Studying CCTV, police said Mr Kershaw was seen catching a bus and collecting his pension before doing some shopping on 4 October.

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He ended up doing his present shopping on the high street instead.

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And in so doing, they have made shopping on Black Friday an investment of time and effort that pays.

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No fan of wandering through trendy neighborhoods or doing mindless shopping, I hit on the idea of visiting a bunch of the smaller museums, set in once private homes like the Frick Museum in New York.

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He also said he wanted to see "consumer-friendly" organisations - co-ops, partnerships, consumer charities - dedicated to doing the shopping around for consumers "to make sure that you are always on the best deal, even if you do not have time to check yourself".

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Gantner has spent every day of the last six months on the road, doing demos in schools, toy stores, shopping malls, street corners anywhere he can pull in the kids and light a fire.

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Patty had been implacably generous in offering to look after Connie while Carol was out working or shopping or doing her Thursday-night business, and Carol had become dependent on her for a ton of free babysitting.

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You see lot more people on bicycles here too, including commuters off to work and housewives doing the daily shopping.

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Gantner has spent every day of the last six months on the road, doing demos in schools, toy stores, at scout meetings, shopping malls, street corners anywhere he can pull in the kids and light a fire.

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