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nightowl
05-09-2005, 10:48
the bear (tobacco) shop down from the hayes, the home brewing centre in roath (happy days brewing 5 gallons at a time for 15p a pint), a place called the peace shop (?) in roath which had loads of left wing mags and books and a cafe out back, another tobacco shop in roath that used to have loads of good quality smoking gear
editor
05-09-2005, 10:52
Sarsaparilla bar in the arcade!
RubberBuccaneer
05-09-2005, 11:28
Joke shop in Wyndham arcade, remember the two old blokes who ran it?

I tried a root beer the other day, that's sasparilla isnt it.
dynamicbaddog
05-09-2005, 11:59
a place called the peace shop (?) in roath which had loads of left wing mags and books and a cafe out back, another tobacco shop in roath that used to have loads of good quality smoking gear

Awww shame to hear the Peace Shop no longer exists :( When did that close?
Lucky JACKSON
05-09-2005, 13:33
the bear and tobacco shop just relocated, picked up some premium cigars for a friend's stag-do earlier this summer

Chapter and Verse (Radical Bookshop)
nightowl
05-09-2005, 13:46
Awww shame to hear the Peace Shop no longer exists :( When did that close?

donkeys years ago i think. used to go there in early 90s. unless it's moved of course. used to be somewhere in one of the side roads in the vicinity of the city road/albany road junction if memory serves me correct
1927
05-09-2005, 14:12
the bear (tobacco) shop down from the hayes, the home brewing centre in roath (happy days brewing 5 gallons at a time for 15p a pint), a place called the peace shop (?) in roath which had loads of left wing mags and books and a cafe out back, another tobacco shop in roath that used to have loads of good quality smoking gear

When I were a lad the bear baccy shop was on the corner of St.Mary St and Wood Street in the place that was Coffee Republic,cant remember what it is now but it was next door to the Prince of Wales!
nightowl
05-09-2005, 14:35
When I were a lad the bear baccy shop was on the corner of St.Mary St and Wood Street in the place that was Coffee Republic,cant remember what it is now but it was next door to the Prince of Wales!

when i was there it was just down from spillers records. think its a restaurant now or something
phildwyer
05-09-2005, 14:41
Don't Spillers claim to be the oldest record shop in the world?
King Biscuit Time
05-09-2005, 14:46
They do indeed.

And the shop by the PoW is a bookies now.
phildwyer
05-09-2005, 14:47
I wonder if its true? None of the shops in the market have changed since 1902 or something.
zog
05-09-2005, 16:32
miss the fishmongers in canton most. shite choice of fish in the supermarkets.
lunatrick
05-09-2005, 16:37
Sarsaparilla bar in the arcade!

god thats going back a bit - I remember being taken there by my grandad as a kid in the early seventies......quality!
Brockway
05-09-2005, 18:55
The shop that sold trusses in Caroline Street. And had one on display in the window.

"What's a truss mam?"
"Hurry up, or we'll miss the bus..."

Blimey, it's all coming back.

:eek:
Brockway
05-09-2005, 20:13
The Army and Navy shop before it was in Caroline Street (it was somewhere near the Golden Cross pub - but can't remember the name of the street). They sold borstal jackets - essential wear for burgeoning punks.

I don't suppose anyone can remember the Zebra lounge in Tito's can they?
RubberBuccaneer
05-09-2005, 21:39
The Army and Navy shop before it was in Caroline Street (it was somewhere near the Golden Cross pub - but can't remember the name of the street). They sold borstal jackets - essential wear for burgeoning punks.

I don't suppose anyone can remember the Zebra lounge in Tito's can they?

Mill Lane
Brockway
05-09-2005, 22:06
I can't remember what Mill Lane looked like before they built that 'orrible hotel. If it was Mill Lane it would have been on the hotel side of the road. Anyway it was situated next to a shop that sold fishing equipment.

Talking of Mill Lane - the Costa Rica Coffee House! Delicious aroma.

Two other things I currently can't remember: the name of that shop upstairs in the market that sold two-tone clothes and catered for ska-types.

And the name of that gay pub in the Oxford arcade that had a such terrible reputation that venturing into the arcade, even in daylight hours, was out of the question.
roger rosewall
06-09-2005, 02:59
The Peace Shop has closed? Hurrah some good news!

Dunno about shops but I do miss the canal. If we could get it out back we could wash all the scum out of Cardiff like.
RubberBuccaneer
06-09-2005, 07:31
I think Mill Lane ( correct me ) ran opposite Toys r us towards the Golden, where the Mrriott is now was a fruit and veg market.

Non Doctor and a vibrator in the window.
jannerboyuk
06-09-2005, 15:04
That rather nice bookshop on salisbury road has just closed down which is a shame. It had a nice collection of cds and records as well some nice obscure books. They used to have a nice cat as well.
There is work going on in there at the moment but no clue to what is replacing the bookshop.
King Biscuit Time
06-09-2005, 15:11
The day that shop closed down my mate phoned me to tell me they were giving away their stock.

I dunno if they took the good stuff out first, but he walked out with a couple of huge bagfulls.
pigtails
06-09-2005, 15:13
I loved that shop. :(

When I was an ickle girl I loved siop dance on welfield rd - they sold really good scratch 'n' sniff stickers!
I was very girly when I was younger!! :o
nightowl
06-09-2005, 19:56
there was a greasy caf in albany road (think the name was some historic date) that used to have welsh menus and welsh speaking staff. loads of learners used to go in there trying to order their brekkie in welsh.