OPEN ALL HOURS SHOP IS CLOSED.(News)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: November 27, 1998 | Copyright information

A VILLAGE store thought to have inspired Ronnie Barker's hit TV show Open All Hours is to close after 70 years.

The comedian used to live just six miles away from the shop which is to shut tomorrow.

Owner Brian Meecham claimed he often served someone matching Ronnie's description.

And the 64-year-old shopkeeper said he was known to his customers as Arkwright - the name of Ronnie's character in the popular series, which also starred David Jason as G...

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