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Early days of coffee shop
 
Re: Early days of coffee shop
Posted by infoman at 01:13, 9th March 2026
 
Was it that recent? year 2019.

Swear it was longer than that,maybe getting years mixed up with the David de Costa campaign

Re: Early days of coffee shop
Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 15:45, 8th March 2026
 
Just wondering if those original coffee shop members are still engaged in the coffee shop

Yes, I am - but not 'engaged' - I've been married to my good wife for nearly thirty years now.

I, too, still have my badge from that event - and I'm now searching through my drawers, so to speak, as I'm sure I still have somewhere the railway security pass issued to me on that day.

That owl (Isambird Kingdom Brownowl) is still a feature of the Coffee Shop forum - indeed, I sort of bumped into him on a fairly recent visit to Melksham.  He, by the way, was the cause of some interest to the public as grahame and I trundled him on his platform through a pedestrian precinct to grahame's overnight accommodation. 

In that picture, I am standing second from left, facing the camera.

Chris.


Re: Early days of coffee shop
Posted by Western Pathfinder at 09:28, 8th March 2026
 
That was a good day,still have my badge even though I didn’t make it into the picture.

Re: Early days of coffee shop
Posted by grahame at 05:35, 8th March 2026
 
Posted in campaigns,

as I could not seem to find a more suitable location

I do recall dashing through the Reading over bridge going back a little while(2008?)

and seeing the early days of coffee shop members(four?) in a stall handing out the coffee leaflets

Just wondering if those original coffee shop members are still engaged in the coffee shop

15th May 2019.   See https://www.passenger.chat/r20407.html



We (Coffee Shop) have 69 members who registered over 15 years ago and have been logged in within the last year.

Early days of coffee shop
Posted by infoman at 04:08, 8th March 2026
 
Posted in campaigns,

as I could not seem to find a more suitable location

I do recall dashing through the Reading over bridge going back a little while(2008?)

and seeing the early days of coffee shop members(four?) in a stall handing out the coffee leaflets

Just wondering if those original coffee shop members are still engaged in the coffee shop

 
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