29th January 2020 - House Cleared - and home again

Thought for the day :"We were so poor when I was growing up we couldn't even afford to pay attention"

I saw this today and enjoyed - One up on the Big Corporations

A local businessman who named his shop Singhsbury's had to change the name after a complaint from Sainsbury's supermarket has renamed it Morrisinghs.

The bold move paid off - Morrisons has backed the re-naming.

Sainsbury's threatened legal action against Jel Singh Nagra unless he took down the original sign outside his shop in West Allotment, North Tyneside.

Jel Singh Nagra was forced to remove his Singhsbury's sign, but has now replaced it with an equally droll one. Locals had asked him to replace the sign as they still called it Singhsbury's and enjoyed the joke.

Because of the legal threat, he had to think of a new name. He chose Morrisinghs, and has the support of the larger supermarket.

And the retail giant seemed to welcome the tribute, as a Morrisons spokesman said: "Mr Nagra and his customers obviously have good taste so we wish him well."

Mr Nagra said: "It's just meant as banter. I know about 90% of our customers are local. There's little passing trade. I wanted to put West Allotment on the map."

Mr Nagra welcomed Morrisons' response to his choice of name.

"We are not in competition with them," he said.

"I take my hat off to them - well done to them. This is all meant in jest."

A Sainsbury's spokesperson said: "We were grateful to Mr Nagra for removing the sign."

In other news we have done the long ( and possibly last ) journey to New Milton
House is on the market - whether it will achieve what they say I do not know -

Last pictures of the house - mainly taken for the house clearance people but apparently they will be calling on Monday to give a quote. Saw the Gardner to day - wanted £150 for clearing the front and tidying up - didn't really have much choice - was giving him the money and letting him do it in the future - if I ripped him off he would do a bad job - this way I have good will.

One trailer full loaded and stored in the Warehouse.

Some updates on the Glamping Site - will update tomorrow when I have thought about them more.

But lots of support from all parties  so please with the reach - Video has gone out over 5000 times apparently ...

So - long drive - time for the news and bed ...