Pre-season Pilgrimages
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GeorgeB93

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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2017, 12:43:38 PM »
Fortunately in Norwich about 6/7 years ago we had Barnard sports or Pilch, used to go in and swing the bats around, pester my old man to buy me something. Mr Barnard passed away and the shop closed so now all we have is the over priced Pilch.
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2017, 12:44:09 PM »
Twas Martin Berrill in Gloucester if you were just after solid quality gear, and he had a signed photo of NMK Smith throwing up on the pitch in the 96 World Cup.

Or 3D Sports in Cheltenham if you were a bit cool.
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2017, 07:12:09 PM »
Quote from: Seniorplayer on February 20, 2017, 09:50:32 AM
My  yearly pilgrimage a 50 mile round trip to  the Edgebaston club
 shop  as no one else close to Stourbridge sold cricket kit back then they were also the only ones to stock the England kit  also most of the stuff in there was top end with top end prices.
I brought the GN test opener pads from there when they first came out I remember they cost me £85.00.
Also spotted one of the first  GN pro performance bat s in there when I tested the ping in the shop it was so good i cancelled my pre season handmade  new bat order from Robertsbridge

Gutted when I closed it, they had some top class kit in there. Considering Birmingham is such a big city there is a distinct lack of choice within an hours drive.
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2017, 07:25:40 PM »
Used to go and see Bernie Facer in his shed in Buckden, the club always had Baronets as club bats as he pressed them so hard they never ever broke.
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2017, 07:31:03 PM »
Boundary Sports on Pershore Rd (I think) in Birmingham

I still have a pair of white shell suit batting bottoms that were once all the rage!!!

The place was an Aladins Cave of all things cricket
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2017, 08:33:59 PM »
Quote from: t2ylo on February 20, 2017, 07:31:03 PM
Boundary Sports on Pershore Rd (I think) in Birmingham

I still have a pair of white shell suit batting bottoms that were once all the rage!!!

The place was an Aladins Cave of all things cricket

It still is  in station Rd the problem is you have to park in the street and there's never no spaces
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #21 on: February 20, 2017, 08:36:33 PM »
Quote from: Calzehbhoy on February 20, 2017, 07:25:40 PM
Used to go and see Bernie Facer in his shed in Buckden, the club always had Baronets as club bats as he pressed them so hard they never ever broke.

Your right about Bernies bats never breaking he was also  the guy behind the early Hawk bats.
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #22 on: February 20, 2017, 08:42:19 PM »
Omg... i used to hope and pray my best mates dad wanted to go to Romida at Brighouse, we even had a car crash which I'm sure was on the way there one year... having said that the best bat i ever bought was a Salix from Intersport in Scunthorpe... we used to go in there and look at the gear and this bat was on show out of reach above the stairs that went down from the second floor to the first... it was almost like.... I'm up here because I'm literally too expensive for anyone to buy me... and i just got lucky and walked into that shop the second after they had put it on sale with my pay check (brown envelope of cash... who remembers those) burning a hole in my pocket... oh i loved that shop.

@RF.... we must have gone in there together dozens of times as kids!!!!

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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #23 on: February 20, 2017, 08:45:49 PM »
The Just Sport in Durham was my haunt, nice collection of kit. It was nothing like the jumble sale that the Newcastle shop now represents
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #24 on: February 20, 2017, 08:52:13 PM »
Quote from: t2ylo on February 20, 2017, 07:31:03 PM
Boundary Sports on Pershore Rd (I think) in Birmingham

I still have a pair of white shell suit batting bottoms that were once all the rage!!!

The place was an Aladins Cave of all things cricket

Still there and a ten minute drive from my house.
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #25 on: February 20, 2017, 09:08:27 PM »
It was Tench Sports in Middleton or Sportscraft in Penrith for me, both were great shops.
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #26 on: February 20, 2017, 09:27:52 PM »
Quote from: Seniorplayer on February 20, 2017, 08:36:33 PM
Your right about Bernies bats never breaking he was also  the guy behind the early Hawk bats.

Yeah, they were pressed to within an inch of their life too. One of the guys at the club got an early Hawk and it was an absolute shocker for a G1 bat, put me off them for life
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #27 on: February 20, 2017, 09:31:30 PM »
Quote from: IWTUK on February 20, 2017, 10:37:04 AM
I used to get the bus into Gillingham from Strood, and visit 'Hubble & Ames' (Jack Hubble & Les Ames - both ex-Kent keepers); bought my DF GT 1000 and later a DF Magnum from there. I small shop I seem to remember with tons of bats along the wall and at eye level with an upstairs that sold hockey gear if I remember (although it was many many years ago!).

Carefree days; jumpers for goalposts, chalk stumps on the wall etc. etc....... ;)
Do you ever remember there being a 10 ft gray nics scoop in the shop?
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #28 on: February 20, 2017, 09:35:22 PM »
Is that where it came from Matt? @hell4leather cricket
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Re: Pre-season Pilgrimages
« Reply #29 on: February 20, 2017, 09:40:11 PM »
Think so , a Hubble and freeman I reckon
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