Quirky shops,stalls etc in Leeds

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 28 May, 2008 9:48 pm

With the increasing genericism amongst todays shops and their need if not the desire to apeal to the greater audience, I suspect we'll soon exhaust this thread

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 7:40 pm

does the condom shop still exist in the corn exchange?

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 8:56 pm

I dont know someone may have blown it upHaHa Its the way i tell em

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 9:24 pm

weenie wrote: does the condom shop still exist in the corn exchange? Almost all the traders were thrown out by the owners when they refurbished the place.They want it to become a food emporium, presumably to raise their income - presently sitting there like a white elephant, deserted when I last looked in!

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 9:59 pm

I've put a post for you in the lost schools thread Chameleon, I don't know if you've seen it?

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 10:36 pm

Phill_d wrote: I've put a post for you in the lost schools thread Chameleon, I don't know if you've seen it? Phill - please check your email.It's terrible isn't it? Once such a magnificent building of consequence and status in the community, almost gone - listed status really doesn't count for much does it? (The staircase is in safe storage by the way).

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 10:40 pm

Ok Chameleon. At least they had sense to take the stairs out. It's a pity there isn't a building left to put it back in though!

jonleeds · Post by **jonleeds** » Sun 29 Jun, 2008 4:52 am

Hi folks!I remember once a friend of mine telling me there was a record shop in Hyde Park (i think) that apparently had a 'wet' floor, i couldnt visualise what he meant, whether he meant it was like an inch deep in water or just a bit damp or something, does anyone else know about this? I cant imagine it could have been any good for the records... Maybe I was just stoned or something and I was getting mixed up at the time...?

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Sun 29 Jun, 2008 9:31 am

jonleeds wrote: I remember once a friend of mine telling me there was a record shop in Hyde Park (i think) that apparently had a 'wet' floor, i couldnt visualise what he meant, whether he meant it was like an inch deep in water or just a bit damp or something, does anyone else know about this? I cant imagine it could have been any good for the records... Maybe I was just stoned or something and I was getting mixed up at the time...? I might know what your friend meant. There was a secondhand book/record shop on Back Midland Road called Bookside, and it was damp as anything, particularly the back room where the records were. It was the cellar of one of the houses, converted into a shop. The floor was flagstones and they were always dark and soggy. Anything less than a foot off the floor was in a bad state, with boxes of stock going mouldy. Having described this hellhole, I used to find some great stuff in there and was sorry when it closed!

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sun 29 Jun, 2008 11:17 pm

Tasa wrote: jonleeds wrote: I remember once a friend of mine telling me there was a record shop in Hyde Park (i think) that apparently had a 'wet' floor, i couldnt visualise what he meant, whether he meant it was like an inch deep in water or just a bit damp or something, does anyone else know about this? I cant imagine it could have been any good for the records... Maybe I was just stoned or something and I was getting mixed up at the time...? I might know what your friend meant. There was a secondhand book/record shop on Back Midland Road called Bookside, and it was damp as anything, particularly the back room where the records were. It was the cellar of one of the houses, converted into a shop. The floor was flagstones and they were always dark and soggy. Anything less than a foot off the floor was in a bad state, with boxes of stock going mouldy. Having described this hellhole, I used to find some great stuff in there and was sorry when it closed! That was open until only a few years ago - I remember selling the bulk of my old vinyl record collection there. Got a good price for my Eno records - but then had serious seller's remorse - which I still have a bit!!!