked but pound-tied pension scurrying back to EU's Hofer for the weekly shop (or Aldi as it's known in the UK). At this rate I'll be shopping in Pennymarkt before I know it.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com