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Whoever issued the parking ticket must know! What council department issued the ticket? If that's who you phoned, and they can't help, I can't see how you could be expected to avoid getting another ticket! You definitely need to appeal if the location isn't clear on the permit or, apparently, anywhere else. Might your neighbours know?

That must have been fun for everybody passing it as they shopped 🤣

Oh, for goodness sake. Would have put **S, but you might have complained to admin about that as well 🙄

Does anyone know who they were? I googled, and nothing relevant came up except the post above!

In the early eighties, I shared a rather small office with a pipe smoker!

I don't think they depended on passing trade. I think they mainly provided clothes for theatre productions etc. Sorry to hear they've closed.

Eh? Yes of course it's often busy, but this must be its busiest time of the year. Should I have put a smiley after my first paragraph? Would that have helped? Do you disagree with what I said? I haven't even bought any cards or presents yet - I wasn't excluding myself 🙄

To get bread?

Trouble is, the damage is done. Who would take over? They are all vile/evil, but definitely more intelligent and possibly less malicious, though I'm not sure about that.

We can but hope.

What an extraordinarily mean comment 😭 Why should someone get all that done for free? The OP haven't said they are doing this for a student project which is part of their course. They are using their knowledge (and their initiative) to help small local businesses. Good for them. Many students do paid work. How is this any different?

It's Christmas. People are sending presents they've left to almost the last minute, and returning stuff they've bought online for presents and then regretted. That's on top of all the usual transactions. The Post Office only has a max of four people on the counter, if you include the one nearest the street. They can't suddenly magic up more space! I imagine going when they open would be the quietest time, but what would I know?

What has that got to do with their being potentially terrified when loud fireworks are set off? To the best of my knowledge nobody is suggesting the firework noise is actually killing the animals.

Sorry? Did I misunderstand your post? I'm not sure why you find my post so funny? If I misunderstood it, I apologise. Please explain. I assumed you were referring to the bus diversion. Do you think that's because repairs are not being properly carried out, or because the whole infrastructure is not fit for purpose? Or both? I know in my road a leak recurred in exactly the same place very shortly after it had been "repaired".