Model Shop Finds It Can't Soldier On

IT caters for a traditional hobby and The Model Shop has itself become one of Hull's traditions with premises that have barely changed for generations.But a combination of the internet era and the recent recession have proved too much for its owners to endure and after a lifespan of 65 years it will close for the last time next month.The shop first opened on Holderness Road in 1946, then moved onto Whitefriargate and finally the city centre in 1962, and its layout today would still be instantly recognisable to customers from that era. Every available inch of space is given over to models, with shelves groaning under boxes of kits. Gurkhas rub shoulder

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