What shops do you remember from Sydney Street?

[Theatre of Trees]

Anything from the 60s to the 90s?

Attrix Records, Forbidden Planet, Tiger Music, Brighton Plastics.

Anyone care to add any others?

 

[BensGrandad]

Cant remember the name but going from Trafalgar St there was a butchers on the right and my mother and grandmother forever told me how my grandad used to go there on Christmas eve to buy the meat as they always sold it off cheap after about 4.00pm. I remember it being there in the late 50s early 60s not sure when it closed down.

 

[The Peanut Roaster]

Vinyl Demand I think was there in the late 70's/early 80's.

 

[Del Boy]

David's Book Exchange
The Office (pub)
Gunns Florist
Dumb Waiter
Clippers

All of which I think are still there, although Gunns moved down the street on the other side.

 

[simon swagbag]

Yeah Tiger Music I bought my Westone Rainbow 1 in there in October 1987 a week or so after the hurricane, happy days!:guitar:

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Attrix Records. Oh and the Bead Shop. Sold nothing but, er, BEADS.

 

[fork me]

 

[timbha]

David's Book Exchange
The Office (pub)

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The Office - formerly known as The Green Dragon

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Yum-Yums must have been there for YONKS

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Slip into R soles ...no really !!

 

[The Wookiee]

Gunns the florist, my uncle john worked there for years, he died from a heart attack some 5 years ago. Albion fan too although was man utd too. RIP

 

[Del Boy]

The Office - formerly known as The Green Dragon

Yes, My bad.

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

Rayfords Electricals on corner of Trafalgar Street.

 

[Mtoto]

Was Red Rat Record Rentals in Sydney Street? Used to rent out the latest albums and sell you C90s, but because they didn't actually do the taping for you, they reckoned they weren't breaking the law. Lasted about six months, I think.

 

[DT Withdean]

Vinyl Demand I think was there in the late 70's/early 80's.

Was that a few yards further on, on a next street heading north, whose buildings came to an abrupt end (war damage?) closer to Pelham St college.

 

[Since1982]

Tiger Music was a fantastic place. I bought a lovely Fender bass there about 20 years ago. Still have it.

 

[Albumen]

The Office - formerly known as The Green Dragon

 

[thejackal]

Tiger Music was a fantastic place. I bought a lovely Fender bass there about 20 years ago. Still have it.

I bought a gorgeous electric blue Musicman Sterling bass from Tiger Music in 1995 - still my main axe. John, the main guy that worked there eventually opened an acoustic guitar shop in kemp town but I'm not sure if that's still there now either.

 

[Doc Lynam]

The Office - formerly known as The Green Dragon

Yeah used to play for them as a kid, lovely guys, rough as ****.

 

[Since1982]

I bought a gorgeous electric blue Musicman Sterling bass from Tiger Music in 1995 - still my main axe. John, the main guy that worked there eventually opened an acoustic guitar shop in kemp town but I'm not sure if that's still there now either.

Thats sounds a nice bit of gear - it was a really good shop, so much better than GAK. Mine was a Fender P bass lyte - it doesnt get used a whole lot now as I have accumulated a few more over the years!