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By Morgan Cook Jan 28, 2021 Fred Simpson started AAA Propane Service with his son in 1991 after retiring from the House Moving industry... It all began as a simple storefront office in Santa Paula. But flash forward to 2021, and it's now Ventura County's largest storage facility, and run by Fred's three sons! (And yes, they still live and work in the same community as their customers!) "You may find them delivering your propane, setting your tank or answering the phone. They’ve been taught to get the job done. In a period of mergers and acquisitions it’s nice to know your phone call w...

GAMBLING was effectively legalised in 1960, but before then a shadowy network of bookmakers and runners existed, trying to find ways around the law. Memories 502 told how on a Saturday afternoon in the 1950s, the whole of south Durham seems to have been phoning five numbers beginning Shildon 151 and ending with Shildon 156 to place a bet with Fred Simpson, who ran a bookmaker’s in Eldon. As long as no cash exchanged hands, gambling was legal, so gamblers had to have an account with Freddie on which their winnings and losings were totted up. But not everyone had a phone. Harry Elliso...