It's always sad when a local business closes down, even sadder when it's a business you can relate to. It's really sad, certainly for people like us, when the local business is a garage.
It is, however, absolutely devastatingly tragic when a local business closes down that has actually held a tiny space in your heart for dozens of years. In my case, the Ford dealership that was at the centre of my world of cars since I was four years old, has finally bitten the dust.
