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BMX Shop in Aldershot, late 70's Early 80's
BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
did any of you two make it over to SURREY SKATEBOARDS in Woking ? i worked there in 87' and saw a room of bmx goods just as skateboarding was getting bigger - lunch time was spent eat me sandwiches reading all the old bmx mags (should have grabbed them when i left - but i was into sk8ing then)
cheers B ;)
RATTY:
No, never made it to Surrey, wish I had a car back then....had to go everywhere by train :-\
BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
it was train for me some times and a skate in guildford on the way home
I never went there when there were at the top of the bmx sale game - shame as i found this photo with shed loads of stuff around in the shop - oh ! for a time machine :smitten:
MartyC:
--- Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on January 21, 2011, 09:53 AM ---it was train for me some times and a skate in guildford on the way home
I never went there when there were at the top of the bmx sale game - shame as i found this photo with shed loads of stuff around in the shop - oh ! for a time machine :smitten:
--- End quote ---
Cool pic, I used to go there when I was skating in the 70's and early 80's as well as the 80's for BMX. The owner was called John IIRC, he passed away from what I can gather and his sons moved down to Cornwall or Deven (I forget which), when they moved they still had a fair bit of old skate and BMX gear and have slowly sold a lot of it on eGay. My mate Darren (former owner of the Vinyl Frontier record shop in Woking) knew them quite well and often talked over the old days with them during the 90's.
SteveG:
I used to go to Surreys about once a month ! My friend used to go to a dentist there so we used to get a lift over there from his mum and then go to the shop afterwards.
Thats a great photo probably taken from the bit in the middle of the shop where they took the money.
Should be able to tell when it was from the Action bike mags on the counter.
I stopped trying to ride in 86-87 so wouldn't have gone there while you were working in the shop.
I did go back to Woking expecting to go into the shop only to find it had gone though.
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