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Mon 10 Oct 2009Bartering is back
The credit crunch, enhanced frugality and easy web access have seen people swapping and bartering with gusto
EVERY SATURDAY morning throughout the mid-1970s, Irish children – at least those living in places where BBC TV was available – would gather to watch Noel Edmonds and Keith Chegwin help kids living in glamorous sounding locations, like Wigan and Hull, swap toys.
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