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Shops and Hobbies in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear*

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Clothes, Magazines, Art, Galleries, Hobbies

Clothes Shops, Shoe Shops, Fashion and Bargains

• Dr Funkenstein now has a cool upstairs department! Use it or lose it!
• Some nice exclusive shops away from the usual names such as H&M etc - such as Eleven, Gate, Van Mildert etc
• Try the shops in John Street, a bit more individual than JJB Sports
• hot rats
• sunderland is shit and stinks...lots of love, newcastle:)
• The Roy Castle Foundation Shop
• Maverick was in the times of Noah, belive me there is alot more shops now, River Island is in the Bridges, we have a Van Mildert, West 1, H+M etc there has been a massive refurbihment and there is now alot more variety.
• Sunderland has alll the usual, Topshop H&M etc plus theres a TRIPLE S opening soon!!!!!!!!!!
• we have many clothes shops. Some are owned by ultra-hip fashion nazis, whose haircuts and jeans cost at least £200. They're of the totally air headed and self involved group of sinister trendies who are invading every city centre nationwide. help.
• Gotta be 53rd 'n 3rd on Derwent street. Fab punky threads. Customj gear, Lip Service etc. Class.
• Topshop, H&M, USC, Debenhams, Republic and River Island
• van mildert to blow all your years salary in one go :) for the rest of us there is debenhams
• GATE _ ELEVEN _ AFRODITE _ VAN MILDERT_ Top Notch Spots!!!
• hot rats is cool for t shirts with band names
• Sunderland is plauged with sports shops that soil society with batch after batch of fucking hideous tracksuits.
• Upstairs at Dr. Funkenstein is now FAB its got loads of kitsch stuff and retro gear!!
• loads and loads
• debenhams is the number one now with its multiple designers it makes the perfect shopping trip
• TOP SHOP is the only place that sells decent womens clothes affordabley...USC is cool but damned expensive. I say we need a triple S...
• habit, and www.skateamerica.com
• H&M, Topshop, River Island
• habbit and tkmax
• TK_MAX
• Depending on your taste in fashion, tucci supply the chavas with mish mash and illuminous ben sherman shirts mint! and for the girls you can always find a bargin in blanford street where you can pick up the latest string vest! classy ladies or what? But choose wisely! on all occasions girls your belly must hang over your skirt!
• Tucci,(expensive but nice)Republic, Oxfam,
• Dr. Funkenstein is the only sort of retro shop there is and it does loads of fancy dress stuff, its the only place that sells anything a bit different, and it always has class funky music on too...
• TRACKIES,TRACKIES,TRACKIES IF THATS WHAT YOUR INTO.
• The usual, gap, debenhams, river island etc. Clothes shopping is quite good at the recently expanded Bridges, although you have a lot of slow walkers in there so don't expect to be able to shop in a hurry!
• Again jst ur average mainline stuff, not really worth a mention ... unless your into pink lycra (as many ov our city are!) if so, try the classy Blanford street with its many quality good stores contained within!
• I wouldn't dare! Cheep and nasty is the name of the game. Apert from sports shops who do a roring trade! but bare in mind these people have never done a days sport in their lives!
• Where the whole population get there gear - McGirks Sports (or the Sunderland afc shop)
• hot rats
• If ya like ya names and are a cool teen tracksuit wearing hard cunt the best place I would reccomend is "Sports Connection" always gettin new gear in and if ya on a tight budget (student) ya cant beat "H&M" its cheap 'n' cheerful. But if you are a smart posh twat with a hefty bank balance I reccomend "APHRODITE" on vine place next to TK MAX<-(keep away from there its full of factory regects).
• NEW LOOK Have the best sales assistants, there is a really cute and sexy one called Katie!!!
• oh well there is always doc funkenstein
• There is a cracking little retro clothes shop on Derwent st, called Dr Funkenstein it sells all kinds of weird and wonderful stuff. And it does fancy dress aswell!!
• Dr Funkenstein on Derwent St is the best place in town to get clothes, wigs and all kinds of weird and wonderful things.
• Dr Funkenstein on Derwent St has everything from vintage clothes, pvc, posters, wigs, to its own fancy dress dept... The most original shop in this town!!
• Dr Funkenstein on Derwent St has everything from vintage clothes, pvc, posters, wigs, to its own fancy dress dept... The most original shop in this town!!
• H&M Hennes is finally in Sunderland! And it's fab.
• Aphrodite, West One, Debenhams (good designer wear at cheaper prices), TKMaxx if you've got the time to rake through, Gap, Tucci, Republic.
• TUCCI & FIGO have moved to where Next used to be
• Hmm... no-where special. Some good charity shops and I like H & M in the bridges too..
• mavrick rocks wicked clothes west one tucci
• I go to Oxfam and Banardoes. They have good thrifty suits. Suits are punk rock yo. est.
• Maverick, opposite River Island. The lass who works there always makes you feel like a criminal by staring at you as soon as you walk in the place though.
• Bargain City - Blanford Street - This street is where you can find people who are on the dole and want crap clothes, and are all owned by Sabu's (pakkis)
• West One
• All your regular high street names. Nothing too thrilling. Maverick up the side of Littlewoods sells some good clubby/skatey stuff. A couple of decent retro places up the back of Park Lane. West one for you posh types too!
• Well Personally i like modern hip clothing and the best place for that sort of thing is Maverick opposite Littlewoods next to the Food Weighouse. Of course there are the basics like Topshop and Miss Selfridge but any label seekers should visit Maverick
• Go to Newcastle.

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

• A new craft shop in hendon sells cardmaking and scrapbooking materials, it also has cardmaking classes, quite reasonable too.
• Loads of these type around Park Lane Shopping Village
• This shop at washington sells art shite.
• Museum isnt anythin spectacular bt worth a visit if uve never been, the art gallery opp the back of greens n stuff shows all the students art n is well worth a visit.
• arts and crafts isn't a strongpoint, anyone in a cardigan will probably be beaten to death by the hendon welcoming committee.
• Sunniside*** The New Arts Centre Of Sunderland. Sunniside Internet Cafe. FramE Shop. AND OPENING 2005. BRAND NEW ART BOUTIQUE. SELLING CERAMICS. GIFTS AND CARDS AND LOTS MORE BESIDES. ALSO HAS GALLERY UPSTAIRS. START MOOCHING AROUND SUNNISIDE TO SEE HOW ITS HOTTING UP. LOTS OF LITTLE HIDDEN COFFEE SHOPS THERE TOO!!!
• hills upstairs is a good place for all your needs
• Sunderland Council call it an art gallery.. I beg to differ.
• Art gallery, national glass centre, winter gardens and many shops spread across the city for arts and crafts.
• the hills,,, the only place u can get tag markers from
• Earthworks?
• THE HILLS
• the winter gardens?
• DONT BE TRICKED BY THE TITLE 'NORTHERN GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART'
• Sunderland Glass Museum is quite interesting, even though you spend your entire time trying not to break anything. Also the winter gardens is a great place to take your grandparents - mine love it!
• Come and visit the library and arts centre and see a pretty face (yes you do get sum charming people working there! cough cough! ) Its got a ever changing art gallery wich i wont lie, can differ greatly but theres also stuff 2 c nd do. Hang on.....erm maybe if I wasnt forced 2 spend my days there I wudnt b so enthused! I take it all bak!
• There is an art studio in the town which has had the same stuff on display for around 20years! and the shark got stolen! well this is sunderland!
• Lowry
• Don't come to sunderland expecting ladeeda interesting things, were ough and ready and up for a laugh so just go with he flow!
• loads, not very arty bunch though, not even the students, don't come here if you are talanted, you'll not fit in!
• The art gallery above the library is pretty good - biggest one between Leeds and Edinburgh. Also the university has a couple and there's The Glass Centre.
• The top floor of the libary sometimes has some interesting exhibitions. City Art Store is good for supplies.
• Try the craft/ art shop under the stairs in the City Library Visit the Glass shop within the National Glass Centre
• Northern Gallery for contemporary art - above library in fawcett street reg vardy gallery - ryhope road museam and art gallery (currently closed for multi million refit) - borough road - many works by LS Lowry and Clarkson Stanfield
• The National Glass centre - No throwing stones.
• Wahington Arts Centre
• Hahahah this is sunderland remeber
• Hummmmmm this is a difficult one but it is probably Hills bookshop the have an art supplies section

Magazine and Comic Shops

• Kerrang, Q, Hot Toppic
• sunderland is shit and stinks...lots of love, newcastle:)
• wh smiths
• mills in herrington having said that it is a good shop the majority of the staff cannot spell
• Fourbuoys
• Habbit...
• CYCLE WORLD hABIT ( down stairs)
• theres a comic shop near the high street but ne one ever remembers the name!
• There are dirty pony shops about but thats not to my taste just look in the newsagents.
• comic store is hidden away near conticraft
• I recommend that you try Adrians at Southwick for real magazines! If you know I mean! eh! eh!
• Loads of Newsagents but don't know about comic shops
• One - but in the bowels of the town
• A little stall in Jacky whites market

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