Spaghetti House: The end of a 70-year London icon. 🍝

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Breaking news from Spaghetti House.
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>> so Spaghetti House, which is the oldest
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Italian family-owned restaurant in
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London, they have shut all their
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branches in London, which is a great
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shame. When I was looking through this
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story, I came across something I didn't
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know before, which is the Spaghetti
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House siege, which was in 1975 when
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three armed robbers stormed one of the
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branches and took all of their staff
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hostage for 6 days.
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>> 6 days?
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>> 6 days? For what reason?
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>> I was about to say, what did they
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survive on? I remember, maybe
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>> [laughter]
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>> spaghetti.
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Well, they demanded that week's takings
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at the restaurant, which was 11 grand at
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the time, which is around 90 grand now,
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which isn't too bad.
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>> Says seasoned robber, Felix.

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