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Poundland
by jlaker1992
Introduction:
We have had a poundland in horsham for a good fees years now and it is always the busiest shop on the high street, filled with people running around looking for a bargain. It is also the only shop that has a huge gathering outside it when it opens on a Sunday! I have used poundland for many things in the past few ... years, some things have been good value, some things I have purchased for a pound, to later see it in the shop next door cheaper.
Price:
Obviously everything is one pound, the exceptions being some drinks (4 for £1) etc. there are no prices on anything as you should know the value. Sometimes there are things sold which are not £1, which can come as a bit of a shock!
Staff:
The staff are always helpful and friendly in my local store. One issue though is the lack of staff on the tills, there are 6 tills in horsham, yet there are only ever a maximum of 2 or 3 people on the tills with huge rows of people waiting to be served. There needs to be better staffing on the tills to increase the pleasure in shopping in the store. But I can't complain about there work ethic and they always look to be very busy!
Good value:
Some things are excellent value. Currently the gardening section is excellent, such as flower seeds, flower pots and grass seeds all at only £1. You can kit yourself out with all gardening equipment for very cheap. They also sell bulbs and starter plants for bushes. Yet some products in the shop are more expensive than there RRP, such as toiletries. You just have to be aware not to be drawn into buying a product just because it is £5. Just look out prior to buying. They sell a wide variety if items and you can end up spending more than you were expecting as it is very easy to fill up a basket.
Overall:
I have been happy with this store as there are always things to buy that are helpful. They always change there stock and sometimes they have things that you find brilliant. I like to buy my iPhone and iPad screen protectors from there as they are so much cheaper than anywhere else. I would recommend you visit a poundland if you haven't already, the business of the shop can be an off put, but its worth having a look. I am going to give this shop a 3 star rating as it can be a very mixed bag, sometimes it's a good experience and sometimes it can be. Nightmare in the store.
Thanks for reading my review, josh - jlaker1992
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Poundland
by Luisa1981
Some people turn their noses up at 'bargain' shops. I think they're silly. I am a massive fan of Poundland.
Poundland has kind of filled the void on the high street that was left by Woolworths, in that it's a one stop shop for those things that you NEED but are hard to come by. I always drop in if I need to or not, just in ... case there's a bargain to be had.
I think I take it for granted that people know what these places stock, so I'm going to make a list of some of the things that I have picked up recently, in case it's something you think you may need, and wouldn't think that you could get in there.
- 15 Ranitidine tablets (generic zantac, usually around £6 in Boots)
- Disney 'Piglet' shower pouffe
- Glad gel air freshener
- Set of three tupperware
- Dustpan and brush
- Five pack of 'Mentos' mints
- 5 rolls of sellotape in a pack
- pack of 100 sheets of coloured card
- pack of 5 glitter glue tubs
- numerous packs of stickers, including gem ones
- Minnie Mouse eye mask.
Poundland stocks lots of food items. It's great, but I often find they will have smaller-sized packets than supermarkets, so it's a bit of a con. I do like though, that you can have a mix'n'match of things like cans of drinks.
If you're not sure, I always say Poundland is worth a peep. It's worth noting though that many stores only accept cards for payments of over £5, so always carry cash.
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Weston Favell Shopping Centre (Northampton)
by thedevilinme
It's up for sale! Once the largest shopping centre in Europe the Weston Favell Centre has become an anachronism of out of town shopping and in receivership. Its business as usual for the centre but other out of town shopping parks have decreased the bespoke and grand shopping centers footfall and it has become a place that's a bit of an ... effort for shoppers now. In its day it was a grand shopping experience; it's multistoried build and has extravagant elevated walkways to funnel the shoppers from the vast car parks into the centre like a feeding tube like being at an airport. Today it's dirty and old and in places still feels like the 1970s, creaking elevators and peeling paint what it's now known for. But at the time when it opened it was quite a big event and put Northampton on the map and made the national news, the future of shopping and the car parks packed full of Cortina's and Mini Maxis. It was also an adventure playground for kids, Choppers and Raleigh 20s everywhere, the ramps, steps and tunnels ideal for BMX tricks and the skater boys today.
It opened in 1974 to showcase one of Tesco's biggest hypermarkets and has around 40 other shops and units on site today. But the final blow came when the Grosvenor Centre finally got its expansion plans green lighted for the town centre as part of the new bus station plans and so the owners of the WFSC filed for bankruptcy as profits would surely fall even more in the future, totally dependent on the big chains and rents staying out there in the boonies and not moving into town.
Tesco's two floor superstore dominates the centre and although smaller chains like Boots and Smiths remain, the feeling is not for much longer. It serves the east side of the town well but presumably just too big and expensive to maintain now, the land its built on extremely lucrative for new housing build as it's a nice area. These days most out of town shopping areas are far less complicated and expensive to build, one huge space with a horseshoe of stores to park next to the basic earner. Getting from your car to Tesco's at Weston Favell Centre takes about 15 minutes here.
===The Stores===
99p Stores
Bags of Style
BB's
Bon Marche
Boots
Boots Opticians
Bowen Travel Group
Burton
Card Factory
Costa Coffee
Dorothy Perkins
Emmanuel Church
Gamestation
H Samuel
Herbert Brown
New Look
Paperbox
Peacocks
Savers
Shoezone
Store 21
Supercuts
Thomas Cook
Tesco
The Fragrance Shop
Timpsons
WHSmiths
Wilkinsons
Yours
Barclay's Bank
Nationwide
O2
Phones 4 U
Carphone Warehouse
3 Store
Oliver Adams
Greggs the Bakers
Subway
It's not just chain stores and bakeries as it was also built as a community space and home to Weston Favell Library and other community offices and near to the Lings Forum Cinema and sports centre and a floodlight athletics track. There is a huge airport style underground car park where your hubby can pull up in the car to load the shopping on and great ramps and elevators to aid shopping trolleys and older folk to access the building and carpark skywalks. But the kids are around and sometimes shopping trolleys come down the elevators at high speed.
They hold lots of events and things to do in the holidays and tomorrow Titan the Robot is at the centre, a really rather cool pre programmed talking and moving behemoth of a metallic machine that, although friendly, will scare your younger kids rigid - if your that type of parent. Last week they had a free Easter Egg hunt and I got two crème eggs from behind the lotto machine in Smiths although unclear if they were part of the hunt. But what can you do.
It's a good shopping centre for kids as they have a small crèche in the library and a play area for the mum on the concourse to have a sit down and let the kids dive in the colored ball pen. We forget how hand work kids are for young mums and so girls if you want to shop in Northampton away from the town centre and the army of traffic wardens and distractions then this maybe for you. Just look for the old A45 on the way to Wellingborough as you leave town or coming into town from the east and there it is by the running track, a huge American style mall building that we are unlikely to see ever again.
http://www.westonfavellshopping.com/page/events
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