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Laying a patio
Can anyone recommend a Landscaper to lay a patio/slabs,local paper has a few but I hate dealing with only phone numbers in the ads.
tickets to the Scottish Ballet
The Scottish Ballet have perfomances in Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Glasgow Royal Theatre and Eden Court Inverness in April 2005. If you quote Spring Offer when booking tickets for the stalls will only cost £10.00.
win tickets to see Winnie The Pooh in Glasgow
Win 4 tickets worth over £80.00 to see Disney Live!'s Winnie the Pooh On Stage! Winnie the Pooh and his friends visit Glasgow on 5-10 April 2005 in Disney Live!'s “splendiferous” interactive stage show designed especially for children. The brand new show sees Piglet, Owl, Kanga and Roo, Eeyore, Rabbit and the infamous…
Kirkaldy/Glenrothes area- building trades
If there are any property maintenance tradespeople in these areas of Fife, or if you know of any reliable in the area, please could you send me a message ASAP. I might just be able to put some work your way!!!
REALLY cheap ginger ! (Irn Bru)
Scotmid, Bonnybridge, Falkirk, are selling 6 packs of Irn Bru and Diet Irn Bru 330ml cans marked as "special price £1.69" They have an offer on at the moment, which is 2 for £3.50 (which really is pants) HOWEVER they scan through the check-out at £1.74 for 2 x 6 packs £1.74 / 12 = 14.5p per can. Bargain. Not sure if this…
buying veg in Inverness area
Hello. This is a bit of a specific request but I know there are a few others from my area that post here! I'd like to stop buying veg from the supermarkets. As far as I know there aren't any farm shops or anything around here? Also anyone know where I can get eggs, pref organic? I know there used to be a farmers market but…
Edinburgh attractions and things to do (merged)
We are off to Edinburgh for a week at Easter - self catering apartment in the city centre (old town) Have three kids (11, 9 & 3) Its about 8 yrs since we last went but we did the castle and a natural history museum. Would like to take them to lots of interesting places but don't want to get ripped off on lots of entry fees…
anything for us highlanders?
noticed most of the threads on the first page are central belt orientated things. nothing for us highlanders then?
Big W Edinburgh Smoby Kid's Kitchen £11.25
Spotted in Big W Edinburgh Smoby kitchen and accessories (think it was tefal one with green kettle, toaster etc) Was £49.99 Now £11.25 fluffynit
Glasgow Fort
Just been with the Mrs to the opening of the new Boots branch at Glasgow Fort retail park and picked up a few bargains, 3 for 2 FCUK – Overnight bags @ £12.00 with free gift bag £0.99 – birthday presents sorted. No7. eyeliner and lipgloss £16.50 with 200 extra Advantage points and free £25.00 gift bag. Total spend £40.50…
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