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The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Oh, I think he did everything. Because I remember going in there at Easter. I mean, he used to have a great selection of Easter eggs as well. He did things seasonally. I mean, he was so attuned to what was going on. So at Easter, that would be a go-to place for a fantastic range of Easter eggs.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Oh, I think he did everything. Because I remember going in there at Easter. I mean, he used to have a great selection of Easter eggs as well. He did things seasonally. I mean, he was so attuned to what was going on. So at Easter, that would be a go-to place for a fantastic range of Easter eggs.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

It was almost like a social going in. I mean, apart from whatever you went in, whatever you wanted to purchase, it was like a social. And of course, the abiding memory, of course, of Jimmy was that he always wore one of these coats like you see in hardware stores and that kind of thing. A long coat that went down to his knees.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

It was almost like a social going in. I mean, apart from whatever you went in, whatever you wanted to purchase, it was like a social. And of course, the abiding memory, of course, of Jimmy was that he always wore one of these coats like you see in hardware stores and that kind of thing. A long coat that went down to his knees.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Yes, exactly that.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Yes, exactly that.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Oh yes, it was in Bell Street. So what is it now? It's at the tile shop and it's a couple of doors along from Wagamama's. It was next to the lighting shop. I'm pretty sure now that's the tile shop, yes. I don't know when it actually closed but it was a long-term fixture in Bell Street.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Oh yes, it was in Bell Street. So what is it now? It's at the tile shop and it's a couple of doors along from Wagamama's. It was next to the lighting shop. I'm pretty sure now that's the tile shop, yes. I don't know when it actually closed but it was a long-term fixture in Bell Street.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Originally, the Mellish and Neill Brewery occupied a very big site.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Originally, the Mellish and Neill Brewery occupied a very big site.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Hensborough Yard yes indeed and there used to be rails embedded in that yard there used to be because it presumably had an internal distribution production line but it was I mean if you look at old pictures I do remember that it was a car park because it was an extensive area and the Bell Street Post Office got demolished to make access to it and it was very good for Rygate because what Safeway said before obviously Morrison's took it over

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

Hensborough Yard yes indeed and there used to be rails embedded in that yard there used to be because it presumably had an internal distribution production line but it was I mean if you look at old pictures I do remember that it was a car park because it was an extensive area and the Bell Street Post Office got demolished to make access to it and it was very good for Rygate because what Safeway said before obviously Morrison's took it over

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

They would allow it to be used as a community car park as well as a free car park. So, you know, they were very good neighbourly to begin with. And it was a big boost for having such a large supermarket coming to Reigate.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more

They would allow it to be used as a community car park as well as a free car park. So, you know, they were very good neighbourly to begin with. And it was a big boost for having such a large supermarket coming to Reigate.

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