A Happy Ending for Fixtures & Fittings Number 3024

I walked out of the warehouse this morning to find that somebody had thrown out a tatty set of drawers.

What that somebody didn't know was that the tatty set of drawers, so callously discarded, was my first ever fixture and fitting purchased for the business way back in 1972.

Somebody had given me a desk, but it only had one drawer so I went to the local 'Whitewood Centre' and bought this - I had intended to paint it, but somehow never got round to it!

The memories came flooding back, of course. The mechanical adding machine sat on my desk. The 2oz Golden Virginia tin that was my first ever cash tin. All the cheap bulky stuff that filled my shelves to make it look as if I had plenty of stock.

That was it! I wasn't going to let it be thrown away - I'm sure that there is a good few years of life left in my trustee set of drawers. As I picked it up to carry it back into the warehouse, somebody said "Mick. What are you going to do with it?" Smart Arse! Of course, he was right - I don't really have a use for it, so I sadly put it back by the rubbish skip and turned to walk back to my office. Just then, one of the lads walked out and said " Oh that's handy, I can make use of that in the office at the back of the warehouse.

YES! Fixture & Fitting number 3024 is back on the books!