Brighton is in a huge desert for metal supplies, like Bazyle complained. There is a major steel stockholder along the road @ Shoreham harbour but min. order £500! I want a short length of mild steel 50mm/2" square. One ME advertiser does it but post more than doubles cost.
Soon won't be much of any type of shop left. There were several bookshops in Brighton and Hove, including Airds who sold brand new Myfords and stocked all the accessories and every other tool you could want. And it was run by a very knowledgeable woman. Shop gone through several changes and now flogs filled bagettes, like many more round here. Bank branches will soon all disappear. When hard cash finally goes, so will those branches. Remember, we already have swipe n go which is gaining ground, cashless bus travel in London.
It's all not if but when.
All for good progress but some things scare the life out of me as I think it' all becoming a fraudsters paradise and the Police are about as good as chocolate teapots.
Edited By DMB on 20/02/2018 22:06:44