Town Centre Shops
- 11 September 2013 09:59244271this was mentioned earlier in the thread.
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/Sex-shop-near-schools-wants-kinky-window-display/story-19780437-detail/story.html - 11 September 2013 10:28244278#121
Although I am sure that with a little imagination a happy ending could be assured, therein lies the problem, if imagination alone could achieve 'bliss', on any level, there would be less of a market for their wares.
It is...difficult... to visualise what could be in the window that would not attract the attention of lively little minds. (little in the sense of as yet not fully grown, groan!) Though, James Bond posters is an idea that would be hard to gainsay.
Then again, if we all were to join in a determined effort to to shield the young from harmful images, maybe we should begin with Confectioners?
Talking about the supposed allure of all things sweet...
"The onslaught of NHS-sponsored sugar sales begins before the inpatient's encounter with the ward trolley (Report, 7 September). Last week I endured many hours overnight in the stiflingly hot A&E waiting room at Watford general hospital. The only drinking water available cost £1.40 for a 330ml bottle; Coca Cola was £1 from the same vending machine. The large choice of snacks offered to this captive audience was confined to competing brands of chocolate and crisps.
Susan Bailey
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire"
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/sep/10/nhs-hull-hammersmith-apollo
P.S.
There was, and maybe there still is, a shop not far from me with an entirely innocuous name above the well painted boards over the window glass. Leaving the passer by to guess what there was for sale, the OTT security being the sole clue:It sold guns.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - Jan Higgins
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11 September 2013 10:29244279I pass the shop quite often and I am still waiting to be offended.
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11 September 2013 10:34244280Exactly Jan. Certainly they sold such things as chocolate spread (also available in Morrisons etc) but without any instructions for the use thereof. A well known charity shop in the town centre had on display in the window secondhand (I assume!) kinky knickers at 50p!
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11 September 2013 10:54244283...."Young kids walk past there and to see things like that is wrong"....
I doubt that young kids would even bother to look in the window any more than they would look in a hardware shop, teenagers might possibly look but I doubt it.
I suppose ones opinion all depends on if you are narrow in your outlook or more broadminded.
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11 September 2013 10:57244284As my final thought I will just say that the shop must be ok as before it was bought by Darker Enterprises it was owned by a local councillor.
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 11 September 2013 11:12244287"I'm supporting Yas Necati and Telegraph Wonder Women's campaign to bring sex and relationship education into the 21st century.
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11 September 2013 20:03244344all about who can be offended
some may not be
but some may be toALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 13 September 2013 01:12244483Following on from the posts about my daughter-in-law Kyilie opening her little shop Kiddywinks in the Charlton Centre on Saturday:
Some piece of low-life scum broke into it on Wednesday night and stole her laptop and what takings there had been.
The police have visited and taken fingerprints, and damage to a window has been repaired. Kyilie is up and running again but obviously very upset. - 13 September 2013 07:24244486Sorry to hear that Mr Connell, how did they get in? The centre is locked up at night.
- Terry Nunn
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13 September 2013 08:48244494Depends what time it was of course. I don't think the car park security grilles are very secure anyway. I hope it hasn't depressed Kylie too much.
It's not just the laptop of course, it's what's on it.
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 13 September 2013 10:10244500I am away at sea so am only getting this second-hand. Kyilie's shop is right at the back of the Charlton Centre abutting onto the carpark and my understanding is that the thief balanced on a pallet to scale a wall which was topped with barbed wire and then removed a small window to get into her shop. There is a local ne'er-do-well suspect in the frame.
- 13 September 2013 10:19244501Here's hoping that your d'i'l will get her property back soon Ed.
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13 September 2013 11:43244510Once upon a time, like half a century ago, it was the dream of many people to retire and open a small tobacconists. Those days are long gone however. Surprisingly the modern equivalent has just opened in Dover's London Road. It's called "SMOKE'air Store" and it's the brainchild of Tony Thompson, a local businessman in the transport business.
The shop sells electronic cigarettes. You buy an initial kit with the holder and charger and then top it up with liquid. Being a non-smoker myself this is all new to me but apparently it's just a fraction of the cost of the normal coffin nails.
Sean Lloyd and Tony Thompson
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 13 September 2013 12:08244515not sure it is a good idea as there is a lot of online competition driving prices down.
- 13 September 2013 12:10244516Bring on the electric beer!Phil Wyborn - Brown at www.wybornphotography.co.uk
- Terry Nunn
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13 September 2013 12:44244523Or even alcohol patches, on the NHS of course.
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 15 September 2013 17:59244833saw this earlier in the window of "amina's" cafe and not sure what it actually means as casey's bread and rolls have been on sale in there for ages.
Does it mean that casey's are taking over there or is there some sort of joint venture planned?
- Brian Dixon
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15 September 2013 21:23244854probably an extra outlet for casey's produse. - 15 September 2013 21:50244862would be their only outlet brian, the shop at tower hamlets closed down for good recently.
