The finest shop I ever saw

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The photograph on this page of The finest shop I ever saw by Basher Eyre as part of the Geograph project.

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The finest shop I ever saw

Image: © Basher Eyre Taken: 20 Feb 2008

Until the early eighties this was a general store owned by Mr and Mrs Rodgers who served us with a smile for over half a century. They always had time for us in a way modern stores never have. Devoted to each other they died in harness within a few days of each other.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.007035
Longitude
-0.936668