Leith Walk has more than its fair share of quirky shops, which either have fun names, or which offer niche services, or both.
Take Borlands for example. They spotted a gap in the market for a combined snooker, darts and TV repair business.
Then you have a hydroponics business that pays homage to the Proclaimers in its name.
Or the planner's favourite, which actually sells telescopes and such like.
The betting shop whose name can not be mentioned.
And, continuing the theme of the bard, Leith Walk's favourite combined book and record store.
We liked Elvis Shakespeare so much that we did and ad for them last year.
Comments (2)
Any blogspot which features the legendary 'Borland Darts/Television' is certainly worth its salt (n' sauce). I remember a trip (or was it a pilgrimage?) made long ago when I was a student. We'd scraped together enough shillings for a Nodor Supabull dartboard and two sets of cheap tungsten with 'signed' Jocky Wilson flights. Unfortunately our attempts to negotiate a price for one of the posters inside depicting the 'Giants of Darts' (we wanted Leighton Rees) were in vain. These were the precious things of the shop and not for sale...
Posted by Colin Montgomery | December 13, 2006 3:03 PM
Posted on December 13, 2006 15:03
Thanks.
I was always a Crafty Cockney man myself.
Posted by Phil Adams | December 14, 2006 2:00 PM
Posted on December 14, 2006 14:00