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Is that so? Obviously a gem undiscovered on my part in the early 1970s.

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Great shout smile not the one I was thinking of.

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Originally Posted by masterbun
What was the shop in Grange Rd West ? Was that Rushworths.
Not only could you get records but also pre-recorded reel-to-reel recordings, if you can remember them !!
Also there was a shop up there were you could rent 8mm / 16mm films in the days before video. Maybe that was Rushworths

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Rushworths was at the top of Grange Rd, i can remember my Dad having a reel to reel tape recorder, made by Waltzer i think or something like that.


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I always used Reaction Records in New Brighton and they opened on Sundays too !


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Rushworths within Robbs?
Not sure when grangey was redeveloped but Rumbelows opposite present Tj`s must have appeared around this time and not forgetting Grandfare(old TJs site) and Beatties?
Also Bargain Box Records on borough pavement towards St Werburghs square.

I think Honest Jeffs in the Market was probably post 74

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That would explain why I had no idea of that stall smile You quote some great options there.

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Which market was 'Honest Jeff's' located, old or the replacement?

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Originally Posted by geekus
Wasn't there a stall in Birkendead Market?


Phoenix Records?
The only problem with the Market then was it was only open 2 days a week, Wednesday and Saturday. So unlikely to get a record on the day of release as they were usually released on a Tuesday. Don't ask me why.


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Precisely, and still unsure if the Market, prior to it burning down on 9th November 1974, had a record stall, as you say also opening times would not have helped. Phoenix Records sounds familiar, where was that located?

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Originally Posted by Erainn
Which market was 'Honest Jeff's' located, old or the replacement?

Honest Jeffs was in the "new" market

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Thanks for that, had a feeling it was, options pre-the new market, for buying albums usually involved a favoured few places.

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i used to use damart in upton village but think there was one in birkenhead too.

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Strother's in Liscard and Rox records in Liscard market!

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Originally Posted by masterbun
What was the shop in Grange Rd West ? Was that Rushworths.
Not only could you get records but also pre-recorded reel-to-reel recordings, if you can remember them !!
bananalove


Rushworths was at the top of Grange Rd, i can remember my Dad having a reel to reel tape recorder, made by Waltzer i think or something like that.


That would have been a Walter, pioneer manufacturer in the '50-'60s.

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