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  1. Why does a brass band make me nostalgic .The film Brassed Off has an even worse / better effect . Nostalgia plus tears.

    Maybe a longing for full employment and childhood . We were warned we would not get jobs ( baby boom) but we did! We did not crave for the impossible . We supported each other , if possible. . Every Christmas and New Year were special with tales of only Apples and Oranges and working for the family at a young age

    .Maybe our children and grandchildren will feel the same about everything but in a different way,

    Strange times we live in right now . The Fear clause has been activated .Please don’t let it all spoil this time of year . Whatever we do !

     

     

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  2. Great research Canny Lass.

    Local knowledge seems to indicate there were three Miss Smails . Grandmother , mother and granddaughter at the shop near Hollymount .

    The Smail’s shop in Morpeth sold similar products to farmers and locals. I feel they must be related .
    Working on gardens and on large estates may have led the family of the Smails to opportunities to sell supplies to an emerging market .

    Moving off the land to an industrial society may have been a factor. More products available plus the rise of allotments. So many people kept live stock .(  Pigs Hens ).

    We could learn something from the past here .  No transporting of products huge distances. 
    Hardware shops in Scotland are still a viable business model . In England big business has taken over with a need for a car to get you to say B and Q .

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