Reading the "old shops" thread got me thinking about this place. It's still there I think, in Ennersdale Road, Hither Green which is quite amazing (yet reassuring) in this day and age of the pile crap high and knock it out cheap warehouse type of sports shop.
I used to go in there when I was a kid on the way to my nan's to look at the Subbuteo teams and if I was very lucky I would be bought one. My old man used to get his rackets re-strung in there too. Always had a good reputation and the owner is a Charlton fan to boot. Big cricket specialists.
Anyone on here know use/it?
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Top bloke. would shut half day if charlton were playing. also used to do trophies i seem to remember.
he is well and does do some work from home .his old shop did sell cricket gear primarily and he was well known for repairing bats and keeping gloves ,he did restring tennis racquets and sell trophies amongst other things .his was the type of cricket shop that will be very sadly missed ....ah the smell of linseed oil !! .
he was a very talented cricketer in his younger days and played for catford cc in pennerley road and went on to play for forest hill cc in rubens st
Blimey, that is a blast from the past.
Always used to go to him for anything cricket related. Never realised he was an Addick!
I know Sue Copus who is on the CAFPA committee.
The queen is less snooty imho.
Yeah.......
Always really snooty when handing over a seasons worth of cricket balls, spare pads and a cheque to keep my old side going for a season.
People who run businesses like this dont exist anymore.
Genuine couple who supported lots of local sports teams over the years.
Like I said I KNOW her.
As far as I know she's not a member on here but I know her son is.
Maybe you should just leave it there.
Used to live round the corner from there, and John was such a lovely bloke, I remember all of the footie kits that he used to have in the window and the excitement of trying them on in the shop.
Such a shame that places like that no longer exist, the irony being of course that if you try and get some specialist sports gear now in the likes of JJB Sports etc, you are likely to get pointed towards the rail of discounted polo shirts on a rack.
Sports shops that don't specialise in sports goods - what progress that is!
Small confession, when I was a kid I was a mad Kevin Keegan fan and my first ever football kit was the Southampton kit from when KK was playing for them! Bought at JCS by my parents, my twin brother got the yellow Liverpool away kit with the red pin-stripes!
I can remember JCS always having a really good window presentation but try as I might I cannot recall the interior of the shop at all.
It's not ADMIN, it's Lookout protecting Henry Irving for some reason.
Don't know why.
No I am bloody well not.
You don't live in the UK, you don't know John Copus Sports. You are therefore no more qualified to comment on this thread as Henry Irving.
The person who hides behind the name of Henry Irving is NOT a sportsman, or ever has been. He therefore has no right to get all high and mighty on this thread.
I am not a PRICK! (And nor is my wife!)
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