On 28/02/2018 15:39, alan_m wrote:
On 28/02/2018 13:07, John Rumm wrote:

Much of that describes what it was like walking into the Westcliff
shop in 1980! A few things on display to look at. Loads of built up
synth kits / speakers / amps etc in the window,

Also the ramshackle shop, which I cannot remember the name of, on the

Sendz by the sounds of it...

opposite corner to the Cricketers Pub, Westcliff which had multi page
adverts in some radio/hobbyist magazines. They did most business by old
fashioned mail order but I fail to understand how they found anything.
The whole place was stacked floor to ceiling, including the window and
entrance corridor with opened boxes with the empty boxes left where they
fell. The shop window floor was littered with items that had fallen from
the boxes.

Yup it was an odd arrangement. The main shop door not being used, and
instead a side door that lead to a flight of steps that went upstairs...
A fascinating window to look in, but quite hard to work out how you
actually bought anything from the shop itself.

I recall a mate going in there for a NICAM decoder chip. He asks for it
at the counter, and the chap behind has a rummage through some boxes of
assorted complete PCBs, locates and de-solders said chip before handing
it to him! ;-)



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Cheers,

John.

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