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delboy271155
#1 Posted : 09 January 2024 21:30:53
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Hi all, Crying

It is with great sadness that I pass on the information that "Hattons" is to cease trading.

Having been in business since 1946 the shutters are coming down on an icon of the model railway hobby.

Here is a link to their web site that explains everything:

https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail?id=1498

Regards
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roymattblack
#2 Posted : 10 January 2024 10:20:48

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That really is sad news.

'Tempora mutantur et mutamur temporibus' as Sir Humphrey Appleby would say (and did)
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goddo
#3 Posted : 11 January 2024 13:29:13

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Sad news about Hattons.
Let's hope that the remaining kit manufacturers and modelling stores can keep afloat.
I spoke to the owner of a local model shop recently and he said that sales were down by 50% on 2022, and that year wasn't brilliant.
Chris
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