Super Steve Earle
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The original Boots on Western Road with the sliding screens with pictures. Model Aerodrome and Wisdens. And my favourite menswear shop on Western Road in the 70s, Michael Barry.
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The Birdman
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I miss the Ben Sherman shop near the Clock Tower in Brighton. Also Nurden and Peacocks cash and carry far better than bookers.
Super Steve Earle
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You must have walked past the parade of shops on the right on Ladies Mile Road after the crossroads. In order from the corner, Gills the newsagent with Matchbox cars in the left window, Attwoods the hardware shop with the grumpy owner where you could buy a can of parafin for the heater at home, Cracknells the greengrocer and Tomlinsons the grocer who sold wonderful sticks of soft liquorice or Spanish as my aunt called it.
southstandandy
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- Jul 9, 2003
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Woolys - for the pick n mix and also to browse through the CD's and films.
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
The Birdman
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Woolys for the broken biscuits and 1p Cadburys chocolate bars! 1963 ish
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BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
Bejam, Churchill Square. C&A Western Road. Potters, London Road. Filby's Cycles and Toy shops, Lewes Road. Diplomat Records, London Road.
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
Whatever happened to 'Our Price' Records?!!
Boroseagull
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Oh yes, spent many a dinner time sitting on sacks of grain in 'Toms' with a bottle of Tizer & a paper bag of lemonade powder. Can still picture Tom behind the counter with his 'Arkwright' brown overall on. Trouble is it's 60 years ago now!
cheshunt seagull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Going back many years, I miss The Cottage record shop opposite the museum and gallery; a wonderland of second hand progrock gatefold sleeves. Also the camp Grace Bros charm of Hills of Hove, where I had my first holiday job in 1975, as lift man.
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Woolworth's was full of total and utter tat
Au Contraire, young Edna...
Woolies was one of the shops that I and a couple of mates used to visit on our weekly record run every Thursday in 1978/9. The singles charts came out on Thursdays and any records that had dropped out of the top 50 went into a bargain bin (25p IIRC). I picked up loads of decent records that had peaked at number 28 and Woolies had therefore bought in copious quantities only to see it drop like a stone.
Hanningtons was another store on the run.
I also miss the Wavy Line shop at the end of Dewe Road, even though the old git running it had the audacity to tell me off for putting a football through his window.
Tubby Mondays
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Theres still a great Fopp in Cambridge. Great in that you go in there for one thing maybe, but come out with 8 things you didnt know you wanted, but not what you went in for because the other stuff is better!
Theres one in London thats still good too.
AmexRuislip
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Flywright Records in Bexhill, you could stay as long as you liked without being hassled.
thisistips
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Arthur Sallis. Sold electrical components. Didn't know what most of them were but we bought resistors and transistors for a few p, and made small circuit boards.
withdeanwombat
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Sadler's Chip Shop
The Green Hut.
The Green Hut.
drew
Drew
As for shops, The Candy Shop at the bottom of Junction Rd in Burgess Hill.
The Maharajah of Sydney
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Ziggys Shoes.
Top of North St, between the Clocktower & Churchill Sq.
Top of North St, between the Clocktower & Churchill Sq.
mikeyjh
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Yep, before my home town of Belper had an independent record shop I bought all my music from Woolies. Even after that, you tended to find some less popular gems on sale in there. Remember I get Lloyd Cole's Mainstream on tape for naff all, went to sleep listening to it that night - lovely album. So Woolies wins it for me!