Interesting shop name ....

[young Ed]

ok after reading through this thread i have finally got it!
Cheers Ed

 

[ayceejay]

Now that you've got it grasp it with both hands (alternatively of course)

 

[stephec]

ok after reading through this thread i have finally got it!
Cheers Ed

Got what, hairy palms or poor eyesight?

 

[vickster]

W@nke on the main street in Linz, Austria always made me smile (well I was a student then and often sozzled )

 

[slowmotion]

Wandering through the rag trade district of Istanbul a few years ago, I stumbled on an umbrella establishment. Fortunately, I had a handkerchief.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Tommy Ball...........blimey that takes me back a few years. They had the shoes tied together through holes in the heels so you had to walk like a penguin. The bloke at the til cut it for you when the cash was handed over. Cheap though LOL

Must have a look on the internet for the sports shoe shop called "Athletes Foot"

Shaun

http://www.theathletesfoot.com
Nice stores. Chicago suburbs have a lot of them.

 

[MontyVeda]

Tommy Ball...........blimey that takes me back a few years. They had the shoes tied together through holes in the heels so you had to walk like a penguin. The bloke at the til cut it for you when the cash was handed over. Cheap though LOL

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They had that huge warehouse in Blackburn which my folks insisted on 'popping' in to on the way to or from Accrington... a doubly fun day out!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Must have a look on the internet for the sports shoe shop called "Athletes Foot"

I wonder if they supply the 'Idle Athletic Club'???

http://www.idleac.co.uk/

Whom, very surprisingly, don't actually meet at; http://www.idleworkingmensclub.co.uk/

 

[Globalti]

In the Hungarian town of Terpes I used to drive past an ice cream parlour called "Salmonella".

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Tommy Ball...........blimey that takes me back a few years. They had the shoes tied together through holes in the heels so you had to walk like a penguin. The bloke at the til cut it for you when the cash was handed over.

I went to a Netto in Liverpool once and they had these vertical poles welded to the trolleys and a kind of goal post arrangement, which the trolley couldn't be wheeled under, after the check out to stop people nicking them, classy.

 

[Globalti]

Mrs Gti was in a store in Liverpool and when she looked askance at the owner, who was locking all the stock away and passing a chain through the handles of the prams, the owner commented: "Well, we 'ave to be careful; we get a lorra holdups up and down this road."

"Oh I know," replied Mrs Gti, "I got held up for ages by all the traffic lights!"

"NO! Not THAT kind of holdup!" retorted the shop owner.

 

[Alex H]

A bit late in replying, but I've just come back from holiday

This shop was in Brussels in 1978

It's the only photo I've ever made money from, by submitting it to 3 'top shelf' magazines

 

[Saluki]

You took it in 1978 and are now only just back off holiday?. Wow, you get a good holiday allowance where you work

 

[Accy cyclist]

Ah,its Tommy Balls shoe shop.

Tommy Ball's shoe shops in Blackburn. That brings back memories!

 

[raleighnut]

Tommy Ball's shoe shops in Blackburn. That brings back memories!

I was taken there by my ex on a visit to her family in Blackburn, its no wonder locals walk around like Frankensteins Monster, I'd sooner walk around in clogs than the tat they sold. In fact the wooden soled foundry boots I wore at work looked like fashion accessories in comparison. Sometimes "Ah but they're cheap" just ain't enough.