is Birkett's still up at the top of The Strait?
it is indeed, though Matt and Iain arn't there anymore IIRC, I haven't actually been there much since they left, tend to get a lot of stuff from rapid these days (microcontroller related stuff, etc)
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http://www.zyra.org.uk/birkett.htm for anyone who doesn't know what we are on about)
It always amazes me how well known that shop is, I was part of an amateur radio club (MX0PSL IIRC... if they are still going) when I was at school doing my A-levels, almost without fail as soon as we mentioned we were lincoln based, birketts came up in conversation! Still have a foundation radio license of my own, don't actually use it anymore, only keep renewing it on a 'just in case' basis while it is free until I'm 21, lol
