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Behind the scenes… Video tour of our strongroom

  • 29th November 2011

It’s time for another instalment of our behind the scenes tour and this week we are taking you into one of our strongrooms for a peek. Have you ever wondered what we get up to when we leave to fetch a box for you? If so click on the link below to find out:

We’ll be back soon with more behind the scenes tours.

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