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Bright Ideas Torch & Battery Supplies (1988–2026)
Fictional shop closed after realising it couldn't see its own till during power cut.
Torches, dimmed. Photo: KMJ at German Wikipedia, “Flashlight”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Fictional Bright Ideas sold torches for 38 years and was busier than ever on Sunday — until its own lights went out and it couldn’t find the stock. “Ironic,” said the owner, by phone light. A memorial torch will be left on, permanently, until the batteries go.
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