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    Peacocks closed with immediate effect

    According to BBC news site, Edinburgh Wool Shop have bought Peacocks.
    They will be closing approx 300 stores, they are listed on BBC, and Southport is on list.
    Roy

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    I heard about 3 weeks ago that Peacocks would be closing.
    I may be old but I ain't stupid..!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pedoja View Post
    I heard about 3 weeks ago that Peacocks would be closing.
    Any advance on 3 weeks or does Ped win?

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    lol Deb, you know Ped always wins.
    It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen. ~ Homer Simpson

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    edinburgh wool mill are eejits. me mum's bloke went in the changing rooms a while back to try some trousers on. he got his own off then stepped in a puddle of wee left by someone else.
    Old enough to know better but young enough not to care

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    Quote Originally Posted by DebonAir View Post
    Any advance on 3 weeks or does Ped win?
    Another feather in her cap...
    There comes a point in your life when you realise who really matters, who never did and who always will.

    "You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
    Attributed to Abraham Lincoln

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    Was closed this morning when I went to Central 12

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    The Govt told us that the private sector was going to step in with job creation.

    Methinks they was telling porkies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steftabron View Post
    edinburgh wool mill are eejits. me mum's bloke went in the changing rooms a while back to try some trousers on. he got his own off then stepped in a puddle of wee left by someone else.
    The previous customer probably saw the price tag!
    Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt - Mark Twain

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    Quote Originally Posted by steftabron View Post
    edinburgh wool mill are eejits. me mum's bloke went in the changing rooms a while back to try some trousers on. he got his own off then stepped in a puddle of wee left by someone else.
    How did he know it was wee?

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    Well i wish all the staff luck in finding a new job, as a fellow Central 12 worker (she blue shop at the end). GOOD LUCK GUYS KEEP YOUR CHIN UP!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by steftabron View Post
    edinburgh wool mill are eejits. me mum's bloke went in the changing rooms a while back to try some trousers on. he got his own off then stepped in a puddle of wee left by someone else.
    Are you suggesting it was one of the staff who peed in the changing rooms?
    Last edited by K-T; 24/02/2012 at 05:07 PM.

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    Bugger. I like Peacocks.
    Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not a sin - just stupid.) ~Robert A. Heinlein

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    Quote Originally Posted by steftabron View Post
    edinburgh wool mill are eejits. me mum's bloke went in the changing rooms a while back to try some trousers on. he got his own off then stepped in a puddle of wee left by someone else.
    Well that would be a WEE WEE in Scottish terms or a small one.

    and in Vanglish it would be, knit one Purl did one , in the changing room
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