A Trip Down Memory Lane - photo donation and discussion thread

[lejackal]

This thread is for you to add your own photos of UK price stickers and share any memories you may have of the shops that your childhood goodies came from, I can then integrate that into the main reference thread and also try and do a bit of research into the shop and what happened to it.

Thanks and hope you enjoy it

Carl

 

[Dorsetmark]

I remember "Bournemouth Toy Centre" very well, spent many hours there looking at Star Wars.
One of the only places I ever saw a Tydirian Shuttle.
I need to check what it is now as became Toy Master then closed (it's a Sprinkles)
We also had a big Tesco, WH Smith's and a old toy shop called Setchfields that carried a lot of stock right up to 1992 ( 3 figures for £1 ) :shock:

 

[Idpullthecurtain]

Great thread. I was looking for this sort of info. Does anyone know of somewhere that has some nice price sticker info. I have been trying to find some old Toymaster price stickers.

I think I got my figures from Toymaster (Toycenter?) and maybe also from Woolworths?

 

[kieatky]

Here's a 'Toy + Hobby' sticker that's on an AT AT I recently purchased, to be honest it's the main reason I went for the walker. I believe 'Toy + Hobby' only had a few branches in the north west, with my local being in my home town of Wigan. I remember paying 2p bus fare and spending an entire Saturday afternoon in the store

 

[kieatky]

A couple more I've just found, I've just realised this is an old thread but still may be of interest to others.

 

[peekaygee73]

Love the 'Conways Arts and Crafts' sticker on Leia Poncho! That's in Keighley, West Yorkshire and is one of my childhood shops It actually still exists as a toy shop today.

 

[Idpullthecurtain]

Thanks these photos are amazing. I have been recreating some faux old 80's price stickers. I love the old store logos like Woolworths and WHSmiths. Great memories.

 

[kieatky]

Latest addition and one which provides a huge sentimental feeling for me personally. I grew up in Pemberton, Wigan in the north west. There was a toy shop on the main road called 'Winstanleys'. It's the last shop I can actually remember purchasing figures from back in the 80's (the new £1.59 range :shock: ). The shop is still there to this day though they only seam to deal in prams these days. Anyway, purchased a Y-Wing fighter from oop north from a town close to Wigan and to my amazement it's actually got a price label on it from the very same shop, what are the odds :lol:

 

[StarWarsFan]

I like this thread. Got my first figure from a shop called Sulmans back in 1997. POTF2 Luke Jedi for £4.99, amazing in 20 years the price hasn't really changed. It closed down a couple of years ago now a jewellery shop .

 

[lejackal]

I've just done a quick update of the main thread and will add the pics you've shared in the next day or two.
http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=34070

Does anyone have memories of Jack and Jill's in Herne Bay?

 

[kieatky]

A couple more for the thread, same retailer but different designs.

 

[poncho]

a new uk price sticker c

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Star-Wars-Princess-Leia-Organa-Boushh-Disguise-with-Palitoy-65-Backing/253383650358?hash=item3afed7ac36:g:01YAAOSwGHJaZfbD

 

[spoons]

good idea Carl

here are some of mine, mostly common stores but a couple of local ones. Be really interested if any Child's stickers turn up from High Wycombe

a mystery one!

Clay...

 

[Oracle]

This is a great thread!
Quite proud of my Alton Towers Wicket.

 

[Ruby2511]

Woolworths in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire was were my Mama took us for our figures on a Saturday for a treat. We started off at Wimpey for a burger and chips and a knickerbocker glory, then off to Woolworths to pick a figure. Good times

Here is a picture of the store, it was friggin huge and had the biggest toy section you have ever seen.

Russ

 

[Clarkspie&chips]

Here's one for the Swindon lads,

This is a C3P0 trilogo cardback from my childhood, bought in Trents at the bottom of town.

Trents later became Beaties and then closed down in the late 90's. It reopened as a pub (the bedroom I think?) in the early 2000's. God knows what it is now.

I have great memories of this toy shop, downstairs had star wars, MOTU, A Team, Transformers etc and upstairs had all the Tamiya RC stuff and BMX's for the older kids. I also met Darth Vader here when he did his UK tour but the thing I remember most was the big dustbin they had by the tills with all the discount stock, looking at the price stickers on this one I'm pretty sure that's where he came from.

 

[Alisdairmac]

Is this thread still going? I am interested in UK stickers and have a few I can put up?

 

[Cazza]

Is this thread still going? I am interested in UK stickers and have a few I can put up?

Absolutely!

 

[StarWarsFan]

Woolworths in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire was were my Mama took us for our figures on a Saturday for a treat. We started off at Wimpey for a burger and chips and a knickerbocker glory, then off to Woolworths to pick a figure. Good times

Here is a picture of the store, it was friggin huge and had the biggest toy section you have ever seen.

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Russ

Miss Woolworths

 

[coomber75]

there was a great toy shop in Hereford called chads, am sure ive seen a sticker on here somewhere... used to go there mum worked at marks and sparks on a saturday so would go get lunch in town and wander through chads... sold everything from hardware toys beds... good old fashioned department store... great toy department... my figs came from there.. would love to own a carded fig with that on it