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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info

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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 7M ago

Philip Brewer files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in California

PHILIP BREWER has filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in California, Case No. 9:11-bk-14384-PC. The Bankruptcy Notice states that a Meeting of Creditors is scheduled to take place at 10am, Oct 17, 2011, at 128 East Carillo St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. … Continue reading →
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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 9M ago

Durham Cathedral Shop Employees win Redundancy Payout

This news is very much of the ‘we were tipped into a swamp and lost nearly everything, but we escaped the alligators with our lives after each losing half a leg’ variety, but the staff at Durham Cathedral Shop have … Continue reading →
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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 1Y ago

The sad and empty shell of the former SPCK Christian Bookshop, Chester

Don’t want to comment here? Join the conversation on facebook instead (or as well…). Photo posted on Flickr by majestik_12, Rob Poulson, 27 March 2011: Sad to see the shop still sitting there like this more than a year after the … Continue reading →
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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 1Y ago

Durham Cathedral Bookshop: One door closes…

Phil Groom writes: One door closes — but will another one open? Christians love to talk about God’s provision and guidance, don’t they? About how one door may close but another one will always open, yadda yadda yadda… but the … Continue reading →
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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 1Y ago

2010: SPCK/SSG Blog Overview

Phil Groom writes: THANK YOU to the stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com for the following snapshot summary of how this blog did in 2010; but EVEN BIGGER THANKS to you, its readers, without whose involvement it would all be dust … Continue reading →
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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 1Y ago

To all this blog’s friends and supporters: thank you; and very best wishes for Christmas and the coming year

Phil Groom writes: THIS BLOG would be nothing without you, its friends and supporters: thank you for all your encouragement over this past year. In recognition of your support (and rather than add to humanity’s carbon footprint by sending out … Continue reading →
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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 1Y ago

Good News in Leicester as Cathedral Square Relocation Plans are Confirmed

Phil Groom writes: THE UNCERTAINTY that has hung over Christian Resources, the former SPCK Bookshop in Leicester, since the sad death of Peter Hebden (who was sole proprietor) has come to an end at last. The following brief announcement was … Continue reading →
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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 1Y ago

You too can own a half-price church courtesy of St Stephen the Great

Phil Groom writes: LET’S FACE IT, with Phil Brewer and Mark Brewer off his back, what use does St Stephen the Great have for a church these days? He can’t even let it out as a B&B — sorry, I … Continue reading →
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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 1Y ago

Former SPCK Bookshops Four Years On: watching, waiting, wondering: it isn’t over yet

The Watcher writes: The photograph below, sent in by a concerned individual, of the former SPCK Bookshop in Worcester, looking empty and neglected, is symptomatic of the present state of play regarding the former SPCK Bookshops four years after they … Continue reading →
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SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info · 1Y ago

Former SPCK York to become a Restaurant

Phil Groom writes: According to a report published 5th October 2010 in the York Press, the fate of the former SPCK Bookshop in York is now sealed as businessman Ian Loftus has secured permission to turn the premises into a … Continue reading →
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