Virks Convenience Store
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Virks Convenience Store
Image: © John M Taken: 7 Aug 2018
The building is Edwardian and would originally been in the red brick used on the other properties on Elmton Street. It struck me as I tried to buy a loaf and was offered a choice of a white sliced or nothing that these isolated old mining villages in the North Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire coalfields will take generations to change their dietary habits! The local pit closed over 25 years ago.
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Image Location
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53.263554
Longitude
-1.213781