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Old 04-12-2013, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by janwhin View Post
The owner of the garage was Jackie Liddle. before it was a garage it was a betting shop...Chisholms?
Betting shops only became legal in 1961 so this must have been a covert operation but my mother did mention someone before that being a "bookies runner".
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