Quirky shops,stalls etc in Leeds

Si · Post by Si » Tue 01 Jul, 2008 10:58 am

Do any of the ghosthunter/pagan/folklorist people on here remember a shop in north Leeds called "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (possibly Rounday area) in the mid 70s? Sold books and all things supernatural/occult, I think.

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Tue 01 Jul, 2008 1:57 pm

Si wrote: Do any of the ghosthunter/pagan/folklorist people on here remember a shop in north Leeds called "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (possibly Rounday area) in the mid 70s? Sold books and all things supernatural/occult, I think. I don't fall into any of the categories you mention above(!), but I remember the name. I thought it was on Burley Lodge Road, near the bottom of Hyde Park Road, in the 70s. There was certainly an occult shop there. OH! It appears it's still there - I've just found its website!

Si · Post by Si » Tue 01 Jul, 2008 2:13 pm

Tasa wrote: Si wrote: Do any of the ghosthunter/pagan/folklorist people on here remember a shop in north Leeds called "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (possibly Rounday area) in the mid 70s? Sold books and all things supernatural/occult, I think. I don't fall into any of the categories you mention above(!), but I remember the name. I thought it was on Burley Lodge Road, near the bottom of Hyde Park Road, in the 70s. There was certainly an occult shop there. OH! It appears it's still there - I've just found its website! Thanks, Tasa. I don't fall into any of those categories, either - I remember wandering in there in about 1976 and thought it qualified as a "quirky" shop, although I guess if you are a customer, it isn't quirky at all!

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Thu 10 Jul, 2008 8:49 pm

The original Socerers Apprentice is in Burley lodge road and has been there since around 1973. It was one of the first occult shops to open outside London. It opened another shop at Hyde Park Corner. That closed in the 1980's shortly after being firebombed by Christian Fundamentalist nutcases following it being featured on a notoriously biased Roger Cook alleged "Expose" of withcraft in the 1980's.I used to deal with Chris Bray the owner of the shop until he banned me for talking to the author of a book on the Pagan scene published in 1993 which featured an unflattering portrait of him and his shop by the author!

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Thu 10 Jul, 2008 10:01 pm

Steve Jones wrote: The original Socerers Apprentice is in Burley lodge road and has been there since around 1973. It was one of the first occult shops to open outside London. It opened another shop at Hyde Park Corner. That closed in the 1980's shortly after being firebombed by Christian Fundamentalist nutcases following it being featured on a notoriously biased Roger Cook alleged "Expose" of withcraft in the 1980's.I used to deal with Chris Bray the owner of the shop until he banned me for talking to the author of a book on the Pagan scene published in 1993 which featured an unflattering portrait of him and his shop by the author! I bought the biography of Aleister Crowley in the shop on Hyde Park Corner.It was a fascination place to browse for the uninitiated.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 11 Jul, 2008 9:57 am

Steve Jones wrote: The original Socerers Apprentice is in Burley lodge road and has been there since around 1973. It was one of the first occult shops to open outside London. It opened another shop at Hyde Park Corner. That closed in the 1980's shortly after being firebombed by Christian Fundamentalist nutcases following it being featured on a notoriously biased Roger Cook alleged "Expose" of withcraft in the 1980's. How very Christian! Love thy neighbour???

Clankylad · Post by **Clankylad** » Fri 11 Jul, 2008 6:19 pm

Not sure it was Christian fundamentalists or just plain idiots. I remember the Cook Report programme coming out around the same time as the 'satanic panic' about the supposed organised ritual abuse of children. Apparently one of the researchers on the programme, a bloke called Tim Tate, was a big believer in the whole 'phenomenon' before it was discredited. A vague and untrue link between the shop and child abuse therefore was all it took for some berk to spring into action.

bramley13 · Post by **bramley13** » Fri 11 Jul, 2008 11:18 pm

a great shop in yeadon,just like going back in time,local hardware store,called handyman stores,you can get anything there

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 12 Jul, 2008 5:11 pm

bramley13 wrote: a great shop in yeadon,just like going back in time,local hardware store,called handyman stores,you can get anything there Four candles?

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Sat 12 Jul, 2008 5:32 pm

No! 'Andles for forks! lol! I love that sketch!