ScotlandT&T Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Yeah, i reckoned it was about then. Wouldn't have said 5, would have said 6 or 7. Yeah, i didn't go in very often, but when i did you'd always get as you say 'the odd wee gem', i remember they used to sell Pokemon cards for 10p each haha. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryhallsdanceband Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) I view with a touch of nostalic sadness the demise of Comet which now I guess becomes an auld shop. Comet - sadness? - well I bought my first ever serious purchase from an original Comet Discount Warehouse in Renfrew. Sometime around 1972/3 . A smart little Bush Radio/Cassette player that had FM! It was better than my best mates as his compact cassette player (note no radio) was one of the little A4 size Philips cassette players with the flip-up lid to the cassette compartment. At the time Comet was a warehouse and used to advertise everything it sold by taking a double-page centre spread in the Evening Times every so often. You got the reference number and went along to the warehouse. All there was was a shortish counter (I recall a little glazed cabinet at one end displaying things like a few watches and cameras). Anyway - like a take-away it always had the double page ad on the counter. Behind and open to all were the racks up to the roof of all the stuff you could buy. You gave the reference number to one of the counter staff / warehousemen. They got it - you paid for it. Deal done. I can recall travelling home with my dad in his little Vauxhall Viva van gazing in delight at my new acquisition and fiddling with the buttons and knobs. Think it cost £16 - in the days my 7 day week morning paper round (40 odd houses) paid £2 a week :-) So yes a bit of sadness and nostaliga. Edited November 21, 2012 by henryhallsdanceband Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babychunder Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Powries wi a pile o copper stair rods or a few bags o lead, tae get some sweetie / beer money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Bruces Record shop in the High Street....seeing the latest records in the window from the bus. (...the Ziggy Stardust poster was up for ages). And The Concorde before these buildings were knocked down. Another place to check out the latest lps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 On 4/14/2011 at 9:49 PM, john.w said: I was sure it was the True Form but there used to be mair shoe shops in the High St than sugardaddys at Dens. There used to be Timpsons, Saxones, True Form, Norwells and one between the Watergate and St Johns St to name a few To add to the list...Birrells & Bata Incidently walking down High St last week a shop front was getting done up and the Saxone name could be seen above the window. south inch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted May 24, 2019 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 On 5/21/2019 at 8:14 PM, HOODLUM65 said: To add to the list...Birrells & Bata Incidently walking down High St last week a shop front was getting done up and the Saxone name could be seen above the window. Was that 3 or 4 shop fronts down from Woolworths towards St Pauls? I think I still owe them 2/6d! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted May 24, 2019 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 3 hours ago, south inch said: Was that 3 or 4 shop fronts down from Woolworths towards St Pauls? I think I still owe them 2/6d! Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 Taken from fb... Vics South st 1987... Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 Tee need new shops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 Just now, slf said: Tee need new shops Aye new shops .get rid of the auld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/10/2019 at 11:20 AM, chips said: Taken from fb... Vics South st 1987... Â This is a junk shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 1:37 PM, slf said: This is a junk shop Used to be Campbell the grocers  I wis a message laddie there, thats how I became the adonis I am today  cycling all over Perth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 Your picture is still in the museum. Coltrane and rickardo 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 23 hours ago, Abernethy Saint said: Your picture is still in the museum. Cheeky bass, mine had the big wheel at the back that way you always thought you were goin downhill Abernethy Saint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 On 4/3/2011 at 11:37 PM, john.w said: Scotts the electrician's shop stood ootside lookin in the window many a night watching fitba matches. I remember that pub I think there was a gospel hall next door, when I was at the shands school we used to go to a wee shop across the road fie the pub .you had to watch the auld boy used to sell wormy apples . McMurray and Archibald the coachbuilder wis opposite the end of South William St, there was a pub on the corner of South William St and Princess St wis that the Moncrieff' Â Parky used to gie us shet for throwin sticks up the trees for conkers. boats used to dredge the channel for the boats coming up to the Lower Harbour, I think one of the boats wis called the fairycastle or something I wouldnea have went on the south inch pond on those old tubs Was looking for McMurray & Archibald when I found this. You could get off the train in Princes St. and down a flight of steps next to McMurray & Archibalds. Got a wee job picking up vehicles for repair and delivering courtesy cars with them when they had places opposite the prison (now Howdens) & Shore Road (now Tower Bakery) and moved with them to under Friarton bridge. Got taken over , not sure what they're called now. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 15 hours ago, HOODLUM65 said: Was looking for McMurray & Archibald when I found this. You could get off the train in Princes St. and down a flight of steps next to McMurray & Archibalds. Got a wee job picking up vehicles for repair and delivering courtesy cars with them when they had places opposite the prison (now Howdens) & Shore Road (now Tower Bakery) and moved with them to under Friarton bridge. Got taken over , not sure what they're called now. Â Did not know they did day release back then to get you back into the community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy rhodes fancy watch Posted November 18, 2019 Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 5:54 PM, HOODLUM65 said: Was looking for McMurray & Archibald when I found this. You could get off the train in Princes St. and down a flight of steps next to McMurray & Archibalds. Got a wee job picking up vehicles for repair and delivering courtesy cars with them when they had places opposite the prison (now Howdens) & Shore Road (now Tower Bakery) and moved with them to under Friarton bridge. Got taken over , not sure what they're called now.  L&I Eaton. Manchester company. HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/16/2019 at 9:38 AM, sixties saintee said: Did not know they did day release back then to get you back into the community. You're getting very forgetful in your old age auld yin. Glad I was able to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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