Smith and Harrison ironmonger where you could buy just about anything, if you needed two screws for a job you could buy two not a pack of 10 in a plastic box.
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Smith and Harrison ironmonger where you could buy just about anything, if you needed two screws for a job you could buy two not a pack of 10 in a plastic box.
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We have a hardware shop but its nothing like the old one that closed this is a modern shop you dont see builders and plumbers going in and out like you did at Smith and Harrison before it closed, i honestly believe the only reason this has survived as long as it has is because you need to travel to the next town to shop at the likes of B&Q which is cheaper but not convenient for many.
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Who did the first floor brickwork ?
It's Google images...camera distortion.
Chippy_Tea there on his Raleigh Grifter.
I thought chippy was more likely to have nicked the vicars Pashley.
You know the one with the sprung Brookes saddle & the basket on the front
Who remembers when these beauties were the short distance commuters choice of transport, we used to call them wiiiing-clunks as that's the noise they made as they changed gear with no clutch.
I had the Yamaha version, the T80. Looked almost exactly the same but was a bit quicker and more economical. I used to only have a very short commute in London on mine. The tank held a gallon of petrol which cost £2 at the time and it used to last me about a month.
I think they still are the short commute vehicle of choice in many parts of the world.
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My 1st bike at 16 the c90 we called them plaggy hondas
The man was a genius, legend in his own life time
The bike in my pic a cx500 v twin, you can take the engine out with the oil and water still in it and, there are still thousands of them still on the road, in Germany they are known as the Gullepumpen which roughly translated means sh-t spreader after a farmer hooked one up to his spreader
My first bike was a Honda 50. Be fair - the clutch was 'semi automatic'!
120 mpg, I regularly did 150 mile (non-motorway) journeys. Freedom!
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I did just that. Then took it into the kitchen of an upstairs flat to fix.
Who had a fizzy?
I took my bike test on my Yamaha T80 Townmate in 1996 which then allowed me to ride any bike. A friend of mine lent me his Yamaha RD250 until I was able to buy something. That was a bit of a machine in comparison 
