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Granny Bates makes the grade. (Business Beat) (company profile)
After three years, Margaret McMillan still beams when she talks about her business. "Ifs always exciting when people walk in through the door," the former teacher smiles. "Everybody who comes in to Granny Bates is really enthusiastic about kids' books."
Ifs no accident that Granny Bates is a success. As Newfoundland's first and only bookstore catering exclusively to children, it fills a need for high quality children's books that previously could only be met by those willing to endure the hassles of dealing in mail order with bookstores in Halifax or Toronto. "We were sure the potential was there-we'd spent a solid year and a half planning, not to mention the several years of research I'd put in before that," Margaret says when explaining how she and Nora Lester, another former teacher, decided to open the store.
- Doctors in plea over bus stops.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) Probert, Andy May 16, 2000 700+ words
...the William Street, Unicorn Hill and Bates Hill areas over the next 18 months. The plans...would be used to allow buses to turn and Bates Hill could be used as a waiting area. Dr...put a resting area for bus drivers in Bates Hill, because the buses are kept running...
- Centre is no-go for drivers.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) May 15, 2002 700+ words
MOTORISTS have been warned to stay away from Redditch town centre or face a pounds 30 fine. The centre, between Bates Hill and Church Road, and along Church Green West, has been off limits to general traffic after being designated a bus-only...
- TOWN EVACUATED AFTER GAS LEAK.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) June 2, 1998 700+ words
...centre for around two hours yesterday afternoon. Police appealed for people to stay away from the area around Unicorn Hill, Bates Hill and part of the Kingfisher shopping centre. Gas contractors were then called in and they worked to seal the leak in a major...
- Hat-trick hero.
- Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) September 29, 2009 700+ words
...But it could all have been so different had home keeper Nathan Meredith not made early saves from James Wilby and Andrew Bates. Hill hit the net after 12 minutes, shooting home from Joe Saxton's cross. Heavy Woollen edged in front with goals by Jack Griffiths...
- Strike on taxis halted.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) November 22, 2003 700+ words
...spaces for taxis in Unicorn Hill, with the existing allocated for short-term parking and a newly created rank in nearby Bates Hill. Drivers launched a lightening strike last Saturday when they were found Worcestershire County Council had removed the Unicorn...
- Parking boost.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) November 22, 2000 700+ words
...their cars as the full changes of the town's transport system gets underway. Up to 200 bus movements will be occurring in the Bates Hill area and bus stops have been relocated to Church Green West and Unicorn Hill for the next 18 months.
- Ghost town!; Chilling tales of things that go bump in the night.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) Swingler, Steve May 24, 2000 700+ words
...Redditch is definitely a very haunted place. 'The Apollo warehouse is built on the site of a huge Methodist Church, parts of Bates Hill are over a Wesleyan Chapel and graveyard and the Kingfisher Shopping Centre sits on what was the burial ground for the Evesham...
- Blind man in bag snatch.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) October 16, 2003 700+ words
...thief who robbed a blind man of his shopping bag. The man, who has not been named, was walking with his guide dog along Bates Hill, in Redditch, at 4.45pm, last Sunday , when he was pounced on. Det Sgt Leighton Harding, of Redditch police, said...