You can tell we’re up North from this picture. They do not expect hours of sunshine up here in the North East and this traditional hardware shop shows of a fine selection of combustibles, as well as equipment for poking the fire? Where else would you put matches in your window display next to fire lighters?

Apart from a branch of the Co Op there’s not a single business that is not an independent, it was like a breath of fresh air, and there’s plenty of that too in the area.