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SWLNshop – by Filipa Gaspar A village shop has been run by the same family since 1890 surviving 130 years of high street turmoil – and the Post Office scandal. Daphne Creed, 77, is the third generation to run the Springfield Stores in Hardington Mandeville in Somerset. She took it on from her mother in 1991 who had managed it from 1936 after taking over from Mrs Creed’s gran who had run it since 1890. Daphne says taking over the shop was a ‘natural’ step – as she used to help her mum out back in the day. She said:…