The Great British queuing system will come into its own when stores reopen The scenes in Warrington on Monday were akin to those you might usually see in Wimbledon during the summer months, when people queue patiently with the hope of bagging an on-the-day ticket for a Centre Court tennis match.
This time, though, the crowds which had arrived from 5:40am were waiting to enter Ikea, which was due to reopen at nine after being closed since 23rd March because of the coronavirus pandemic.
At its peak, more than a thousand Brits snaked around the car park, suitably standing two metres apart, which prompted Twitter commentators to complain of ‘five mile’ waits.
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