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we're all looking for that gilt edged qualification. how about a golden hnd ?
strange machine
there's an empty office with glass windows near my old office which has this mysterious machine in the corner. i think they used to have something to do with robot wars there. anyone know what this is ?
two pounds ninety nine pence
jane and esther were waiting patiently in an award winning fish and chip shop which obviously didn't win any awards for speed of service. kezia and i were restless so we walked across the street to look at this gift shop.
nothing much passes kezia's attention and she spotted that lots of the prices were two pounds ninety nine pence (apologies for not using the pound sign, it seems not to work properly on the blog)
2.99 was not a special price at all !
when things were a different price, they were often reduced from 2.99 (note the rare rogue 3.99 and 4.99 behind)
i thought it was brilliant. and hopefully you do too !
day 10 shopping in haverfordwest and narberth
day 10 was a town visiting day. we were in search of the gorky's barafundle album which we eventually found in a second hand record trail. we went to two of the most fantastic second hard record shops ever in fact, and i highly recommend them both if you find yourself in that part of town. one of the gorky's himself pops in occasionally, so that would have been very bizarre.
anyway, bonkers is a great name for traditional ladies clothing
it probably would have been a better name for this charity shop which had a mannequin dressed mostly in plastic bags
of course the welsh need to keep an eye on their flags
and you can never have enough apostrophe's
anyway, bonkers is a great name for traditional ladies clothing
it probably would have been a better name for this charity shop which had a mannequin dressed mostly in plastic bags
of course the welsh need to keep an eye on their flags
and you can never have enough apostrophe's
seaside commerce
i spotted a lot of use of the word 'famous' by the seaside. i suspect it might be used in place of the word 'only'
these posters in an abandoned hotel were advertising tenby's famous fun fair
and in the nearby town of saundersfoot there was a massive pound shop
this claimed to be saundersfoot's famous one pound shop.
tune in tomorrow for more pictures from the famous funkypancake website
coffee emergencies catered for
this is a great sign on a shop just round the corner from Tony Blair's house in london. i wonder if he has coffee emergencies these days ?
if he does he can be sure that "they'll serve him". in quotes.
those quotes probably mean they can give you a price before you place an order. probably.
resident's refuse store
council: "do you want a shop ?"
residents: "no"
---or---
customer: "can i have a packet of crisps and a can of coke please"
residents store worker: "no"
award winning charity shop
it's a shame comments aren't working as i'd love to get your thoughts on how a charity shop can become 'award winning'. perhaps they excelled in odours. or colour coordinated clothe rails, or retro vinyl, or number of salad spinners held in stock, or most used wedding dress, or ...
ironing service
supreme
u name it
seaside shops are the actual best
the best shop in the world ?
this shop was in bushmills in northern ireland. it looked good from the other side of the street.
so we crossed over and had a good look.
i've got a mug like that (the one on the left).
it reminded me of bagpuss. if you look carefully in this picture you can see me and backpacker jess
a sign about ordering meat
village life is brilliant
fantastic travel company window display
this made me chuckle. i think it's a travel agents shop which does holidays and tours of different places. but the little toy train track in the sparse window display has broken track and the whole thing has seen better days.
didn't really install much confidence
open 7 [long space] days
why the long space between 7 and days ?
quality helensburgh signage
lots of shops in helensburgh have dodgy signage. which is quite a high proportion as there aren't lots of shops in helensburgh to begin with.
going out of business (and proud of it)
stop shutting down.
skip sale
and here's another skip
repair all ipods
here's a call to action for anyone who has a soldering iron.
guess the sign
beetee sent me this photo and asked me to ask you what you think it is of (is that a proper sentence?)
list of contents
i like it when you see signs on shops which show you what's inside. it's like a content list on a food packet.
this sign is a nice summary of their literature section
the worst sign ever ?
i suspect this wasn't designed by a professional sign designer.
type setting
from another time
fitting batteries as a spectator sport ?
if you are feeling board you can watch batteries being fitted here. well, it beats hitting yourself on the head with a bent coathanger.
new co is no co
50% off nothing is nothing (but only half as not anything)
spicey nights
a great shop name and logo.
experienced barbers needed
chair renting. that's the future.
stencil writting
i was delighted to see this sign which has been prepared using an old fashioned letter stencil thing.
it doesn't look that great to modern eyes used to computer generated text but it must have taken ages to make. well done to them i say.
25
this dry cleaners is excited because it's 25 years old and is having lots of 25 related bargains.
however, i'm a bit confused, as it proclaims 25% off, but also £25. And it seems to be suggesting they've got a selection of services including 25 hours, 25 days, 25 weeks, 25 months, 25 years. I can see the 25 hours service being popular (although plenty of other places do cleaning in fewer hours), but a 25 week service ? why ?
ShoP
interesting use of upper and lower case letters
the new coffee bar
a new coffee shop has opened on one of the platforms at my local train station and it's been interesting to see who has been loyal to the existing newspaper shop (which sells some hot drinks) and who has flirted over to the new establishment.
i was very anti the new until i bought some pain-au-chocolats last week which changed my mind. and the people working there are really nice too
i do like their sign too. open monday. like that's a rare thing in the coffee trade. i chose not to get excited by this.
the section section is a little intriguing too (and i won't be checking them out).
and the final statement 'get involved.' is a little over encouraging i think.
selfridges
selfridges have some great window displays. i haven't been by for a while so it was nice to see the current crop.
these chaps were made out of jelly beans (including the one with the beard in the foreground)
and here was a giant pile of shoes
happy days
this shop is called happy days and seems to be selling cranes to grab koala. it's probably run by mad kiwis (the hairiest of all the fruits (except the coconut which is probably not a fruit))
Dad's unisex hair salon
who wants a haircut like their dad's ? this shop claims to be a specialist in afro caribbean and european hair cuts. i hadn't thought that the European hair was a particular genre of the hair cutting game, but it must be.
i also like how there's some wire hanging in front of the 'uni' of unisex suggesting a very different sort of place.
the laundrette next door is good too. but have you ever seen a laundrette which isn't incredibly photogenic ?
cheap booze
this is absolutely fantastic advertising. we saw it back here, but here is a bigger better picture. especially note the beer bottle with 'cheap booze' written on the label.
the 'off licence open' next to the closed shutters is good too.
cheesey film puns
we like a good pun here on funkypancake don't we. so i was delighted to see this sign outside a shop selling cheese. you'll probably need to click the picture for a closer look at the cheese films. the quality reduces as you get closer to the bottom.
disgruntled customer
here's an upset customer taking action
i like the way the cardboard isn't quite long enough so they've had to make do
a dead cert
a funeral parlour next to a betting shop. what a great idea. you could even play chicken by running across the road between the cars. if you make it you get a payout from Coral. if you don't you end up next door.
the changing face of retail
i now go to Osterley a couple of times a week and i walk down from Ealing Broadway station. Right near my destination, there's this PC World store.
I like the old Do It All logo, not quite properly removed in the background.
I think it says something about technology progress. From do it yourself, to automate it, to get someone else to sort it (that'll be the PC Clinic)
shopping web
selfridges window
welcome to the golden hour shop
a cheery welcome (back in July)
french diary
it's a french diary
milk from an old water source
mens cut price ladies fashions
this shop had shut down. obviously not enough men wanted cut price ladies fashions. it's a tra(n)vesty
we can hardly believe it ourselves
YES ! EVERY ITEM IS A POUND !
pret whooping
i walked past pret on oxford street just before 7.30 when they were all being whooped up for the day by their leader. i was out in the cold rather than in with them being whooped, but i'm not a real whooping sort of guy so that was fine with me.
