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SECTION 1: Greenhill community noticeboard A Bicycle repair workshop. Learn to fix punctures and adjust your brakes in this two-hour session. Saturdays, 10 a.m. Bring your own bike. £8, or free for under-16s. B Second-hand furniture sale. Sofas, desks and bookshelves in good condition. All items must be collected by the buyer, as we cannot deliver. Open Thursday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. C Conversation club. Practise your English with friendly volunteers every Tuesday evening at Greenhill Library. No booking needed. Tea and biscuits provided. D Tutor wanted. A family in Elm Street is looking for a maths tutor for their 14-year-old son, two hours a week. Experience preferred but not essential. Please call after 6 p.m. E Garden help. Retired gardener offers lawn mowing and hedge cutting at reasonable prices. Free quotes. Weekdays only. SECTION 2: Larkfield Medical Centre: training budget for staff All permanent employees who have completed their six-month probation period are eligible for up to £400 a year towards job-related training. Part-time staff are entitled to the same support, calculated in proportion to the hours they work. To apply, complete a training request form and give it to your line manager at least four weeks before the course begins. Late requests will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. Courses must be directly relevant to your current role or to a role you are being prepared for. Travel costs are reimbursed only if the course takes place more than 30 miles from the centre. Receipts must be submitted within 14 days of completing the course. Staff who leave the centre within six months of finishing a funded course may be asked to repay the full cost. SECTION 3 (extract): The trolley nobody wanted When the shopping trolley was introduced in an Oklahoma supermarket in 1937, its inventor, who owned the store, expected customers to welcome it. Instead, according to the story that is usually told, they ignored it. Many men felt that pushing a cart made them look weak, and a number of women said it reminded them of the baby carriages they had only recently stopped pushing. The solution turned out to be surprisingly simple: he paid people to walk around the shop with trolleys, pretending to be ordinary shoppers. Within weeks, real customers had begun to copy them, and the idea soon spread across the country.