It turns out the zillionaire spot-merchant is planning to build 500 eco-homes on land he owns in glamorous Ilfracombe, Devon.
The closing ate up parking spots, merchants say, and made streets unnavigable.
NEXT time you spot a merchant mariner on shore leave, look closely at that knitted watch cap, vest and scarf the seaman is wearing to ward off the winter cold.
In the early days, when U-boats spotted a merchant ship, they would surface, inspect its papers and, if it was found to be carrying Allied supplies, blow it up -- though only after making sure that the passengers had safely debarked into lifeboats.
A bright spot for merchants on Black Friday came online, where sales were surprisingly strong.
Around 15:55, the cruiser spotted a merchant ship on a northbound course, which quickly turned away from the coast at 14 kn.
Sirius spotted the merchant ship under the batteries there and sent two boats into the anchorage, stormed the ship and brought her out without a single casualty.
Running silently into the bay, U-38 had to avoid being spotted by merchant vessels in order to help maintain the Soviet Union's attempted appearance of neutrality at that time.
There are, however, a few bright spots for merchants.
"There's no reason why we can't do it again". One bright spot for the merchant is that Gulf Bank granted Salem a line of credit that will let him jump-start his printing business.
Merchant spots my bale coming off the truck, the initials "GP" all of 3 inches high.
