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Brass neck - The Diary, 20 November 2009

A Kilmaurs reader hopes the customer in front of him at the check-out at Marks & Spencer was joking when she was offered a gent’s tie for only a penny by the check-out assistant.

It was part of a promotion by the store to mark its 125th anniversary.