http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2006/11/13/im-going-on-diet/ Scrapbook of a labor-geek - Unions 2.0 in the UK and around the world Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:31:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2006/11/13/im-going-on-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Anonymous Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.johninnit.co.uk/?p=56#comment-15 How was this allowed to happen? They fought to stop the building getting knocked down when the DLR station was built. The Goddards folk were always on TV programmes talking about how they had a special secret recipe they'd never give up and how the business would always stay in the family. And then suddenly it ups and closes. And to make way for a bloody burger chain. As if there hasn't been a big enough influx of chain companies into formerly fairly retail-diverse Greenwich. Tragic. How was this allowed to happen? They fought to stop the building getting knocked down when the DLR station was built. The Goddards folk were always on TV programmes talking about how they had a special secret recipe they’d never give up and how the business would always stay in the family. And then suddenly it ups and closes. And to make way for a bloody burger chain. As if there hasn’t been a big enough influx of chain companies into formerly fairly retail-diverse Greenwich. Tragic.

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