I recall an old small local toy shop which had what seemed to be every Subbuteo team stacked in numerical order on shelves with the chart on the wall. I miss those types of shops. They had a sepcial quality.
Posting without reading all 20 pages but I remember going into Poppins on Orpington high street with my nan over 25 years ago. That was a treat. I don't see them around anymore.
I recall an old small local toy shop which had what seemed to be every Subbuteo team stacked in numerical order on shelves with the chart on the wall. I miss those types of shops. They had a sepcial quality.
I used to get mine from Hubble Bubble in Blackfen. They had pretty much every team except Charlton (ref 177)
As I no longer get to Charlton Village not sure if it is still there, but in the early 60's my friends and I always met up in the bike repair shop off the road to the right as you enter the village from the church end
I recall an old small local toy shop which had what seemed to be every Subbuteo team stacked in numerical order on shelves with the chart on the wall. I miss those types of shops. They had a sepcial quality.
I used to get mine from Hubble Bubble in Blackfen. They had pretty much every team except Charlton (ref 177)
Yes but the Charlton was only accurate when we had the kit with the white lines on the side. Team number 1 was usually the best fit which was a result seeing as it came with most box sets.
I did get 177 though from that shop as well as York City with the big Y on the shirt.
Posting without reading all 20 pages but I remember going into Poppins on Orpington high street with my nan over 25 years ago. That was a treat. I don't see them around anymore.
Theres still one down here in Worthing. I also noticed one in Bognor Regis at the weekend
Posting without reading all 20 pages but I remember going into Poppins on Orpington high street with my nan over 25 years ago. That was a treat. I don't see them around anymore.
Theres still one down here in Worthing. I also noticed one in Bognor Regis at the weekend
Anyone remember Regal Sports along Eltham High Street opposite the church?
Always used to go swimming in Eltham baths around 84/85 on a Saturday morning then come out and head over to Regal and look longingly at the trainers until finally my Dad bought me a pair of Nike vandals.
Was it a toss-up between those, the Nike Visigoths and the Nike Huns?
I was in Austria recently and they had lots of SPARs - you don't see them so much here anymore!
Got them here in Portugal too.
They are big in a lot of Europe, much more like a mainstream supermarket, whereas here they were always a second-rater like Budgen. The one round the corner from us stopped being a Spar but the people who took it over obviously weren't swimming in money so they didn't put up a whole new sign, they just put a 'k' at the end.
Posting without reading all 20 pages but I remember going into Poppins on Orpington high street with my nan over 25 years ago. That was a treat. I don't see them around anymore.
Theres still one down here in Worthing. I also noticed one in Bognor Regis at the weekend
Is Gamley's still going?
Nope I think Gamleys went early 2000s. Used to always go in the one in Worthing.
I was in Austria recently and they had lots of SPARs - you don't see them so much here anymore!
Got them here in Portugal too.
They are big in a lot of Europe, much more like a mainstream supermarket, whereas here they were always a second-rater like Budgen. The one round the corner from us stopped being a Spar but the people who took it over obviously weren't swimming in money so they didn't put up a whole new sign, they just put a 'k' at the end.
They took over a load of shops that used to be called "Alisuper" over here, so they are corner shops, but a bit more upmarket...
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Had wiped them and that from my memory fpr the last couple of decades until you posted, cheers....
I did get 177 though from that shop as well as York City with the big Y on the shirt.
Woolwich, used to get all my Farahs in there.
I got all my jumbo Lois cords there in the early 80’s.
Asking for a friend.....