Model Railway Journal

[James]

It will be my last trip to a W H Smith on the high street to buy my copy as readers will be aware that they are closing all their high street stores.

They're not closing every store.

WHSmith to close 17 stores this year as it streamlines operations

WHSmith is set to shut 17 stores across the UK in the coming months, as part of its ongoing restructuring strategy.

www.retailgazette.co.uk

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Mathematics a bit suspect there Col!
Dave

...and I got an O level in maths

 

[alastairq]

Me too.....[Didn't they come with a set of cards in packets of Kellogg's Cornflakes?]

 

[Ian@StEnochs]

...and I got an O level in maths

4 x £6.50 = £24.00 is Sums not Maths.

 

[simond]

So wrong on both counts

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Me too.....[Didn't they come with a set of cards in packets of Kellogg's Cornflakes?]

I had a girlfriend once who complained that she could never put that puzzle of a rooster together !

So wrong on both counts

About what it adds up to !

 

[Pencarrow]

4 x £6.50 = £24.00 is Sums not Maths.

Fairly sure the correct answer is £26.00, but hey you get a bargain if only charged £24.00?

 

[DavidB]

4 x £6.50 = £24.00 is Sums not Maths.

My understanding: if it smells, it's Chemistry; if it moves, it's Biology; if it involves numbers, it's Maths and if it doesn't work, it's Physics.

 

[Tony Overton]

I don't understand the obsession with checks in the UK. Pardon, cheques.

You cannot cash, deposit, write, or otherwise use a check in any way here in Holland. I cannot write a check even if I want to, and I cannot cash or deposit one if it is sent to me.

Strange.

Writing cheques (and using cash) is for me all about the freedom of choice, something which is being rapidly eroded.

Thankfully my Post Office sells MRJ, so I can flick through copies before deciding if I want to buy or not.

 

[Neil]

Here in Tywyn the local newsagents stocks a huge range of railway magazines including MRJ (the nearest Smiffs is a seventy mile round trip away) so their closures won't impact my MRJ consumption. Also if you take a look on ebay about a week after the magazine hits the shelves you'll have the chance to pick up my read but in good condition copy for about half the cover price. I don't really have space to store it and I can treat myself to the occasional s/h goodie with the proceeds.

 

[simond]

Neil,

why don’t you post it to me, I’ll send you some money by BACS and we’re both winners?

atb
Simon

 

[Osgood]

Neil,

why don’t you post it to me, I’ll send you some money by BACS and we’re both winners?

atb
Simon

Why don’t you wait and get @Neil to send you 4 at a time?
@Eastsidepilot has already demonstrated you could save another 2 squid.

 

[Neil]

Simon, Tony, thank you both, I've set the ball rolling, Simon you have a pm.

 

[James]

Simon, Tony, thank you both, I've set the ball rolling, Simon you have a pm.

At this rate Simon will have your copy before Menzies get my copy to the village shop!

 

[Wagonman]

They're not closing every store.

WHSmith to close 17 stores this year as it streamlines operations

WHSmith is set to shut 17 stores across the UK in the coming months, as part of its ongoing restructuring strategy.

www.retailgazette.co.uk

There is a Smiffs in Sherihngham, though Lord knows why as there are two perfectly good newsagents there – both of which stock the MRJ, as you would expect. I expect this is one branch that will definitely be getting the chop.

 

[simond]

Sounds like busses. Nobody has one, and then there were three…

 

[Osgood]

 

[timbowales]

They're not closing every store.

WHSmith to close 17 stores this year as it streamlines operations

WHSmith is set to shut 17 stores across the UK in the coming months, as part of its ongoing restructuring strategy.

www.retailgazette.co.uk

They've sold them all now!

WH Smith name to disappear from High Street after sale

The 233-year old chain will be become TGJones but the brand will continue at airports and rail stations.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Mick LNER]

BBC state that the shops are being renamed . The new buyers own Hobbycraft as well!! . Dont Panic !!

 

[Wagonman]

BBC state that the shops are being renamed . The new buyers own Hobbycraft as well!! . Dont Panic !!

T G Jones is the new name – it's meant to sound like a family business ...