In Gravesend in the '60s 'Harry Fenton's' was the place to get 'the look'. Bought my first pair of pointed toe Chelsea boots there and had blisters for weeks, til I used my dad's shoe trees (remember them) on them and stretched them a bit.
In Gravesend in the '60s 'Harry Fenton's' was the place to get 'the look'. Bought my first pair of pointed toe Chelsea boots there and had blisters for weeks, til I used my dad's shoe trees (remember them) on them and stretched them a bit.
Anyone remember Lam Models ( I think that was the name) in Plum High Steet, doubt it is still there.
Had a funny front to the shop, you could walk in and look at the toys in the window. Got a train set and scaletrix from there. It was run by a Chinese man, I think.
Anyone remember Lam Models ( I think that was the name) in Plum High Steet, doubt it is still there.
Had a funny front to the shop, you could walk in and look at the toys in the window. Got a train set and scaletrix from there. It was run by a Chinese man, I think.
Thats right, it had a train track running round the shop!
HMV will fold within the next year. Internet has killed off record shops
MP3's and their equivilant and streaming have killed off CD's more like. Internet shopping just makes sense.
Yeah but record sales aren't actually down that much, but everything is cheaper online. If you go into HMV and look at a CD/DVD then check online, it will even be cheaper on the HMV website so they're shooting themselves in the foot
Combined digital and physical sales, chiefly CDs, dropped by 7% overall to 119.9m units. Digital album sales were up by 30.6% on last year – from a little over 16m to 21m – but the CD market continued to slump, falling 12.4% to 98.5m.
The singles market has transformed in recent years, with digital tracks representing 98% of overall singles sales. CD singles now account for only 1.9m sales.
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Thank you Mr Fontana.
Wrong sort of boots, Oggy.
Other sorely missed establishments from my rocker past: Johnson's Cafe (aka 'Joes') on the old A20. (did my first 'ton' past there).
The Hungry Years pub, Brighton.
The Calypso Cafe, Dorking
The Busy Bee Cafe on the A1.
Thats right, it had a train track running round the shop!
Glad to be of Kia Ora interest.
But you sound like the voice of experience, Saga!
re the white hart, eltham.
advertising outside the pub for interested people to apply to manage it when it re-opens as a carvery.
Nah, I've never set fire to a baliff.
Except that one time outside C&A's in Lewisham...
missed out the king and queen on the mottingham estate
Wimpy Burger Bars
I'm showing my age here!
Where do you watch your football?
(Wembley North Finchley and Southgate have branches)
http://www.wimpy.uk.com/storedetails.asp?id=488&loc=Birmingham
I just heard that Amtrak bought out C&A
Yeah but record sales aren't actually down that much, but everything is cheaper online. If you go into HMV and look at a CD/DVD then check online, it will even be cheaper on the HMV website so they're shooting themselves in the foot
to 119.9m units. Digital album sales were up by 30.6% on last year –
from a little over 16m to 21m – but the CD market continued to slump,
falling 12.4% to 98.5m.
The singles market has transformed in recent years, with digital tracks
representing 98% of overall singles sales. CD singles now account for
only 1.9m sales.
;o)