Blokes Clothes Shops- Nostalgia

[Perry Milkins]

Anyone remember the following shops:

Squires in Western Road not far from the Churchill Sq and roughly oppo M&S.

In my time it was 'the place' to get your clobber.

Stunning Rags right the other end oppo and near Waitrose.

Really wide boy sales man..almost a pre-runner of the 'Suits you' catchphrase. They had a sister shop near the clock tower on Queens Road however I forget the name.

The poky little shops in Air st.

Peter Brown on the London Road near the Northern Pub. Always felt a bit second best.

 

[The Wookiee]

Potters along London Road and George Street Hove

 

[scooter1]

Potters along London Road and George Street Hove

For the original Green Line sta-press, and then of course Farah "slacks"

And there was Taste down in the old basement area of Churchill Sq opposite Tesco

 

[REDLAND]

Target, North Road

Wik'erd

 

[Superphil]

Snot

and...

Nasty

 

[The Wookiee]

Badger

 

[The Large One]

AA Baker in London Road or David Rose in Dyke Road for your Albion kit.

 

[Jambo Seagull]

Anyone remember the following shops:
Stunning Rags right the other end oppo and near Waitrose.

Really wide boy sales man..almost a pre-runner of the 'Suits you' catchphrase. They had a sister shop near the clock tower on Queens Road however I forget the name.

Was the sister shop not called Imagination? Would be just about opposite the Albion shop. You would go in there to buy a belt and they would try and sell you a suit. Really high-pressure selling. Was mugged into buying a dodgy pair of farah slacks once. Never went in there after that. You could not get out of there without buying something.

 

[scooter1]

AA Baker in London Road or David Rose in Dyke Road for your Albion kit.

I used to Q outside David Rose for their January sales where all the window soiled trainers were on sale for £1 a pair - you'de get a years worth of trainers for a tenner and a few sun bleached fila t-shirts for a couple of quid each.

Shame Wisdens in Duke St wern't so generous in the new year!!!!

 

[Perry Milkins]

Was the sister shop not called Imagination? Would be just about opposite the Albion shop. You would go in there to buy a belt and they would try and sell you a suit. Really high-pressure selling. Was mugged into buying a dodgy pair of farah slacks once. Never went in there after that. You could not get out of there without buying something.

that's the place. Really flashy geezers who would patronise you.

 

[Jesus Gul]

The Old Holingbury Park GC for your Munsingwear and Pringles. The shop had a unique smell of wool

 

[scooter1]

The Old Holingbury Park GC for your Munsingwear and Pringles. The shop had a unique smell of wool

Or going down to the Metropole on a Sunday morning every 3 months or so where there was a "golf sale", desperatley looking for a bargain Lacoste t-shirt or Lyle & Scott jumper - but never finding anything remotely decent

 

[BigGully]

Was the sister shop not called Imagination? Would be just about opposite the Albion shop. You would go in there to buy a belt and they would try and sell you a suit. Really high-pressure selling. Was mugged into buying a dodgy pair of farah slacks once. Never went in there after that. You could not get out of there without buying something.

Yep IMAGINATION it was...the salesman was a Stewart Gordon ( I think ) of Sammy Gordon fame ( Sammy was the Father I think ).

Was it Mancinis in North Street where you could get some blinding abstract shirts in polyester !! and what was the place just at the start of Bond Street ( not Badgers )

Reporter if you felt flush Duke Street !!

 

[Jambo Seagull]

Yep IMAGINATION it was...the salesman was a Stewart Gordon ( I think ) of Sammy Gordon fame ( Sammy was the Father I think ).

Was it Mancinis in North Street where you could get some blinding abstract shirts in polyester !! and what was the place just at the start of Bond Street ( not Badgers )

Reporter if you felt flush Duke Street !!

Sammy Gordon! I spent the whole of the rest of my lunch break trying to remember the name of that shop. Was that the one on North Road in that row of shops between Hanningtons & Vokins? Always looked the place to go if you were a car dealer or bookie and fancied a lemon-coloured cashmere tank top.

 

[Beach Hut]

For those of us a little older do you remember the youth clothes shop called "Colt" that used to be in the old Churchill Square near the food supermarket on the lower level which escapes my memory

 

[Jambo Seagull]

For those of us a little older do you remember the youth clothes shop called "Colt" that used to be in the old Churchill Square near the food supermarket on the lower level which escapes my memory

bingo! Beat me to it. I used to get kitted out there in the '70s. Was there not a girl's clothes shop next door called Fillies? I think the supermarket on the lower level was the original Tescos in Brighton.

 

[Beach Hut]

bingo! Beat me to it. I used to get kitted out there in the '70s. Was there not a girl's clothes shop next door called Fillies? I think the supermarket on the lower level was the original Tescos in Brighton.

My Mum used to take us there as well, happy days - don't remember fillies though

 

[csider]

PYO in Bartholomew Sq. Many friday & saturday nights people spent climbing throught the window to PYO CP, Apaloosa, Fiorucci etc. It was smash and grab central in Brighton late 80's.

 

[Goodfella]

Didn't Ben Sherman open his very first shop in Brighton circa: 1964? I was a little young at 6 to have used this establishment, but wonder if any of you 'Oldies' on here might?

 

[NMH]

See my taylor, he's called 'Cecil Gee', I know it's going to fit.