Talk:Timpson (retailer)

Copyright problem removed
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Articles cleanup
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)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 3 one external links on Timpson (retailer). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * 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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Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 22:24, 28 January 2016 (UTC)