Originally posted by RPG As Duffman said, the owner wants to put another one in the city centre, but the problem was there is no free units which are suitable.... these might be!
Great, sounds good to me - can never have enough Subways
Originally posted by Lickable I think sheffield needs... A good city centre based second hand music and film shop
There are a few second-hand record shops in town, so it depends what you mean by music? As for second-hand movie shops, what did you mean? If I want an old film I will buy the remastered DVD from some web site for less than the price of a second-hand one. Please explain.
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Originally posted by Lickable The return of the Star store
If you want memorabilla then try eBay - there's a better range than that shop ever had, and it's cheaper
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Subway?? Starbucks?? sod off across the Atlantic..we have enough crappy American style cheap characterless fast/convenience food establishments as it is....
I'm going to open a Yorkshire Pudding emporium..proper grub...
Originally posted by major decker Subway?? Starbucks?? sod off across the Atlantic..we have enough crappy American style cheap characterless fast/convenience food establishments as it is....
I'm going to open a Yorkshire Pudding emporium..proper grub...
I don't...doesn't mean I like them there though
Don't know you but I would imagine you don't use Brothels...that mean you wouldn't mind one on your street??
I was first introduced to Subway when I lived in Toronto for a short time about 5 years ago and it's not just your 'chain store rubbish'. Sorry Greenback but you must've just gone on a bad day.
I've found that the bread is always the right texture (and there's more than one type to choose from), there's loads of fillings to choose from (all kept fresh and warm/cold where necessary) and they sell cookies, crisps and other bits to go with your sandwiches.
I still say it's alot more satisfying than one of McDonalds crappy offerings. It looks like plastic, smells like plastic, tastes like plastic, comes in plastic, you eat it with plastic and you probably need plastic to pay for it.
We also need a Tim Hortons over here.....desperately! Mmmm coffee and every flavour muffin/donut you could think of. Anyone been to Tim Hortons in the states or Canada?
Considering that there are only a couple of toy-shops in Sheffield and neither of them are in town (Toys-r-us doesn't count as it's just an impersonal warehouse), I think the kids deserve something better.
And a nice posh sweet-shop next door would be nice.
I agree. A nice big toy shop. Something like Jolly giants/Toys-R-Us/Hamleys/Red gates...
We could do with a Tesco Express or Sainsburys Central on Fargate. Currently we've only got Marks and Spencer (expensive) and Summerfield (rubbish) as supermarkets in the city centre. Tesco on West Street and Sainsburys on the Moor are too far out to visit during lunch hour.
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Originally posted by Pauly I was first introduced to Subway when I lived in Toronto for a short time about 5 years ago and it's not just your 'chain store rubbish'. Sorry Greenback but you must've just gone on a bad day.
With you on that one pauly! my first subway experience was in Toronto on church street and I havent had a bad one yet over here.
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Originally posted by major decker I don't...doesn't mean I like them there though
Don't know you but I would imagine you don't use Brothels...that mean you wouldn't mind one on your street??
I don't use them no, for all I know there might be one on my street... How many Starbucks and Subways do you have on your street?
Originally posted by Pauly I was first introduced to Subway when I lived in Toronto for a short time about 5 years ago and it's not just your 'chain store rubbish'. Sorry Greenback but you must've just gone on a bad day.
I've found that the bread is always the right texture (and there's more than one type to choose from), there's loads of fillings to choose from (all kept fresh and warm/cold where necessary) and they sell cookies, crisps and other bits to go with your sandwiches.
I still say it's alot more satisfying than one of McDonalds crappy offerings. It looks like plastic, smells like plastic, tastes like plastic, comes in plastic, you eat it with plastic and you probably need plastic to pay for it.
We also need a Tim Hortons over here.....desperately! Mmmm coffee and every flavour muffin/donut you could think of. Anyone been to Tim Hortons in the states or Canada?
Yeah Tim Hortons is great, in fact Toronto is just an amazing place. Every other shop seems to be a muffin shop over there
Originally posted by Lickable
I think sheffield needs...
A good city centre based second hand music and film shop
A bigger Forbidden planet
The return of the Star store
River Island
Fancy dress shop offering more than just 70s
Stolen fron Ivor
Finnally, a free estate agent offering free houses just for fun!
I totally agree on the FP and Star Store thing, even though i picked up some absolute bargains when Star Store closed.
The forbidden planet shop is a joke with it's current size. The one in london is utterly amazing and the one in Edinburgh defys belief, its so huge.
Originally posted by Geoff There are a few second-hand record shops in town, so it depends what you mean by music?
Take it you've not tried to buy music for a long time then
There are no decent record shops in the city anymore, places like record collector etc. are too far away, and jacks moved into "the smallest shop ever"
I love 7" singles, and I cant find them anymore Virgin and HMV sometimes have them but hardly ever anymore
Ive missed out on so much stuff because i simply cannot find it in town
When people say things like "so and so should re-open", you have to think "why did they close in the first place?"
Starstore used to be a part of a much larger local "chain" of shops which included:
Last Picture Show - Meadowhall
Frames of Mind - Meadowhall
Area 51 - Meadowhall
Starstore - Town
Last Picture Show - Trafford Centre
Starstore.com
only LpS (not sure if the trafford centre one is still there) and Frames of mind (now Bel-air) are around
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Originally posted by BrainThrust I totally agree on the FP and Star Store thing, even though i picked up some absolute bargains when Star Store closed.
The forbidden planet shop is a joke with it's current size. The one in london is utterly amazing and the one in Edinburgh defys belief, its so huge.
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There's a proper old fashioned fancy dress shop on Duke Street, near the Parkway roundabout.
I believe it's called Magyck Fancy Dress, the number'll be in t' Yellow Pages if you want to ring up and see what they've got, unfortunately they don't have a web site like Mr Ben's at Crookes and Party City on Ecclesall Road have.
Originally posted by duffman I think the art shop is on Middlewoor road nr the KFC (not sure on the name), or if you're in town there's Pinders on charter row next to Stokes tiles opp' Atkinsons, and try the works on the moor, I got some materials from there, they are good for the price you pay and not just some cheap tack!
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hillsborough is too far! the works? i need an art shop that sells proper artist equipments, like layout paper, a wide range of paints and quality brushes etc etc!
Isn't there a shop that sells artists' materials on West Street? Sure I've seen some stuff in the window of a shop in the same block as the Christian bookshop and the motorised wheelchair shop.
As for shops generally, I hope that whatever shops do move in don't just end up dragging business back from Meadowhall. We need to support Meadowhall (as nasty and impersonal as it is) because of the jobs there. It won't do the city any good if it's just a tug of war between M'hall and the city centre. The city centre needs to have shops that can't necessarily be found at M'hall.
I also agree that we should have as many small independent shops as possible, and avoid the usual American chains. Against that, I'd like to see us try and attract some of the big European retailers that don't have much of a presence in the UK at the moment (eg, El Corte Ingles from Spain, Rinascente from Italy and Galaries Lafayette from France).
Whoever moves in, I hope the planners insist on them staying open till 7.30 so people can shop after work as well as at lunchtime. Opening hours are holding back the city centre's retail economy massively.
ok, i'll try look out for pinders tomorrow when i go to skool! >___<
manchester city centre works well with the trafford centre! maybe its bcuz it has a wide range of quality shops in the city centre? we definetly need an up market department store like selfridges, a shop like habitat, and a cyber cafe! every big city centre needs a cyber cafe these days! not to mention a range of restaurants like korean, spanish, indian, french!
Virgin and HMV sometimes have them but hardly ever anymore 
