Big Issue Xmas/New Year Opening/Closing Times For London Vendors. By Uncle Monty.

Big Issue Xmas/New Year

Opening/Closing Times

For London Vendors.
By Uncle Monty.

Photos and Graphics

By Alex Albion.
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On Monday, December 22nd, 2oo8, The

Big Issue No. 827 – “Featuring a specially-

commissioned Big Issue comic” – will be
available for purchase at the herein marked

times by all badged vendors from one of

the seven official distribution points at:

Vauxhall – 7am/6pm.

Covent Garden – 9am/4:30pm.
Angel – 9am/4pm.

Oxford Street – 10am/4pm.
Liverpool Street - 10:30am/5pm.
King’s Cross – 12/5pm.

Victoria – 10am/4pm.

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No. 827 edition will be a two-week issue and

will be the last of the year, 2oo8. The cost to

vendors will be 70 pence each, as usual.

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(UPDATE: The Comic Issue was purposely

delayed for sale by The Big Issue in order for

it to get rid of its many unsold bundles of last

week's Festive Special that resulted in the

vendors being forced to sell that after the

original print date and before they’d release

the Dec. 22nd, Comic Issue to them to sell.

Thus, vendors suffered and the public was

denied buying the newest issue. The

Comic Issue had sat warehoused for at

least 4 days while vendors were denied

the new issue to sell at Christmastide.

What it really amounted to was them

pulling a fast one on its own Big Issue

vendors. And, Big Issue got away with

it at the expense of all concerned,

except them.)
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The first new Big Issue of the New Year 2oo9

– No. 828 – will be available to badged vendors

on January 5th at all of the above locations

at normal business hours that will then

commence again on the 5th.

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All distribution points and The Big Issue head

office will be completely closed on Christmas Day,

Boxing Day, and Sun. Dec. 28th, 2oo8. And also on
New Year’s Day, 2oo9. While on Sat. Dec. 27th,
only -Vauxhall will be open between 9am/2pm.

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From Christmas Eve, 2oo8 to January 4th, 2oo9,
Angel, King’s Cross and Victoria distribution points
will all be closed until January 5th. So also will

Liverpool Street, except for Sat, January 3rd,

when it will be open at 11am/3pm only.

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From Mon. Dec 29th , Tues 30th, and Wed.

Dec. 31st, 2oo8, Vauxhall will open from

9am/2pm on each of those days. And

also Covent Garden and Oxford Street dis-

tribution points will be open for business

on the same days from 10am/2pm.

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While on Fri, January 2nd and Sat. Jan. 3rd,

2oo9, Vauxhall is open from 9am/2pm; Covent

Garden And Oxford Street from 10pm/3pm.

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Big Issue Distributor Tom Woodlock

at London's Covent Garden.

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Vendors wishing further details may contact

their regular distributor for a b+w copy of

“The Big Issue Christmas Opening Times

and Issue details,” to which is the basis of

this succinct and edited information herein.

I cannot be held responsible for any quirks

or changes suddenly imposed on vendors by

The Big Issue itself. If you wish, you may

also directly contact me – Uncle Monty – for

additional information at thebiggerissue@k.st.
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The Street Vendor By Alex Albion.

Your's, Uncle Monty.

+Eve Before Christmas Eve, 2oo8.

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:: Perhaps Going Bonkers, I think ::

By Uncle Monty.

I'm not quite sure what to make of Steve

Farrell's unusual outburst on Xmas Eve

when he seemed to go "bonkers" on me for

awhile when he suddenly spewed out:

"Fucking, Fucking, Fucking, SHUT UP"

with his face all torn-up with his strange

facial expressions as he tried to count out

my £52.50 in cash for 75 copies of the new

Big Issue No. 827. He then repeated again

what he had "fuckingly" expressed. And,

I was then shut-up. I wasn't sure if it was

an angry or a non-angry reaction to me or

what. All I can say, is that I'd never seen

Steve in such an expressive mode before at

his job of being a good Big Issue distributor

at our Covent Garden spot with his new

helper Nick. I just hope Steve is okay ...

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