CB Shops from back in the day
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Re: CB Shops from back in the day
Wragby CB shop is the only one I've been in that's now shutdown was a great little shop. Luckily I live near Cleethorpes CB centre
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Kidderminster c.b radio shop which also sells airguns and related is also now in the process of closing down retiring.
Never used it much and shop moved from its original store around the corner.interestingly his base antenna silver rod still flies high above the roof line on old shop lol.
Hopefully be their decades to come.
Never used it much and shop moved from its original store around the corner.interestingly his base antenna silver rod still flies high above the roof line on old shop lol.
Hopefully be their decades to come.
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Nice to know that there are some other shops still open
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Makes you wish you could buy it and keep it openoriginal45 wrote: ↑18 Nov 2022, 08:17 Kidderminster c.b radio shop which also sells airguns and related is also now in the process of closing down retiring.
Never used it much and shop moved from its original store around the corner.interestingly his base antenna silver rod still flies high above the roof line on old shop lol.
Hopefully be their decades to come.
CALL SIGN 26TM455 OPERATOR DAVE QTH SUNDERLAND
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I've been there a couple of times as an old mate of mine moved from Northfield in Birmingham, to 200yds around the corner from that shop. He had a decent display of aerials fitted along the shelving from memory, although only a couple of radios.lambrettadave wrote: ↑18 Nov 2022, 08:37Makes you wish you could buy it and keep it openoriginal45 wrote: ↑18 Nov 2022, 08:17 Kidderminster c.b radio shop which also sells airguns and related is also now in the process of closing down retiring.
Never used it much and shop moved from its original store around the corner.interestingly his base antenna silver rod still flies high above the roof line on old shop lol.
Hopefully be their decades to come.
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There was a shop that sold both Ham and CB stuff around Darnall in Sheffield. I bought a silver rod from there. The guy who ran it was active in the local ham club but didn't mind catering to CBers.
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Here in Newport (South Wales) There were originally 3 shops:
* Breakerway - Pill - run by Gary (Green Flash) - Closed (moved to Duckpool Road and became a video rental business)
* R&D Antenna - Maindee - Run by Rubber Duck (Chan ?) - Closed (from memory the tiny shop remains unoccupied to this day)
* Rigsbys - Beechwood - run by Will (Skydiver) - Closed - now a hair and nail place if memory serves ?
Up towards Caerphilly was "triple C's" who remained open for some time but they moved premises
whilst seeming to carry more truck stuff than CB stuff. I heard rumours that they had shut up shop
but there are still references to them online so maybe that wasn't true ?
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* Breakerway - Pill - run by Gary (Green Flash) - Closed (moved to Duckpool Road and became a video rental business)
* R&D Antenna - Maindee - Run by Rubber Duck (Chan ?) - Closed (from memory the tiny shop remains unoccupied to this day)
* Rigsbys - Beechwood - run by Will (Skydiver) - Closed - now a hair and nail place if memory serves ?
Up towards Caerphilly was "triple C's" who remained open for some time but they moved premises
whilst seeming to carry more truck stuff than CB stuff. I heard rumours that they had shut up shop
but there are still references to them online so maybe that wasn't true ?
Regards
BB
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Len Dixon's had very few rigs for sale too.The Collector wrote: ↑18 Nov 2022, 16:00I've been there a couple of times as an old mate of mine moved from Northfield in Birmingham, to 200yds around the corner from that shop. He had a decent display of aerials fitted along the shelving from memory, although only a couple of radios.lambrettadave wrote: ↑18 Nov 2022, 08:37Makes you wish you could buy it and keep it openoriginal45 wrote: ↑18 Nov 2022, 08:17 Kidderminster c.b radio shop which also sells airguns and related is also now in the process of closing down retiring.
Never used it much and shop moved from its original store around the corner.interestingly his base antenna silver rod still flies high above the roof line on old shop lol.
Hopefully be their decades to come.
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Does anyone know if Rigs 'n' Twigs is still in Avonmouth?
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last I heard they moved into the avon lodge heard nothing for many a year
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Ok, thanks.
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I can remember visiting this place about 25 years ago but place was chocoblocka full of people
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of late I only hear maybe 3 or 4 bristol regulars on 27/81 chan 19. theres a few on "nets" at different times of the day , but I reckon if I took my shoes and socks off, I could count the number of bristol breakers still on air daily !
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London cb radio shops i used back in the 80's
Hammersmith cb centre King Street Hammersmith
XL's Askew road Acton
Rodger D's Devonshire road Chiswick
Hammersmith cb centre King Street Hammersmith
XL's Askew road Acton
Rodger D's Devonshire road Chiswick