A FAMILY-RUN Wimpy has closed its doors for the final time since it opened 30 years ago - leaving loyal customers saddened to see it go. Kash and Navjot Bhangal have run the shop on Billericay High Street since 1991 but are now looking forward to relaxing with friends and family as they start their retirement. Loyal customers who also became friends with the couple over the years flooded into the shop on its final day on Saturday, with gesture gifts and words of thanks to the family who had served the community for three decades. Kash Bhangal, 70, said: Maybe I will cry later when we shut the shop.
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James Rix and Fergus Harrington outside their pub, Knowhere Special
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