linebacker55

Only one thing to do then Alan...you'll have to move mate!

Sounds like they're a bit stuck-up round there anyway...

On a slightly less frivolous note however, I have on occasion picked up some real bargains from the odd specialist shop which didn't happen to deal with railways but had acquired some surplus or secondhand items and needed the space...also, they often stock ranges and sizes of different materials I hadn't thought of for building scenery. An instant example to mention is the local Warhammer stockist in Woking. They've got a large diorama with opposing armies about to do battle, and all the scene needs is a couple of railway lines right through the middle with the Cheltenham Flyer thundering it's way majestically across the plain!...

I won't repeat what the man said when I proposed this....

rjwood_uk

what annoys me about shopping now days, leases are so expensive the small trader has no chance of keeping a store in a shopping centre or high street. Jackson square (shopping centre) where i live recently got extended and renevated. now its just all the same old shops. if you got blind folded and shoved in the middle of it, you could be in any shopping centre in the uk and not know the difference, there are just all the same shops!

Richard

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wonwinglo

Taking a look today at the Chinese radio model sales on E-Bay, it is little wonder why the model shops cannot survive ? high overheads and renewed leases have kicked the shops in the backside more these past few years than ever before,things will never regain themselves on a local one to one personal shop basis ever again I doubt ? a shop plus staff,plus overheads,plus long opening hours depletes profit against a secure warehouse manned by its owner/webmaster who can sell far cheaper directly,it is all very sad but with rising costs who can really blame them ?
Shops will only be seen in museums in about another ten years time,and that is a conservative figure.

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Bluewavestudios

On a positive note,

I have recently been informed of a new model shop that has just opened in Chester, not too far from me, So I will certainly have to take a trip and check that one out.
There has always been a model shop in Chester, the old one being just out of the main centre. Last time I went in there I could tell they were winding the business up as there was very little stock in the shop on display, compared to what used to be there, it used to be a delight to walk in there. Sadly they did close.
I hope the new shop is as good, they are more in the main centre so should be easy to find.

Regards.....Mark

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brian riddell

Can't agree more to all the comments, I used to eke out a living building and repairing models of all sorts lasted for four years but how can you compete against imports? now the shops have gone and most modellers just want to buy in a box use it and move on as for the young ones forget it

ripmax

try jenning in enfield near green street or hobby stores down the road