On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 16:47:16 UTC, "Jim Gregory"
wrote:

Very few people ever knew what the abbrevn B & Q stood for, myself included.

Block and Quayle. My wife worked for one of the first half-dozen B&Q
stores (before it even opend). I think one of them even came down for
the opening.
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