 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Open all hours; After 26,664 days, it's a new era for grocer's shop that never closes - even for its owner's funeral.
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The Daily Mail (London, England)
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October 3, 2003
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Byline: JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK
IT is the ultimate open-allhours grocer - since 1930 it has not missed a single day's trading.
Through the six years of World War II and the most inhospitable days of countless winters, the doors of F D Stills have opened, regular as clockwork, every morning.
Even the death of the shop's owner on April 7, 1965, merited only a small blip in trading hours - staff worked a half-day.
But now, after an incredible ...