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i used to love flying when I was a kid and luckily for me my dad was an oil engineer so we were always travelling around throughout the 70s and early 80s. I just found the whole experience so exciting...particularly as there was a real sense of spirit amongst air crews from the stewardesses who were so friendly and beautiful to the pilots who were only too happy to let me sit in the cockpit for what seemed like hours at a time. I still have my little BOAC travel book that the pilots would sign after every flight and detailing how far we had flown, all points in between and what the weather had been like. For want of a better word it just seemed so stylish... unlike today when the whole experience is about as glamorous and exciting as getting the National Express bus to Swansea. I was driving over Battersea Bridge when the last Concorde came over and everyone stopped their cars and got out to have a look.... such a shame that they have been mothballed. I like planes in general too.... my all time favourite has to be the P51D Mustang. When I'm rich I'm going to buy one!

than you all for your considered posts etc... I think i will try and get in touch with the owner directly. Hopefully something will come of this and I will be welcoming you all as customers in my venture..?? :))

karter, Thanks for the post. You say the owner lives there and yet the upstairs bit has old newspapers over the windows... not disputing what you say but just surprised as it looks like it's empty! does the owner actually live in the shop bit? upland

ssshhhhh! the cpt is our best kept secret.

That long ago? I'm surprised no one has used it for anything else since.... Does anyone have any idea of how to find out about the current ownership of that building?

Does anyone know anything about the old shop that is diagonally opposite the Magdala...on the corner of Colwell road and Lordship Lane..? As far as I can tell it's been closed for years but I think it would be a good site for a new business.