lerwick Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Filskadacat,one would shudder if they seen ones bank balance;) don't mean to brag but heyNorthern Rock they had a balance to make you shudder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banzai Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Ha ha evilinky nicely spotted,poisoned I have a slight learning disability and try my best spelling etc so sorry you don't think 'ones' grammar is perfect,were not all perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Never has so much c**p been spouted in one thread by so few.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 ^^ Thankyou. We try to entertain. The quality of the c**p, is c**p, but you get what you pay for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ISOT Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Can't think they're moving anytime soon. I was there today for a look at their refurbishment, looks really good and professional, loads of T.V's and audio stuff available now. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerwick Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I think they used to sell tvs when they had the shop on the street. I remember the toy shop upstairs which was of more interest to me at the time. It was after the time when Harry started keeping toys that the shop shut. Funny if your in business someone is always after your loot most often the folk with the short memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 ^^ It was also after when Harry's started keeping toys that Geordie Robertson's shop on the street opened. Strangely enough Eric Broon's moved to the street selling toys as well as bikes after Geordie Robertson's shop closed, and after Harry's had grown much bigger than it was when Geordie Robertson's was open, and they seemed to do okay, so I doubt it was competition on the toys front that made Geordie Robertson's unviable. Televiradio, Telenews and The Music Box already being established on the street selling TV and small electricals, and Arne/Centron/T. J. Anderson next door but one also selling a few TV's and electricals probably didn't help much, but even so Viking Vision came along at the same time or slightly later and did okay in the face of similar competition. Geordie Robertson's had come under new management not very long before the opening of the street shop, so it might not be unreasonable to speculate that they maybe tried to run before they could walk as far as expanding went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerwick Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Its strange If Harry had not converted tods wholesaler into a massive shop on the street, the old shops on the street would be more profitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 ^^ Stealth, and being "one of the club". I've always been of the opinion Tods was wasted as shops, to my mind it would have made a decent entertainment venue, its a good location and a good size. It came up around the same time as Jubilee 77 was being created, I can't think one would have been all that different on cost grounds to convert and modify than the other. Oh well, no point in pondering what could have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icepick239 Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 icepick239 making a hash of it.... entered in this thread in error....SEE Sovereignshetland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Not wishing to go off topic but how on earth did Harry get planning permission for yon extention he's bigging seeing as how it has obliterated yon peerie historic side building which I'd guess was part of the infamous "conservation area"?. I have visions of another McKays style building i.e just a big, square lump:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerwick Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 And was it true Tesco objected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 I have visions of another McKays style building i.e just a big, square lump:( Not entirely off the mark, unfortunately. http://www.shetland.gov.uk/planningcontrol/apps/pdfs/2007_190_PCD/2007_190_PCD_Drawing_No_569-10_Proposed_View_Photo.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Oh no, it's even worse than I imagined That is absolutely awful and I was hoping they'd at the very least keep the traditional stonework style. Yet another nail in the coffin for the character and appearance of Lerwick's historic esplanade and I simply cannot believe that the SIC allowed this. Oh Harry, Harry.....and all for ££. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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