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They talk funny and work in factories. Therefore, in the north innit

I always imagined though, that everyone who works at Mercian has a beard, smokes a pipe and rambles on about period correct components all day.... Alas, Marlboro Lights, The Sun and topless ladies on motorbikes seems to be the reality.

Actually they're quite standard blokes more worried about comfort and affordability than finesse and nostalgia. Proper blokes with oil under their nails. I once was asking them about matching a specific hue of green and they looked at me as if I was a total dandy (fair enough). We talked for about five minutes before he let on that he is completely colourblind.