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Shops and Hobbies in Harrow, Middlesex*

Harrow, Middlesex Clothes, Magazines, Art, Galleries, Hobbies

Clothes Shops, Shoe Shops, Fashion and Bargains

• Hip parade is a good place to go, plus the dude in there is really nice.
• Styleast is cool. Oh alright, I was just trying to make you laugh.
• Crap - go to Watford.
• new york near bugger king...cool tracksuits for druggies and ali.G wannabes.
• the hip parade on station road does some over-priced but excellent genuine 60's/70's gear.
• Not alot in Harrow- U have to venture further afield or atleast to Watford or London.
• NSC Maverick Kathmandu Kathmandu II
• I dont know if you've been into Harow latly but if you walk towards the Mad House shop you will see a shop called "BIRDS" i went in their the other day and i thought the clothes in their were really nice.
• erm....active venture and silver rivet...both on the main shopping road of harrow
• the hip parade for funky retro stuff (some for hire only) and tk maxx for good tops at not-too-expensive prices. both in harrow town centre.
• Try 'the Eye' opposite MVC. Designer stuff and a few bargains if you hunt around.
• If you go round the back of the rat and parrot by the boyszone hairdressers, there is a little shop called essesuals. they sell great underwear at really cheap prices(50% off all brand names) and they even have a web site so you dont even have to leave your house www.bargainbras.com a must for all ladies and even men if they want to be nice to the other half hint hint boys!!!!
• Boondocks, sell skate clothers and lots of baggy stuff. Out of Harow on the Hill, turn left and keep walking for a bit.
• Boon Dox - Skatewear Courture, all your designer skatewear needs catered for, they also have spares and some rather nice D&G shoes. Follow the sound of chains.
• la senza, iam pure sexy me
• the eye, west one, the arc, pineapple, the tight jeans shop in wembley
• ms selfridge has gone!! topshop aint sayin nuthin! its all about hennes!
• Next, topman, madhouse, Boon dox
• The rag-and-bone man is a key figure in the rag-sales boom of 97'. Novelty shaped human bones and entrails are also on sale.
• There are innumerable clothes shops in harrow, the average mothere or clthes lover is in heaven
• A.H. Broadhurst is a small friendly shop ideal for the bigger guy and quality clothes, Good for Skateboarders who want to establish thier own style. Located in Central Wealdstone, near InShops. Girls, check out Morrisons in Wealdstone, (near the new Fabric Warehouse). They offer London Style Clothes at good prices. Blokes, head down there for the VALENTINE's DAY PRESENT.

Arts, crafts and such (Anything from pukka art galleries to craft shops. Trendy and twee both welcome.)

• Never been but theres a art gallery at hatch end.
• Fovea art gallery in South Harrow is never open.
• Once again Harrow fails miserably in anything relatively cultural or interesting. You might as well just get on the tube to Camden.
• Harrow Arts Centre
• Well, The Grasshopper stocks incense, framed dead tarantulas, shroom art and more random alt stuff. Also doubles as a piercing and tattoo studio which is in fact a form of art, though I've never gotten anything done there due to unsavoury rumours about the cleanliness. Most of the staff are pretty friendly, though.
• Harrow arts center in Hatch-end
• Theres not too much. You get a yearly space in south harrow market, and there is some stuff in the old deserted mansion in pinner park.
• St. Joseph's Retirement Home have an annual Knitting Fayre.
• Gayton Library sometimes has small art exhibitions, as does Harrow Arts centre in Hatch End.
• art,tracksides
• The skipping girl is a good place to urinate.
• harrow arts has got a good art shop and run loads of courses.
• Laing Art Gallery
• theres a new art shop on the main shoppingh street
• well, we have the biggest fabric shop in north west london.
• For the best deals in utter Tat, Aladins Cave near Yate's Leopard Skin Ash Trays , says it all.
• Art and crafts ar for nerds, which is why they are so popular in Harrow.
• I'll put it here for lack of better options. There is an excellent body piercing studio, which also specialises in smoking equipment (pipes, bongs etc.) bizarre gifts, oils & incense, feng sui and lots of other stuff.
  The Grasshopper
  239 Station Road Harrow Middlesex HA1 2TB ENGLAND (00) +44 0208 427 9559
• Harrow arts centre in hatch end is a good place to go if you are into stuff like that
• A shop called "Daisy" sell craft stuff
• harrow show every year has numerous stalls and tents for this interest
• Check out the end of year exhibitions at Westminster University's art college (next to Northwick Park Hospital) for some brilliant modern art.

Magazine and Comic Shops

• I like the comic shop. Calamity i think it's called.
• Calamity Corps Comics right down at the bottom of Station Road and run by a nice friendly bloke.
• WHSmith
• calamity near tesco's
• calamity for manga comics. otherwise i don't know
• Calamity in Harrow, man, they have everything!
• newsagents have enough porn to stop the locals looking at their cousins for a sec
• Comic book fans should note that since January 2001, the link to the Calamity Comics web-site has been changed. The jewel in North London's comic-store crown have re-vamped their website to include a host of other items, and can now be found at the new Calamity Comics website.
• There is that comic shop down from the Model Shop on Station Road
• The place if full of overpriced newsagets...
• Calamity comix in mW/stone high st the only one we've got so better than nothing. Just
• Look for isolated corner shops they may still stock the issue you want e.g. Bal's in St. Kilda's Road.
• There's a shop called Calamity Comics that's pretty reasonably stocked with all the mainstream-type stuff.

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