anybody remember the peace shop that used to be on the row of shops near the "magic roundabout" thru the outdoor market and turn right (if i remember rightly)

Don't remember that one but in the 1950's there was a "Peace Shop" near the junction of Matilda St. and The Moor , run by an old man who was in the Communist party.
As young teenagers [13 or14] we were really excited to know a "real" communist and in the shop you could buy the Daily Worker , China Reconstructs and Soviet Weekly , amongst others.We thought it was great to have "discovered " an alternative world , almost underground , amongst our parents , teachers and friends , at least.
The Daily Worker used to give the radio bands for East European cities -in English ---and it was fascinating to listen to Radio Moscow or East Berlin or Bucharest on an old crackly wireless , late at night.
This was at the height of the Cold War , too , so , everything about Russia or Eastern Europe carried with it more significance than today. We almost got used to the fact that if something went haywire in East Berlin , it could lead to a nuclear war. No "hot line" then. All from the "Peace Shop". Brought back memories !