Talk:Timpson (retailer)

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I've rewrote the lead and the intro to the history. The article is in a dire need to a rewrite. Some of it reads like an advertisement or taken from a magazine or news article. This is something which has been as issue here before. There also appears to be the same user(s) making edits to this article, which may suggest a CoI. The tone also needs to change. Uamaol (talk) 03:22, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Added archive https://web.archive.org/20100509011231/http://www.timpson.co.uk:80/history-of-timpson.php to http://www.timpson.co.uk/history-of-timpson.php
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/20101215080457/http://director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2007/9%20Sep/timpson_61_2.html to http://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2007/9%20Sep/timpson_61_2.html
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/20150222003545/http://www.timpson.co.uk:80/blog/article/79/john-timpson-we-are-making-a-difference-to-the-lives-of-ex-offenders- to http://www.timpson.co.uk/blog/article/79/john-timpson-we-are-making-a-difference-to-the-lives-of-ex-offenders-

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