The Ham and Egger Files

A Christmas window display celebrating the world's first text message. The world's first text message was sent over the Vodafone net...

A piece of inflatable advertising in Stockport. Last year I spotted a piece of inflatable advertising at the Super Shine Hand Car Wash in Br...

Toys R Us is now open at TGJones in Stockport. The rebrand of the former WHSmith shop in Stockport took place last month , and part of the c...

TGJones is now open in Stockport. The rebrand of the former WHSmith shop in Stockport has taken place. TGJones has opened its store in the M...

There's a Toys R Us inside the TGJones in Cambridge. The start of July 2025 marked the end of WHSmith on the British high street after 2...

A look at some Junkyard Golf Club advertising in Manchester. I spotted this advertising signage at Junkyard Golf Club at First Street in Man...

A look at two new TGJones shops in Leeds. We saw our first two of the newly branded TGJones shops while in Leeds recently. The start of July...

Spotting a wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube-man in Stockport. We were pleasantly surprised to see this wacky waving inflatable arm-...

There will be a Summer Mini Golf course event in Slough, Berkshire at the end of this month. Slough BID have organised a Summer Mini Golf ev...

It's National 7-Eleven Day. Today is National 7-Eleven Day! 7-Eleven convenience stores celebrate National 7-Eleven Day on when else bu...

Changes are afoot on the UK high street with TGJones replacing WHSmith. The WHSmith branding will be changed to TGJones on the remaining sto...

As today is Summerween - a day to carve a Jack-o-Melon  - here's a look at one of my all-time favourite niche businesses. Logman Ltd - ...

Attending the King Pins Arndale Summer Mixer event in Manchester. I attended the King Pins Arndale Summer Mixer business networking event at...