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someone rememberd marys music, does enyone remember the band box record shop, opposite the market house.:alright:

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i remember Marys music next to the crown pub
and the band box at top of little blackburn road

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No, it was Disc & Tape Exchange at the top of Little Blackburn Road, Beechy. Bandbox was, as Tosh says, opposite the Market Hall. Other notable record shops included Tony's, on Blackburn Road, opposite the bottom of Paxton Street and the Golden Disc Bar on Broadway.

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yeh missed the best un, Marshalls, further on the block from marys, got 90% of me music there.

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Yep, you're right, Marshalls was one heck of a record shop. Started off purely selling second-hand records around 1968 and then gradually moved over to new stuff. Got a lot of great items myself from there.

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yep she was a top lady fer getting Rare/Deleted records that ya couldn't get anywhere else in accy, unless of coarse they had been re-issued on "Old Gold"

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Mrs Marshall was the classic old school record shop proprietor. She knew each of her regular customer's tastes and she would recommend records that she thought might interest you. I discovered many a classic sound in her shop.

The woman at Tony's was good that way, too. As I didn't live too far away, she would sometimes let me take records home "on approval" before deciding whether I wanted to buy it or not.

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the fog has lifted the band box opposite the
market hall yes a little shop with one row of records the full length of one side I THINK :mosher:

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That's right, they were down the righthand side with the counter facing you at the end. Always, had lots of sale records. I once bought a single called "Liza Jane" by Davy Jones & The King Bees on spec for 1/6. When I played it, it was rubbish, so I made a frisbee out of it. It's now worth £1,000+, because it was David Bowie's first ever single. Doh!... :eek:

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Are there still any record shops in Accy these days or is it just Wolly's and Asda and the like:confused:

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There's Custard Cube in the market hall, which sometimes has some interesting items. If you're a vinyl lover, ask the guy if you can see the stuff he has in his storeroom on the upstairs balcony. He's got a veritable Aladdin's Cave of LPs up there!

The only other record shop, Music Zone on Broadway, managed by our own Lindsay Ormerod, sadly closed some time ago.

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napped a couple of 45s upstairs yon,yesterday, not what i was after but what i'd forgot about.:D;)

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Yep, he's got all sorts of stuff up there, Mr C. I picked up some great jazz LPs for a song last time I was up there.

Does anybody remember the Golden Disc Bar, on Broadway, opposite Woolies? Downstairs was a TV/hi fi/electrical appliance store called Wisemans, but the record shop was upstairs. The big attraction here was that you could buy an LP on the never-never. Just slap your deposit down, then they gave you a little book which was stamped as you paid your installments.

Here's one for the coffin dodgers - anybody recall the Co-op on the corner of Abbey Street and Barnes Street, with the record department upstairs? The whole store closed in early 1966 and they sold off their stock at silly prices. I picked all The Who's 45s for two bob each...was well chuffed! :)

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remember the co-op,thought it was just furniture:confused: which played no part in my life at that time.:D never knew they had a record dept,hence i never went in it.

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Must admit, that surprises me - as a rule, what you don't know about Accy in the 60's ain't worth knowing! Maybe that's why they had to sell their records off so cheap...because hardly anyone ever went in! :D

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after the co op closed bradlys gents and boys out fitters moved in, dont ask when.

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I recall that, in the late 40s/early 50s, a large shop next to where Catlows Fruit market used to be (top of Broadway and where dry cleaners is now), sold records (old 78 type)
I remember going there with my brother and we were ushered into a large wood and glass listening booth. The assistant, wearing gloves, placed the record on the turntable, and we sat and listened before buying.

That shop later became a furniture store where I bought stuff for my 1st house in 1961(was called Platts)

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I remember that shop Margaret, it used to have an His Masters Voice sign outside with the dog on it:dogrun:

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I remember when there used to a record shop on union rd in ossy!!

it was where the wool shop is now across from the library...:D, used to go in a nd look at posters...:D

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was there not a shop atop of little blackburn road
were the canine club is now
used to sell pianos and the like very early sixties
did they not sell the old 78s.... or am i just dreaming ?:gooddog:

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i think that was the coo-op beechy, its now selling electrical items, washers t,v,s ect

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no across from the co-op
were the canine is now

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that was Brown @Catlows i think beechy, the Disc@Tape record shop was on the corner Directly opposite the Coop, corner of Abbey @ little blackburn Rd.:)

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Brown an Catlow
the fireplace people ?
before that i think......?
disc and tape was Bradleys the tailors free school uniforms in the fifties ;)

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think they sold fire places? but they were Plumbers me classmate did his apprenticeship wi em.

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I bought a tile fireplace there in 1961 for my 1st house
... it would be retro classic now

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Anyone want to finance setting up a music store in Accy I will gladly come and manage it for you !:D

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Does anyone know what was the record shop called next to marks and spencers in the 80's was very small and narrow been bugginging me for about 12 months:mad:

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was that not the "Bandbox"?

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I think it was called Haworths or Howarths . If I'm right they had a grand piano in the window .

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Bandbox was on Blackburn Road, opposite the market hall, Cashy. Remember the shop he's on about, but can't for the life of me remember what it was called.

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yep yer right, i seem to remember twas a long narrow shop, was there a couple of booths in it were yeh could listen to new records?:confused: names buggin me now.

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Seem to think Record was in the title

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Really wish I could remember now. I bought a lot of stuff in there too.

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Is murder when you can't remember sumat Wyn, I site there most days trying to remember where I put my glasses the night before:D:D

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Did you empty them before you went to bed jaysay or were you saving a wee dram for morning?

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I've no probs remembering where those glasses are Gremlin:D

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I remember that shop,Margaret, you had to put big earphones on! Trouble is we couldn't afford to buy the records, just keep going to listen to them!
We were in heaven when my friends father got one of the first 'reel to reel ' Grundig recorders and we could tape Radio Caroline and play it back endlessly.

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The Boat that rocked hey Gordon:D

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Didn't we all then,jaysay??

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What was the "Pirate " radio station that broadcasted from the Irish sea for a while , thinking that Radio Caroline was off the coast of East Anglia and the Irish sea station was aiming for better recption/audience in the north-west and Scotland

sorry for thread wander :confused: ;)

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Don't ring any bells with me SJ, must have been a slave to Caroline:D

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It was Radio Caroline North anchored off the Isle of Man . It was the original Radio Caroline ship . One called Mi Amigo had started to broadcast off the east coast . It soon joined up with Radio Caroline , and was known as Radio Caroline South . It stayed put while Radio Caroline ( North ) , sailed round to the north west .

It was a revolution in its day , but look at the stations and channels we have today .

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Ya know its funny JCB but in those days we only had 3 TV channels too, makes me wonder when some nights I put my TV on (I have a full Sky service) and think to myself there's just nout on tonight:rolleyes:

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Amys ??
ian

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ames`s,my brother worked there while at college,used to come home with boxes of free records.

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That's it...Ames! Cheers for that!

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I thought that the music shop next to Catlow's was Wallace's, and wasn't there a TV & Record shop at the junction of Little Blackburn Rd and Abbey St - about where the Canine entrance is now - Abbey TV(?), something like that - know my Dad got our first TV from there in 1954

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Relayvision was round about there .

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It was relay vision JCB, one of the directors was Eric Parke who later went on to become a director of E. J. Riley snooker

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One not coming up seems to be the Abbey Record Bar-around in the mid to late 70s when I was buying records by the sackful. It was on Abbey Street, just as you walked around from the top of Little Blackburn Road-very narrow, lots of 2nd hand stuff. Got the Magical Mystery Tour EP there.

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That was Disc @ Tape mate, its been mentioned in the thread.;) post 24 onwards.