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Vol. CXII · No. 4,822Late Drizzle EditionPrice: One Tablet
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Obituaries for Shops

VIDEO VAULT, Friarton (1989–2008): Late Fees, New Releases, and a Beaded Curtain

Where Friday nights began with an argument about what to watch.

Shelves of video cases.

Shelves of video cases. Photo: UnifiedFunctionality, “Video store stock tracking label”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

PERTH — We remember Video Vault, which rented films, collected late fees with pastoral care, and knew your mum’s taste better than you did.

It is survived by a dusty copy of something nobody finished.

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