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Topic: DERANN CLOSING DOWN
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Keith Ashfield
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 997
From: U.K.
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted September 06, 2011 03:10 PM
I have just returned from Deranns this evening.
It was really sad to see the shop and the lads working so frantically to fulfill all the orders they have received this week. It really felt unjust that they are working so hard to satisfy collectors when, after Sunday they will be out of employment.
It was my intention to be there on Sunday, and I told the lads as much. Unfortunately, on our return home we were involved in a car accident. Thankfully, neither my wife, my daughter or myself were injured, niether were any third parties. But, it does mean that I may not have transport to attend on Sunday.
Therefore, I am sure Gary,Ged,Steve and Adrian know that I wish them the best of everyting for the future, whatever that may be.
Also, my profound thanks for all their help in the past and most of all, their friendship. Dudley will not be the same anymore and that, is a big thing to say for someone who was born not far away from there.
Good luck lads - you deserve it!
-------------------- "We'll find 'em in the end, I promise you. We'll find 'em. Just as sure as a turnin' of the earth".
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 09, 2011 12:22 PM
Yes, it's the same Paul Foster.
I have fond memories of Dale Hemenway, as if you bought items from him at conventions or open days, he would quickly ask you for a sum that covered everthing, which always sounded very reasonable. If you then added up the full value of the items, you found that he had 'rounded down' the total by about 25%! Many years later, I mentioned this to another member of staff, who was astonished!
I vaguely recall that Dale may have gone on to do something in the film industry.
-------------------- Adrian Winchester
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