Intimidating shops

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:40 pm

I don't mean those wanky clothes shops where you get sneered at by the assistants if you aren't wearing the right stuff, I mean ones where you are very unwelcome and right out of your depth.

You can forget about the 'local shop' off League of Gentlemen, by far the most harrowing retail experience I've ever had was when I was about 17, and I had to go to Edna Jones on Catcote Road.

My gran was ill and couldn't get out, so I said I would get some wool for her. She wrote down specifically what she needed so I thought it would be straight in and straight out.

Oh no. There was no natural daylight in there, and it was full of really hatchet-faced crones. It was impossible to tell who was working there and who was a customer. They all instantly scowled at me when I went in as if I was about to rob them, and you could have cut the tension in the air with a knife.

I told one of the hags what I was after, who looked at me like I had spoked to her in Urdu. Another one finally snatched the list out of my hand and then looked me up and down as if she was deciding whether or not to serve me.

After five minutes of rummaging, she got all the balls of wool together and virtually threw them at me. She did the same with my change (obviously very annoyed I didn't have the correct change). I couldn't get out quick enough.

Anyone else had to endure owt like that?

grabec · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:34 pm

Edna Jones was definitely a front for some dodgy business or other. I remember those crones well.
Behind the scenes will have been a brothel or a money laundering organisation. You obviously didn't have the pass word :laugh:

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

he mis- took edna jones for the duckie at the Catcote remember all those ladies going for a gill or five
spent all night in the duckie like the one at the Brus Arms rather than in the pub and complained if kids went in to buy crisps rolfl

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:59 pm

gremmlin wrote:

he mis- took edna jones for the duckie at the Catcote remember all those ladies going for a gill or five
spent all night in the duckie like the one at the Brus Arms rather than in the pub and complained if kids went in to buy crisps rolfl

The duckie?

Was it in the pondie?

Or do you mean the little off licence on the corner of the pub?

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:23 pm

offshorepoolie wrote:

Whittakers in the town centre , you almost flet like you wher a shop lifter when you went in there..

It was the way that they tried to watch you that made you do it! :laugh:

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

Mr Ripper wrote:

gremmlin wrote:

he mis- took edna jones for the duckie at the Catcote remember all those ladies going for a gill or five
spent all night in the duckie like the one at the Brus Arms rather than in the pub and complained if kids went in to buy crisps rolfl

The duckie?

Was it in the pondie?

Or do you mean the little off licence on the corner of the pub?

i forgot you are posh and probably did not know what a duckie was :roll:

mouldy old dough · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:42 pm

Bon Marche for me you would think they have never seen a 20 stone skinhead before. :roll:

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

probably not in a twin set and pearls

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:29 pm

gremmlin wrote:

probably not in a twin set and pearls

I don't think you're being very sensitive to the feelings of victims of intimidating shops :laugh:

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:32 pm

gremmlin wrote:

Mr Ripper wrote:

gremmlin wrote:

he mis- took edna jones for the duckie at the Catcote remember all those ladies going for a gill or five
spent all night in the duckie like the one at the Brus Arms rather than in the pub and complained if kids went in to buy crisps rolfl

The duckie?

Was it in the pondie?

Or do you mean the little off licence on the corner of the pub?

i forgot you are posh and probably did not know what a duckie was :roll:

I'm far from 'posh' but.......
What the HELL is a duckie

The Leadland, the land that time forgot

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:52 pm

mouldy old dough wrote:

Bon Marche for me you would think they have never seen a 20 stone skinhead before. :roll:

Its a womans shop, who are you shopping for

mouldy old dough · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:54 pm

townendtimmy wrote:

mouldy old dough wrote:

Bon Marche for me you would think they have never seen a 20 stone skinhead before. :roll:

Its a womans shop, who are you shopping for

Lawrence.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37138

Remember Goodall and Lewis in York Rd.... always felt uncomfortable in there.... :uhoh:

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