AH, so, it's not all one-way traffic - we're selling stuff to Japan.
An old Methodist church from Barrowford is about to become a wedding chapel in Tokyo.
More rum still, however, is the thought that when all those cars the Japanese sell us are gone to rust, the second-hand stones we've sold them will still be standing.
Made in Britain - and built to last, by gum.
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