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I'd considered just putting a bit of epoxy resin on there and filing it back to close the slot up, but that seemed a bodge too far, even though it might have worked for a bit. So after hunting around for a pair of paragon or similar dropouts to replace these, and realising they wouldn't be a straight swap and would probably need a bit of seatstay/chainstay modification too (and it being way more than I wanted to spend on what is, let's face it, a really rather unremarkable frame), I went to see our friendly neighbourhood bike guy Winston.
Spent a couple of hours with him, we aligned the axle from the drive side dropout (which looked in good shape) and agreed that a little shim on the NDS was the way to go. He silver brazed a bit of stainless plate in, filed it back a bit. It's probably not the most elegant repair in the world but it's just what I was after - it seems to work fine, and holds the wheel in place straight. Job done.
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