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Mark F wrote:
I do so miss my local ironmonger. He would have listened to my
requirements, taken a few minutes thinking, then got his ladder climbed
up and located the said bar or threaded bolts of the aforementioned
size. And only charged me a few pence.

Unlike B+Q and Wickes. Threaded what mate? What size is that in mm's?
What's BSF, never heard of that?

Well, DIY sheds are self service. So you can't really expect a shelf
filler to have the same sort of knowledge. But B&Q certainly stocks
threaded rod.

I'm not that old but I was taught BSF and Whitworth and had the various
spanners to match.....maybe I am getting old...

Well, most UK car makers changed to unified after WW2, and then to metric
in the '80s. Many things were standardised either across the world or EU.
But you can still get BSF and Whitworth from specialists. However for most
applications (except obviously as replacements) metric can be substituted.

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