kirky Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Originally posted by eighty4 Who remembers beaties ? They used to have a shop which is now maplin electronics across from the peace gardens ? Is maplin now beaties is it the same company with a different name ? I used to love beaties :-) all the anorak types died off and there wasn't enough boring people left to keep the shop going,so it shut:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internetowl Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 I want to buy a rocket kit - anyone know where I'm likely to get one in Sheffield. Beatties used to sell them....but are long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasonic Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Originally posted by Internetowl I want to buy a rocket kit - anyone know where I'm likely to get one in Sheffield. Beatties used to sell them....but are long gone. There's a model shop at Shalesmoor on the corner near the post office that may possibly do them. And another near the GT at Fitzalan Square. Might be worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eighty4 Posted October 27, 2005 Author Share Posted October 27, 2005 Ok so you remember beaties and uncle arthurs, does anyone remember Tandy ? what happened to that place ? Also does anyone remember a shop called fona ? It was similar to tandy, If i remember rightly Bridget Nielson used to be the women who was on the adverts on tv for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Originally posted by eighty4 Ok so you remember beaties and uncle arthurs, does anyone remember Tandy ? what happened to that place ? Also does anyone remember a shop called fona ? It was similar to tandy, If i remember rightly Bridget Nielson used to be the women who was on the adverts on tv for it Tandy are Maplin and are still called Tandy in the states Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantaspook Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Originally posted by Hook Tandy are Maplin and are still called Tandy in the states Actually Tandy was the European division of Radio Shack, founded by Mr Charles Tandy, they closed in the UK in 1999/2000 & sold their stores to The Carphone Warehouse. Maplin Electronics is a totally seperate company that started in Westcliffe on sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr chris Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Radio Shack are still going in the States... there's tons of them - but they're not quite upto Starbucks standards yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martss Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 I remember fona, wasn't there one in Meadowhall for a short while? Somewhere near Johnathon James's I think, it was Bridget Nielson in the ads. What about Connect? Electrical shop, near JD Sports on Pinstone Street, you got a free screwdriver and plug with everything you bought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredsredhat Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Didn't Beaties on Pinstone St have the train set running round the ceiling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigmason Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 i to used to visit beaties pity it shut down as there are no more decent model shops left in the city centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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