Quote from: GrannyMac on March 13, 2024, 11:16:23 AMLucky you being close enough. 

I got a couple of sheets from M&S on line GM,  Cheshire Oaks is easiest for me.

M&S. M&S. Ah yes I remember them. Didn't they used to have high street shops years ago?

Quote from: klondike on March 13, 2024, 02:22:12 PMM&S. M&S. Ah yes I remember them. Didn't they used to have high street shops years ago?

Marks & Spencer I'm talking about Klondy, the store at Cheshire Oaks is biggest in Europe outside London - allegedly.  I can't see them going the way of other high street shops, but you never know.
 

The one in Northampton closed years back. The one in Kings Lynn where we had a caravan closed too and that must be over 3 years ago. High Street shops are pretty much doomed M&S included. They'll cling on for a while but they'll go eventually.

There's a big one in Meadowhall. It makes me tired just thinking about going! Cheshire Oaks has some good shopping, and its not an indoor mall. I much prefer fresh air between shops.

Quote from: GrannyMac on March 13, 2024, 05:53:47 PMI much prefer fresh air between shops.

Fresh air between shops.. !!  How quaint.. 

It's not so quaint when it's blowing a gale and pouring down  very little shelter from the elements, apart from the many restaurants of course

Rain... sunshine..  Might go for a coffee later..
Just bought a new microwave.. Toshiba.. just a little one .. I think it was just over sixty pounds..
Replacing my Sharp... does it all.. It did so many things.. I only used it to bake a potato and heat up ready meals and left overs.. 
I shall put it at my front gate .. someone will take it..

Sunshine this morning, the garden looks a mess so do the windows 

Quote from: Scrumpy on March 14, 2024, 09:25:55 AMFresh air between shops.. !!  How quaint..

Rather than indoor malls like Meadowhall and the Trafford centre. I find them very tiring. No Co-ops in them though 😉

It's wavering here between dullness and drizzle. OH has another hospital appointment this afternoon. 

Beautiful sunshine.. Going to the tip then an Antique emporium .. 
I love junk shops and car boots.. But we don't have any nearby .. 

Quote from: GrannyMac on March 15, 2024, 12:08:41 PMRather than indoor malls like Meadowhall and the Trafford centre. I find them very tiring. No Co-ops in them though 😉

The thing about these temples of nothingness is that I can't help feel that I'm in my own The Truman Show, and that this curious version of idealistic life isn't reality at all.

Quote from: Scrumpy on March 16, 2024, 08:54:11 AMI love junk shops and car boots..

Been a long time since I went to a car boot. I gave up when I realised that 50% of the stalls were selling stuff I'd put in the bin to save a charity shop the trouble of doing the same. Some of the others would be selling stuff you could get in pound shops cheaper.  The small number of interesting stalls were just swamped out by those nor worth getting out of bed to see.

No junk shops around here. There is a long road of shops nearby most of which seem to be hairdressers, takeaways or foreign supermarkets which will occcasionaly have one but they rarely last long before something else replaces them.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/vqo1DZvdqHoyrNdm7

There's one in the streetview above. I doubt it's there now.

I used to enjoy car boots, and auctions.  Not been to any for years.   There are lots of charity shops here, as well as the one I volunteer in. They're always busy, I only tend to buy books. My aim is to get rid of things, not leave more for someone else to have to sort out!

I enjoy a trip round charity shops, or used to.  We would go to posh places like Wilmslow and Formby where we could get a "better quality" of tat      Everyone jumped on the band wagon though and today 'posh' charity shops are no longer.....