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Forum News and Suggestions => Old Advertisers => Admin Board => It's Just Cricket => Topic started by: tim2000s on February 18, 2012, 02:18:18 PM
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Living a couple of miles from Walworth, I was invited to pop over to It's Just Cricket for a sneak preview prior to it opening on 25th February.
This morning I drove over and spent an hour in the shop with Paul. On arriving I discovered that the on street parking is free at the weekends, which is great if you are going to buy a load of kit, and I had no trouble finding somewhere to park.
I approached the shop
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And Paul welcomed me in. Let me introduce the Legend himself:
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The shop is currently very well stocked with loads of kit from loads of manufacturers and has the wonderful smell of Willow and Rubber that you only get in a cricket shop.
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There is a wide range of brands for everyone, with my favourite possibly being the GM Original LE Icon. Stunning cosmetically!
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But it's not just about GM. There is Kookaburra, Bradbury, GN, BoomBoom, Mongoose, Willowstix, SS, Hunts and I'm sure I've forgotten others. A very nice range and a lovely Stick...
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It's Just Cricket also caters for the Junior player, with a good range here as well.
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As you look around, there is plenty on offer, including loads of options in softs, protection and helmets, not to mention boxes of bags awaiting display!
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There is also a footwear range, Kook sunglasses and what every cricket shop needs, yes, loads of balls...
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A key thing to remember is that It's Just Cricket is also an Ayrtek stockist, so if you want to try one, pop along and stick your noggin in:
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That's it for the starter. I'll be back a little later to talk about my chat with Paul and show off a couple of things of which he is rather fond!
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Looks very much like the Aylesbury estate in the background. That place is the ghetto!
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Loadsa bats. Even better than I expected.
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Best of luck on the new venture of course! At least if the hoodlums come in trying to create trouble you have plenty of sticks with which to beat them ;)
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Looks good, I might pop in sometime
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Looks Good Paul - very bare walls though!
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Looks sweet, and itnt to far from me either :D
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It is indeed a bit slummy at the moment, but thankfully, they are in the final stages of building a nice looking new build apartment block called Albany Place just across the road, http://www.albany-place.com/
Noted about the bare walls, good point - we need to frame a couple of prints we've bought and put them up anyway, plus a poster or too to be added, and a bit of POS, so hopefully that'll sort that one out...
Thanks a lot for this, Tim. Loving the angles of some of the photos. I just wish the photo of me was equally as flattering! :-(
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Did you happen to notice if they stocked the millichamp and hall suede keeping gloves in youths and men sizes? I have small hands....
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Did you happen to notice if they stocked the millichamp and hall suede keeping gloves in youths and men sizes? I have small hands....
Had them briefly but they quickly sold out! Have re-ordered but was told delivery would have to wait until about 10th-11th or March... It will be Mens size only.
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Had them briefly but they quickly sold out! Have re-ordered but was told delivery would have to wait until about 10th-11th or March... It will be Mens size only.
Do you have a mailing list? mini.dunk@gmail.com feel free to add me.
If I was to try on the mens and they were too large, would you then be able to order in youths?
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Do you have a mailing list? mini.dunk@gmail.com feel free to add me.
If I was to try on the mens and they were too large, would you then be able to order in youths?
No problem, will do. And the answer is yes: delivery turnaround with M&H is usually 7-10 days maximum, but in the last case they were just temporarily out of stock, hence the delay.
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Looks a nice place with a good selection, wish you all the best!!
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Good work Tim. Nice to see an actual pic of the legendary Tallster :D
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Looks brilliant!
If you don't mind me asking can you please tell me where do you get those bats stand for?
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Looks brilliant!
If you don't mind me asking can you please tell me where do you get those bats stand for?
Tough to get! Most people I approached either didn't have them or discontinued them, but we got lucky with Shop Fittings World, www.shopfittingsworld.co.uk. The only downside is they take up an awful lot of space, so we don't actually have enough room to show all our senior bats - almost half of them are going to have to be either excess stock/storage stock or window display only!
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What's with the diagonal grains on that M&H?
The shop looks very well laid out! I could waste hours in that shop!
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Lovely shop, Looks like a heaven for cricket lovers :). Just a quick question about knocking in service, Is it done using a machine ?.
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Shop looks fantastic mate. Hope things go well for you.
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Lovely shop, Looks like a heaven for cricket lovers :). Just a quick question about knocking in service, Is it done using a machine ?.
Glad you like the shop :-) Hope to see you in there sometime! No, all done by hand with a mallet - in my opinion this is definitely the best way. Also, now that we have taken on more resource, we are happy to keep this service free of charge for all bats bought at our store, and just £15 otherwise...
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What's with the diagonal grains on that M&H?
The shop looks very well laid out! I could waste hours in that shop!
I know, I was a bit disappointed by those grains too, to be honest. Still a fantastic bat - incredibly well made and no real blemishes at least. Plus, they are a Mark II, so perhaps a blade resembling that of the Legend would have been unrealistic...
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Hmm, after a couple of glasses of wine, I'm asking myself how much that lovely Icon costs...
And it sounded good on the finger tap too...
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Hmm, after a couple of glasses of wine, I'm asking myself how much that lovely Icon costs...
And it sounded good on the finger tap too...
Sadly, you're too late, Tim - sold this morning to another CBF member! Perhaps the Legend is more suited to your game anyway??! :-)
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Did you happen to notice if they stocked the millichamp and hall suede keeping gloves in youths and men sizes? I have small hands....
Good news, mate - the M&H Wicket Keeping Gloves have arrived earlier than expected. Mens size only, so I hope your hands are bigger than you think they are! Let me know if you want to stop by and try them on sometime this week.
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what price are the M&H keeping gloves?
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what price are the M&H keeping gloves?
£59.99
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Hmm, after a couple of glasses of wine, I'm asking myself how much that lovely Icon costs...
And it sounded good on the finger tap too...
Tim you are talented individual with a camera in hand for sure.
I am gonna be working with the Tallster Paul in It's Just Cricket on the weekends and hope to meet you in person.
As you know the shop opens this Sat, and it will be good if you can pay the open shop a visit as well.