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Shops and Hobbies in York, North Yorkshire*

York, North Yorkshire Clothes, Magazines, Art, Galleries, Hobbies

Clothes Shops, Shoe Shops, Fashion and Bargains

• CLASSIX! it's moved to oppositte mcdonalds now
• Peacocks, Front Street Acomb. For the Bargin Hunter.
• Sur+ in Fishergate for army surplus and combat gear.
• Some great ones in the back streets. Arc, mayhem, pvc (on Walmgate), plus all the usual on the high street (Coney Street).
• Kaos down Gillygate, Classix down Low Petergate and Forever Changes down Stonegate all have bargains galore. People who shop at TopShop need not apply.
• loadsa charity shops for u studenty types, and a growing number of trendy boutiques - if neither's your thing there's always marks & sparks
• Huxtables sell the best baggy jeans, and for £15 what more can you ask for?
• Forever changes sells good hippy type stuff. And the odd totem pole if you like that sort of thing
• MAHEM AND EXIT ARE THE BEST
• Kaos (beyond the Minster) is cool for 70s and other weird clothing. You can also hire costumes from there.
• Check out Mayhem in the Market area, it's an absolute winner, especially if you skate, speak to Nick and ask him how Jack is, this will really confuse Him.
• Check out Phoenix on Walmgate for top retro gear.

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

• on the corner of gillygate and bootham there is a great little ceramic cafe. you choose a pot or ornament you want to decorate then after have something to eat. the pot is fired later and you can pick it up a few days later.
• games work shop
• handPRINT Studio, Stockton-on-the-Forest, York. We offer exciting 1-day, 2-day and 5-day courses in printmaking. We also offer B&B accommodation. For details, visit http://www.handprintstudio.co.uk
• City Screen has exhibitions. Victer J's art bar have local work up. got to keep an ear to the ground.
• the cafe on Bootham just after the bar, you can paint a piece on pottery, then have something to eat. great for all ages. they fire it for you then you get it about a week later.
• Shared earth is the funky fair trade place to buy fun stationery and exisquite gifts.
• Shiva is a shop full of gorgeouse stuff, with a really relaxing atmosphere, I bought my wife a really unusual piece of jewellery, and earned loads of brownie points, for myself I bought a lovely anique leather journal. visit this place, you couldn't be disapointed.
• Literary and Arts Magazine, Aesthetica, publishing writers and artists six times per year. http://www.aestheticamagazine.com
• shared earth has loadza cool crafts
• loads of occultesque schmuttershops, they come and go. some have lingered and become "successful", forever changes, blake head, etc...
• A.w.o.l and Akuna in finkle street
• the ark
• Forever Changes is a shop which, I would call Arty, in a sense that it sells the most artistic bongs you could think of.
• http://www.impressions-gallery.com/
• biscuit tin in Acomb, regent building. just set up (kinda) gud prices. support your local craft shop. 'and albert' is also great for funky odds and ends, as well as shared earth
• craft basics on gillygate for loadsa beads to make cool necklaces, bracelets etc. out of
• Jim's Art Gallery on Lendal Bridge. Great, weird hippy-trippy paintings of the usual York landmarks but with a dreamy look about them. Maybe it was something I ate...
• God knows. The old man quoting the bible(tm) in Parliment Square is free.
• Loads of craft shops in the backstreets (both trendy and twee), theatre royal shows lots of good productions. Art gallery opposite the theatre. The Minster of course.
• There's a good craft stall on the market (but only on certain days of the week). Otherwise, you can walk down any street in York, its full of them.
• lots of twee crafty/touristy shops (urgh), literally everywhere...
• Forever changes does some good hippy jewellery. Totem poles, weird African Fertility gods, you name it.
• Craft Basics on Gillygate. Friendly & helpful staff. A treasure chest for many crafts especially tapestry & Cross Stitch, also sells beads.
• Totally cool gift shop: There's a shop on Goodramgate called Kool Collectables where you can buy stuff from X-Files to Looney Tunes. They even have Aliens in jars! Trekkers and Star Wars nuts will love it. There's also loads of gifts from Wallace and Grommit to Red Dwarf. It's our favourite shop and thought it was worth plugging on the net.

Magazine and Comic Shops

• Traveling man is very cool its on goodramgate
• DUNO
• We now have a branch of Travelling Man for comics and role play stuff.

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