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Old 29-06-2014, 14:14
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Hi all,

Was wondering if anyone can help me with the owners and employees of The Minute Mart/First Til' Last.

I need the owners more than employees but employees would be helpful too. I need everyone since Naima and Saeed.

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Old 29-06-2014, 14:23
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I know Naima ran it with her cousin after Saeed left her and then it was bought by the Karims. In fact I think Mr. Karim may have owned it all along and was related to Naima in some way. I can't remember what became of the place when the Karims left to be perfectly honest. Obviously it was turned into the Minute Mart we know today at some point.
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Old 29-06-2014, 15:20
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From what I remember, Saeed and Naima owned it before passed onto the Karims. After they left, it wasn't owned by anybody until Patrick and Yolande- Denise is the current owner. Kim also owned it at one point but has never been explained if she still has her share
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Old 29-06-2014, 15:24
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Irene and Terry owned it before Patrick and Yolande
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Old 29-06-2014, 15:37
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Irene and Terry owned it before Patrick and Yolande
I'd totally forgotten that. Even reading your post I can't picture them running it. Irene was around during a time I wasn't all that interested in the show so that might explain it.
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Old 29-06-2014, 16:26
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Irene and Terry owned it before Patrick and Yolande
I did think there was someone before them but couldn't remember who, thanks
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Old 29-06-2014, 18:40
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I did think there was someone before them but couldn't remember who, thanks
Wasn't it Sanjay and Geeta?
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Old 29-06-2014, 19:36
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Wasn't it Sanjay and Geeta?
Weren't they on the market? I seem to remember Gita had the clothing stall back then
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:25
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Cheers so if I got it right:
Namia and Saeed
Karims
Irene and Terry
Patrick and Yonelde
Patrick (with Denise and Kim employed)
Denise and Kim (and Masoods employed)
Denise (current) (with Masoods employed)
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Old 29-06-2014, 20:55
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Weren't they on the market? I seem to remember Gita had the clothing stall back then
Not sure now you could be right
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Old 29-06-2014, 21:31
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I wish we saw more of the kwik e mart, it could be an integral set if used right. I don't think Shabbers works well in there. They need someone Denise can bounce off, I wish Shirley had stayed in there instead of running the Vic.
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Old 29-06-2014, 22:02
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Didn't fat 'Hev work there too, she pigged out on all of the cheese?
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Old 29-06-2014, 23:12
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I wish we saw more of the kwik e mart, it could be an integral set if used right. I don't think Shabbers works well in there. They need someone Denise can bounce off, I wish Shirley had stayed in there instead of running the Vic.
I think Shabs does ok there- I mean shes obviously meant to be a Zainab substitute and would be hard to replace her- but think Shabs style of humour, though a bit different from Zee's, still works. The only thing I do doubt about the Shabs/Dee friendship is that a) it is, as I mentioned, meant to replicate Zainab and I feel is a bit contrived and b) I find a bit weird that Denise is suddenly best friends with her best mates daughter, especially as I dont remember them having a huge amount of interaction before
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Old 29-06-2014, 23:31
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Didn't First til Last get ransacked then that's when it became Minute Mart?
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Old 30-06-2014, 03:36
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I seem to remember Carol working there during her first stint.
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Old 30-06-2014, 03:37
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I don't remember Irene in there at all
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Old 30-06-2014, 03:40
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I did think there was someone before them but couldn't remember who, thanks
Robbie's now wife, Nita worked there in between, I think when it first became Minute Mart.
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Old 30-06-2014, 06:34
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Didn't First til Last get ransacked then that's when it became Minute Mart?
I don't know why but it being crashed into by a car springs to mind about it's change of name.
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Old 30-06-2014, 07:13
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Robbie's now wife, Nita worked there in between, I think when it first became Minute Mart.
I had forgotten all about her. She was as dull as ditchwater
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Old 30-06-2014, 15:33
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I don't know why but it being crashed into by a car springs to mind about it's change of name.
Martin Fowler's friend, Asif Malik, crashed a truck through the First Til Last in the summer of 2000 - this brought the end of Terry & Irene's reign at the shop, which was then brought by the Minute Mart chain, which Patrick & Youlande ran it for.
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Old 30-06-2014, 15:35
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Cheers so if I got it right:
Namia and Saeed
Karims
Irene and Terry
Patrick and Yonelde
Patrick (with Denise and Kim employed)
Denise and Kim (and Masoods employed)
Denise (current) (with Masoods employed)
A person called "Mrs Andreos" ran the store between the Karim & Irene/Terry era - I'm sure Mr Papadopolous owened it at the time (mid 90's) & she ran it for him - there was talk of him knocked through into the Launderette at the time, but it never happened.
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Old 30-06-2014, 15:42
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Weren't they on the market? I seem to remember Gita had the clothing stall back then
I think Sanjay and Gita did own it for a while. I recall Sanjay's bossy mother buying the shop for them.
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