Buying a piece of history
Those who remember a 200-year-old grocer's shop in North Yorkshire can buy items from it at auction. Thompson's in Osmotherly closed in 2004.
Contents of 200-year-old village shop sold at auction
by Frances Read
Thompson's at Osmotherly in the North York Moors closed in 2004 - but those who remember it have a chance to buy a piece of its history.
Read the full storyMake Do and Mend: items from 200-year-old grocer's shop sold off
The entire contents of Thompson's of Osmotherly are going up for sale. Here auctioneer Rodney Tennant shows off one of the items.
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Items from oldest village shop to be auctioned
Hundreds of items from one of the region's oldest village grocery stores are to be auctioned. Thompson's of Osmotherly in the North York Moors was hundreds of years old, but closed in 2004.