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Thu, 30 Oct 2014, 19:02
dna
@Steve: OH. What that name I thought it might be some kind of electronics store or similar.

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Thu, 30 Oct 2014, 20:04
steve_ancell
We don't have Wallmart over here but everyone seems to know what that is, just thought other parts of the world might have know about TESCO.

We have ASDA over here which is apparently owned by Wallmart.
Thu, 30 Oct 2014, 20:14
steve_ancell
According to this TESCO is worldwide also, including the US.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesco
Thu, 30 Oct 2014, 20:18
steve_ancell
TESCO have moved on since sending Dudley Moore all over the world to chase chickens.


View on YouTube
Fri, 31 Oct 2014, 02:15
rockford
What does Tesco Sell?

It would be quicker to say what it doesn't sell! Basically it sells pretty much everything. Think of a bigger word for hypermarket and that's Tesco. It's equivalent to Walmart and then some.
Fri, 31 Oct 2014, 03:53
rockford
Not all Tescos are big though - they range in size from Tesco Express (simple, local convenience stores with a limited range) to midsize to FUUUUUCKING HUGE!

There are at least seven Tescos within 5 miles of me - 1 HUUUUUUUUGE (Kingston), 1 extremely big (Bletchley, my local), 1 above average supermarket size (Wolverton) then at least 4 Expresses.

Generally they are big though and my favourite of the big four chains (Asda, Morrisons, Sainsburys and of course Tesco).
Sun, 22 Feb 2015, 06:05
Jayenkai
LOL!!!



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Sun, 22 Feb 2015, 08:42
rockford
What does Tesco Sell?

Everything. Including their own mothers... And lies.
Sun, 22 Feb 2015, 09:44
rockford
Not quite. There aren't generally rats or mice (inside the store). Occasionally they do have birds flying about though. They have price tags on.
Sun, 22 Feb 2015, 23:31
Dabz
When I went to Scotland with the ex to see one of her mates, we got over the border and pulled into a services... She-who-always-wanted-to-be-fed went in for some drinks... I was sitting there just looking about and there it was... Chickens for sale, live ones... i was like "yep, I'm in Scotland"!

I made do with a bag of haribos like!

Dabz

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Tue, 24 Mar 2015, 06:27
Jayenkai


Something I never, in a million years, thought I'd see.
Somebody actually complimented the style of my SoCoder script!!!!

https://www.littlelever.info/?blogs=3

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Tue, 29 Mar 2016, 05:07
Jayenkai
Nothing much has happened in the past year, but interesting news has been unveiled, today!

https://www.bolton.gov.uk/website/news/Pages/NewlibraryforLittleLever.aspx

Whereas every other town/village is having their local libraries scrapped, we're getting a new one!! Huzzah!!

The approximate "six times the size" building description sounds a lot like the old Tesco building, but speculation is rife over whether that'll be the chosen place.

Hmm.. Curious..

Meanwhile, KwikSave has now been changed (AGAIN) to a Nisa store, so the KwikSave name is no longer part of our village

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Fri, 06 May 2016, 08:11
Jayenkai
In case anyone gives a crap, Little Lever Idiots just voted for their third UKIP councillor....
Nnnngh

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Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 06:04
Jayenkai
Well, that's the bank gone, then..
RBS Closes Branch

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Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 07:20
GfK
Where my parents live there used to be a Nat West, a TSB, a Halifax and a Yorkshire Bank.

All of 'em have gone now. It's a sign of the times. The only time I set foot in a bank is to pay in a compo cheque for Royal Mail losing my stuff. Other than that, it's all online banking. The olds don't do things like that, though.
Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 07:23
Jayenkai
Yeah, all my banking is done online.
Then come Xmas or Birthday, you get the odd £10 in a card, and have to figure out what the fuck you're going to do with it...!

For me, I'll continue as-is.
For Mum, though. She does an awful lot of physical-cash banking, and has already had to do 2 trips into town to do things she used to be able to do down the street.
Frustrating.. :\

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Fri, 11 Aug 2017, 07:32
GfK
I wonder if these new shitty fivers are an attempt to phase out physical money by getting everyone to hate it?
Sat, 09 Dec 2017, 06:06
Jayenkai
Library News
The council's bought/claimed the old Tesco store, and the plans are going ahead to move the old library into a much larger building.
They're now doing the design planning stage, although the basic building won't be touched. Just the interior will be rearranged.

The "New Library" will also house a refurbished health center, although which of the two older health centers are being replaced, I'm not quite sure yet.

From the front. Library side.


From the back. Health side


Fantastic fact about the bottom pic.
The layout of the area has been identical for decades.
We've had many a Car Boot Sale in the car park on the bottom pic, back when it was still a Kwik Save.
Next to the little brick wall, one special Car Boot Sunday in the early 90's, there was a man selling all his Amstrad CPC games, and I grabbed an absolute fuckton!!!
That was an awesome weekend!!

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Sat, 09 Dec 2017, 10:18
Dabz
Llloyds in Langley Park, Lloyds in Sacriston just up the hill, Lloyds in Ushaw Moor and Esh Winning just over the other side of the valley over the hill... All gone!

I do do a lot of online banking, I dont handle cheques (well, rarely I do get one to cash), there's plenty of cash machines, and to be honest, I use mostly contactless, even in bars down durham when I'm out. I'm I'm one of them that wont miss having a local branch... But I do understand for those that do need it, because if you cannot drive to durham, the buses around here are a fucking disgrace, pardon my swearing... But honestly, Durham City is 4 miles east of here... And it takes FORTY MINUTES to get there on a bus... And its a fortune as well!

And this is a big village as well, one of the biggest ex-pit villages in the area.

So I can sympathise with folk, especially the elderly... But alas, the banks have turned into everyone else, they dont want to provide decent customer service, or invest in customer service, they want the loot, and they want to keep it!

Next time theres a financial crash... Cos their will be... I'd let the banks rot me, if I was PM I'd make the banks hand over details of all the customers they have, and pay them direct, instead of giving them wads of cash for them to keep their grubby little mitts on, like they did last time.

Bastards

/rant

Dabz

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