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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