Allegedly The owner used to run a site that had a genuinely serious asbestos problem. A mate who's a very senior asbestos consultant pointed that out during a game day, was told there was no asbestos in the building and he didn't know what he was talking about.
Theres asbestos at almost every indoor site, most of it dealt with properly. This stuff was especially bad.
Anyway, site gets shut down by HSE (he didn't report it) and a prohibition notice served. Site is then sold on with the prohibition in place, unbeknown to them. New owners very nearly get shafted.
The shop is situated in my local town centre and sell swords to dust heads.
I've visited twice, and seen one of these happen. It was a less than 40 quid katana type blade and I wouldn't have sold the guy a water pistol.
The shops got very little responsibility imo when it comes to a town centre with some problems.
They've got a scheme to bypass the playing 3 times in no less than 2 months, and their stuff is overpriced. Sort of feels like honest John's used cars.
I'd have to clarify further as it was years ago but another friend allegedly had to take out a CCJ against him or his business partner.