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"G..G..Granville - fetch your cloth"

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Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 3 May 2013 in Business & Industry and Portfolio.

The interior of William Wight's shop on the fish quay in North Shields. Mrs. Curly was captivated and bought old fashioned sweets, salted butter cut from a huge block, smoked bacon, and cheese (as well as the vegetable broth). The walls are hung with all sorts of memorabilia, it gives the distinct air of a family business that has refused to die.
It reminded me so much of "Open all Hours", the old comedy starring Ronnie Barker and David Jason.

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PascalXLD from Rennes, France

Sympa avec ce traitement

Bonne journée

3 May 2013 5:47am

David from Avranches, France

Superb shop, full of character and wonder. I could spend hours in this shop.

3 May 2013 6:10am

Shaahin Bahremand from Tehran, Iran

busy shot
with various colors
well done

3 May 2013 6:10am

Christine from Ellemford, United Kingdom

What a fab place, impossible to resist buying

3 May 2013 6:20am

PATRICK from miramas, France

excellent capture

3 May 2013 6:33am

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

Vraiment étonnante cette boutique, superbe traitement. Bonne journée.

3 May 2013 6:33am

BiLL from Belfast, United Kingdom

G...g...g...great shot! I love these old-fashioned shops and you have captured the atmosphere well.

3 May 2013 6:47am

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

What a fascinating place - your presentation seems to have caught the actual passage of time.

3 May 2013 7:21am

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

This is how shops should be, I'll bet he makes sure he orders in things that his regulars buy, rather than what the de-personalised buyers can rob producers for so they can stack em high and sell em cheap !
Rant over, lovely atmosphere you've created with this composition and processing Curly

3 May 2013 7:41am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

I understand why Ms. Curly was captivated. Yeah, fascinating space.

3 May 2013 9:01am

Geraritsmi from Argentan, France

Un peu fouillis, non cette boutique ? Belle image !

3 May 2013 9:05am

Javier from Castro-Urdiales, Spain

Me encanta el sabor a añejo de éstas tiendas de ultramarinos.

3 May 2013 9:22am

Helys from Paris, France

Wow
Great edition
This is a piece of Heaven ...for kids! ...For everyone, lol!

3 May 2013 9:43am

Ginnie from Netherlands

How fun and old-timey. Fabulous processing for this vintage look.

3 May 2013 9:43am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Wonderful proper shop shot Curly. We have a hardware shop like that here with more diverse stock than any £$&*ing B&Q and in a hundredth of the space.

3 May 2013 10:21am

Kate from United Kingdom

Thank you Curly for sharing this rare shop, I miss the corner shop and the hardware shop in my local town... replaced by Spar and B&Q yuk!

3 May 2013 10:27am

Devi from Chennai, India

Beautiful shot of this quaint charming shop..Happy to see Mrs Curly shopping !!!

3 May 2013 10:37am

Aubélia from Kortrijk, Belgium

Beautiful image.
Have a nice day.

3 May 2013 10:50am

Ainsley from Derbyshire, United Kingdom

I love cute and quaint shops like these, they sell all my favourites.

3 May 2013 10:58am

Irene from San Francisco, United States

Definitely captivating !

3 May 2013 11:02am

J.R. from Urasoe City, Japan

Those kind of shops are neat, like the processing:)

3 May 2013 11:03am

Yvonne Simons (:|:) from Tilburg, Netherlands

These shops you hardly see nowadays, beautiful processing!

3 May 2013 11:05am

digitalCG from Manchester, United Kingdom

Good find Curly, takes me back to the days before faceless franchises and massive supermarkets ruled our world.

3 May 2013 11:45am

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

I vaguely remember a British comedy series, called here the "Always open". It's been a lot of time, but it was very funny series. The figure shows the view of the wonderful store

3 May 2013 11:54am

Rick from Toronto, Canada

Great image and treatment, Curly, and I love these types of shops where every square inch is packed.

3 May 2013 1:06pm

Judy aka L@dybug from Brooksville, FL, United States

Ohhhhh, Mrs. C., I would have loved exploring in this wonderful shop with you. I know I could have spent a long time looking around. Thank you for sharing this valuable image!

3 May 2013 1:42pm

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

Beautiful image and treatment! A hug Curly... Adela

3 May 2013 2:55pm

Frankiess from Český Těšín, Czech Republic

Excellent capture, nice treatment!

3 May 2013 3:07pm

Shar from Pilot Butte near Regina, SK, Canada

What a wonderful shop to explore with the camera and the pallette!

3 May 2013 5:07pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

Looks like a wonderful place. I love the warm tones and light. It reminds me of one of my hidden pictures games.

3 May 2013 5:10pm

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

Echoes of childhood ....................... wonderful

3 May 2013 5:16pm

franz from Baden, Austria

what an incredible find! how marvellous that places like this still exist! my earliest childhood memories are of shop like this, where my dad worked. i loved the smells and looks of it and would often play shop at home, too ...

3 May 2013 8:09pm

Veronique from France-and-, Switzerland

Excellent processing for this old shop !

3 May 2013 8:11pm

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

What a great place, I would love to shot there

3 May 2013 8:47pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Wow! What a wonderful place! It looks like it is from another time. Fantastic image! I am glad that Mrs. Curly is getting out and about.

3 May 2013 11:34pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

perfect for hdr. well done

4 May 2013 2:43am

Jason Politte from Conway, AR, United States

Really good processing here, Curly - the texture is a thing of beauty.

4 May 2013 3:38am

Francisco from Miami, United States

Very nice!

4 May 2013 12:38pm

Jeff from Honolulu, United States

Nice processing.

5 May 2013 8:30pm

Darío from Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Interesting processing, It seems a painting!. Great atmosphere, I really like it. Well done!

6 May 2013 8:07am

Jules from Drayton, United Kingdom

I like the texture on this

7 May 2013 12:29pm

Rebecca from Oregon, United States

What a great place. I really like the processing on these.

16 May 2013 11:05pm

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