JohnS Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 The Swing shop wasn't easy for me to get too. But I bought Ornette Coleman at The Golden Circle Vol 2 and the Heliocentric Worlds Vol 2 by Sun Ra there. So it was always worth a visit. On one visit there I saw Stan Tracey nearby walking a very small Clark home, I guess, from school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) It never occurred to me to take photos of the shops I regular visited - would have seemed like bus spotting! But I wish I had now! Quite fun looking on Google Earth to see what is there now. Here are a couple of random ones from the net: Not so much Sputnik as CSE Woodwork project! Edited August 27, 2011 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 It never occurred to me to take photos of the shops I regular visited - would have seemed like bus spotting! But I wish I had now! Quite fun looking on Google Earth to see what is there now. Here are a couple of random ones from the net: Not so much Sputnik as CSE Woodwork project! Mouldy figs to the fore, I see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzjet Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 It never occurred to me to take photos of the shops I regular visited - would have seemed like bus spotting! But I wish I had now! Quite fun looking on Google Earth to see what is there now. Here are a couple of random ones from the net: Not so much Sputnik as CSE Woodwork project! Great photo of Ray's, Bev. 'From Barry Harris to Harry Barris' as it said in the window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 or 'From George Lewis to George Lewis'.. I assume that there were not really that many George Lewis LPs in the rack and this was just a placeholder. Not so much Sputnik as CSE Woodwork project! Converted dormitory bunk bed? CSE Woodwork project! Or GCSE A* ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 No such thing as 'Woodwork' these days. Along with what was called 'Metalwork' it is now termed...wait for it...'Resistant Materials'! I kid you not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 both those materials pretty resistant to my attempts to make anything of them in both woodwork and metalwork classes, so I'm not sure that isn't a good name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) both those materials pretty resistant to my attempts to make anything of them in both woodwork and metalwork classes, so I'm not sure that isn't a good name I joined a school in Yr 8 (2nd Year then) where everyone has 18 months of woodwork behind them and I had none. The teacher made me make a bread board. Every week I'd spend 80 minutes planing the breadboard and bring it for inspection. "Nah,' he'd say looking at his set square, "It's not level yet." I did this for a term and a half and ended with a bread board the size of a cheese board for nouvelle cuisine. And the bugger had the nerve to charge me for it! The good old days of the grammar school when standards were maintained! Edited August 27, 2011 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy T. Frog Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 What was the "Personal Export Lounge"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Looks like HMV is considering a return to its original Oxford St location ! http://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/exclusive-hmv-to-return-to-its-1921-oxford-street-home-8659090.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 I just spent some time in the very well-stocked CD stores of the bookseller Gibert Joseph in Paris - as well as time in some of the great Paris bookstores - and I was reminded once again what a fine thing the record store can be. The Joseph store had racks of Japanese imports and lots of current titles. Fancy prices, maybe, but lots of customers and a sense that people still actually cared. So maybe the return of HMV to Oxford Street is a good thing, though whether it would replace the jazz and classical stocks in foyles bookstore for me personally is a moot point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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