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The closure of the main newsagents in Ramsey is a blow, but one from which the town will recover.
That's the view of the chairman of the Ramsey Chamber of Commerce, following the news the large Pickwicks store in Parliament Street is to shut at the end of October.
Chris Blatcher says it's disappointing, but Ramsey is well served in that area:
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