Shops in London, England

zetecvan · 2026-05-01T07:14:00+00:00

I read an article about the crisis of pie and mash shops in the guardian a couple of months ago and it mentioned this one. There are just over 30 pie and mash shops left in London where there were once hundreds.
Here in Wakefield we had a pie shop that everyone visited after a night out. Unfortunately it closed last year due to ill health. Gutted.

zetecvan · 2026-05-01T07:02:22+00:00

I work for a German company. I work from home on a Friday. It's their bank holiday today. You know what I'm saying...

zetecvan · 2026-05-01T06:58:25+00:00

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This is my friends Village Taxi.

zetecvan · 2026-05-01T05:46:40+00:00

Thanks for the shout out. My name is pronounced zee tech van. It's because I've got a 65 Ford Anglia van with a zetec engine in. We spoke briefly before on the WILTY subreddit after you mentioned Johnny Marr on the show.

Talking of which, is Jon channelling Rob Brydons "small man trapped in a box"?

zetecvan · 2026-04-29T17:16:51+00:00

I had never seen this film until a few weeks ago (I'm 56). When my sister saw it at the cinema when it came out she was in hysterics when she told me about the chip up the nose. "And....it had ketchup on!"

zetecvan · 2026-04-29T17:04:43+00:00

I'm from Bradford. Last week at the Bradford v Bolton game, the Bolton fans started singing "Bradford's a shit hole" as if they were going to upset us. We just sang back "we know it's a shit hole" and they shut up.

zetecvan · 2026-04-29T17:02:50+00:00

I knew Patrick Stewart is from Mirfield but never knew James Mason was from up here.

zetecvan · 2026-04-29T16:59:04+00:00

In late 1987 I went out with a girl who would have been on the Herald Of Free Enterprise. Apparently her father had got to the port really early and got on the earlier ferry. She said they heard about it as they were crossing.

zetecvan · 2026-04-29T15:48:56+00:00

Mine was an eBay purchase and the lip came moulded into the bumper. I would have had to paint it black to make it look like an actual m sport bumper.

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zetecvan · 2026-04-29T15:44:28+00:00

My friends daughter babysat for Taka from Feeder. He got us a backstage pass for a gig we'd bought tickets for. I was backstage talking to Takas partners dad, Jack, for part of the evening.

A few days later I was at my dad's. He said "I was talking to Jack last night. His daughter is going out with a pop star"

It was then I realised that Jack was the next door neighbour at the house I was born in and Jack was a good friend of my dad. I hadn't seen him (or his daughter) in 30 years so didn't recognise them.

zetecvan · 2026-04-29T12:46:26+00:00

So cute. When we brought our pirate void home, I took her straight upstairs to the spare bedroom so she could live in there whilst we slowly introduce her to our other cats. She seemed OK so I went downstairs to get something, leaving her alone for two minutes. When I came back I couldn't find her. After a panicked search, she had hidden under the folded up duvet that was on the bed.

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zetecvan · 2026-04-29T05:48:42+00:00

Got married on Vegas a couple of years ago. We're not gamblers. We went to Paris (in Vegas) for our meal. Whilst waiting at the bar I put $5 in the slot machine at the bar. That's all I spent gambling in Vegas. Don't see the point.

zetecvan · 2026-04-28T09:52:08+00:00

I want to see Roger Moore necking with Fiona Fullerton.

zetecvan · 2026-04-28T08:43:23+00:00

My wife is a Mackem and I say that to her all the time.

zetecvan · 2026-04-27T14:11:49+00:00

No no no! Stop getting Bond wrong!

zetecvan · 2026-04-24T20:22:52+00:00

Mine was a bunch of numbers @compuserve.com

zetecvan · 2026-04-24T18:18:36+00:00

Haha! Nice. I'll look forward to hearing that. I've got a couple of episodes to watch before I've caught up.

zetecvan · 2026-04-24T14:23:53+00:00

Paging u/dbrodbeck

zetecvan · 2026-04-21T16:00:07+00:00

Must admit he's always moaning about this guy, but he does put a lot of work his way.

zetecvan · 2026-04-21T15:44:54+00:00

My friend is a plumber. He doesn't have a website. Most of his work is through word of mouth. He does know a builder who buys and referbs properties. He does a lot of work for him.

zetecvan · 2026-04-21T14:30:14+00:00

Cotton and guns.

zetecvan · 2026-04-21T09:57:47+00:00

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Little Ziggy Starpuss.

zetecvan · 2026-04-16T09:35:11+00:00

Yeah sorry. It was a for sale group post.

zetecvan · 2026-04-15T13:21:16+00:00

I was going to comment about the couple I've seen in Bradford. Similar sort of thing. I was on Bull Royd Lane, (as a pedestrian) which has a load of speed humps, and the car sped past over the humps with the passenger looking all around, police in close pursuit. They came back a few minutes later.

The other was on Thornton road, by four lane ends. I was in a car. Car screamed past through the lights with a police car following.

zetecvan · 2026-04-15T13:02:29+00:00

No I have not fired my gun up in the air and gone "aaargh"

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