Faced with that dilemma the plaintiffs chose to endeavour to run the business to an early sale and that is what they did my Lord and er the premises were put back on the market  er in the early part of nineteen eighty six  and er  it is pleaded that er  in in paragraph six statement of claim, that in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead er because there were unreasonable delays on the part of the purchaser erm and er the deal fell through but then again in July  er after the business had ceased trading, another buyer was found and then there was a lengthy period of negotiations  at the conclusion of which the sale price was reduced because at that stage the plaintiff's landlord was going to increase the rent er and the plaintiffs were at that stage under threat of forfeiture  and eventually contracts were exchanged on the sixth of November nineteen eighty six  the sale price being eighty one thousand five hundred  and er  completion was on the fifth of December nineteen eighty six.