Penny Bazaar fever comes to county
Hundreds of bargain hunters queued patiently to spend a penny in Gloucestershire.
Shoppers began lining up outside Marks and Spencer stores in Cheltenham and Gloucester before 7am to choose five items on sale for just 1p.
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Knickers, jewellery and sweets were some of the 20 products on sale for a penny as part of the M&S Penny Bazaar promotion.
First in the queue in Cheltenham were sisters Frances Pincott, 74, from Prestbury and Georgina Prout, 69, from Leckhampton.
Frances said: "I have been a Marks and Spencer customer for a long time. I wanted to make sure I got my place in the queue."
For full story and more pictures, see Thursday's editions of The Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo.
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by Local, Glos
Thursday, May 21 2009, 6:28AM
“Gimmick - Of course they invented the 125 year theme.
Don't moaners get on your nerves.”
by young and disadvantaged, glos
Wednesday, May 20 2009, 5:49PM
“Shame on them charging poor pensioners a full penny. I thought they got a 10% discount on just about everything under the sun!!!”
by FJ, Glos
Wednesday, May 20 2009, 4:25PM
“Anon, fod, we all know that its to get people to shop there. You must have a really sad life, lets ban all promos shall we. Its not like anyone forces you to go there, and M&S have a perfect right to do this if they wish. Its called "competition".”
by anon, fod
Wednesday, May 20 2009, 2:45PM
“pathetic, cant everyone see its just a scam to get people in the shop.”
by Tony Bond, Cheltenham
Wednesday, May 20 2009, 2:19PM
“Yes, I nipped in relatively early and there was nothing left. Bit of a gimmick to get you in the shop - if you're really serious about this type of promotion you need to back it with a sensible level of stock. But let's be honest - most of the stuff they were saying would be 1p wasn't exactly exciting, top notch or must haves (apart from the knickers, obviously)!”