Quote Originally Posted by Maple View Post
What a nice photo that is of the ironmongers shop, it was a very monochrome world back then. We had a similar shop in our village. The owner sold bulldog and Milbro pellets and always wore a tan brown warehouse coat. He was selling in the shop until his death at 83. After his funeral I went into the shop to inquire about buying his remaining stock of pellets and was told by his niece I think " there's no airgun pellets here, We haven't sold them for many years.
When our local called it a day in the early ‘60s Mum went to the sale and reported that there’d been a mantrap among the lots. How long must that have been in stock?

ATB, Mick