Jimmy Gettings of La Mirage picture framing shop on why he is finally closing up
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00:00I'm with Jimmy Gettings in his framing studio in La Marraige in Murray Street, is that correct?
00:05That's true.
00:06I understand you're ready to call it a day and hang up your frame.
00:09Yeah, I reckon I'm getting too old now, I'm 85 shortly.
00:14Wow.
00:15Yeah, and I've got to go.
00:18I don't mean I've got to go, I've got to leave, I've got to have a bit of time for myself and me missus, you know.
00:26You've looked after a lot of people, you've framed a lot of pictures.
00:28Oh yeah, definitely, you know, I've had a few celebrities.
00:37Really?
00:38Yeah.
00:39Anybody you can name or is it all very quiet?
00:40Yeah, well one of them would be Joe Allen who played for Newcastle, Chelsea and Hartlepool.
00:48Uh-huh.
00:49And also Bruce Jones of Coronation Street.
00:53Wow.
00:54And, you know, a couple of, I can't really remember them all because we've done that many, you know.
01:05That many people have been through your door?
01:07That's it, yeah.
01:08Well you're surely going to be missed, that's for sure.
01:11Thanks, thanks Frank, yeah.
01:13Thank you Jimmy, all the very best.
01:15Thank you Frankie, same to your son.
01:17Yeah.