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Thursday, 08 November 2007

There are few shops in Folkestone that other shops recommend, there are few national retailers that will recommend a Folkestone shop. There are few small Folkestone shops that are known outside Folkestone and it would be unusual to be asked, when visiting a village like Herne or a town like Canterbury and it is discovered that you live in Folkestone where this shop is or is it still open? You could be mistaken for believing we are talking about the now closed Rock Shop at the top of the Old High Street in Folkestone. No matter where you live in the UK, if you ever visited Folkestone you must have stood at the window of the Rock Shop and watched them make rock, the only shop you could think of that other people might recommend and who has not bought a bag of broken rock from the Rock Shop?. Were people asking where the artist Shane Record had gone the week he closed for a holiday, he is next-door to the Rock Shop and there are many who stand and stare as Shane paints iconic pictures of Folkestone. Shane has iconized Folkestone with his painting of the Old Town and Harbour area, he has created a record, excuse the pun, that would be difficult for anyone intent on demolishing or altering a building in the Old Town or Harbour area expunging from the scene or memory. But no, it is not the Rock Shop or Shane Record. So, who is it that has East and possibly West Kent asking where have they moved ? What type of business would create that much interest outside of Folkestone and what does it sell? It would have to be Booze, Sex or something for free and it is doubtful if you can think of a business in Folkestone that sells those or gives them away free -- if you can please let me known. The shop we speak of is mundane, of little interest until something goes wrong and our daily lives hang in tatters because the kids have nothing to do, dad cannot watch the football or play a game on the PC, the fridge does not work, a bulb has blown on that special lamp you purchased at Ikea. The vacuum cleaner is playing up, the fish tank heater is not heating and your computer has stopped working. You pop into Curry’s Woolworth, Debenhams, Merchant Chandler and even the Wedding Dress shop and ask for help and they all point towards the East and say, “try Williams!” Regrettably, the shop is no longer East but has moved to Bouverie Road West. The shop is like one of those old fashioned shops you see in the movies, packed out with things you do not understand or believe you would ever have a use for. This is a shop men like poking around in, they may not know what the bits are for and may never have a use for them, but men of all ages love looking at the bits of wire and plastic with push-in and pullout fittings, may be it has something to do with sex and that is possibly why you do not see many women in there. If you do they are clinging to the arm of their man as if under threat. But fear not, the wily and wiry Mr Williams is there to greet you with a wry smile that places us all on the same level, man or woman, and it says, “I know you have no idea what you are talking about”, though he goes out of his way with his old fashioned courteousness and smile making us all feel we have an intimate understanding of electronics that is on a par with Sir Alan Sugar. Regrettably, Mr Williams only works part time having retired several years ago, Geoff is the new owner and many believe him to be Mr. Williams’ son but Mr. Williams looks too young and his wife would want to know when and where. Geoff is Mr Computer, a walking and talking compendium of computer knowledge that many businesses would fight to employ. Though Geoff has few secrets his age is one of them though mention a brand and model of computer and it is like felling a tree and counting the rings. Williams is really a mans shop, the next best thing to cars and the pub, one of the last places a man can stand in a manly attitude and discus bits and bytes as if he knew what he was talking about and a place women are welcome and made to feel as if they are still sweet sixteen and intellectual. Comments Add New Search Write comment Name: Email:  do not notifynotify Website: Title: UBBCode:         -color-aquablackbluefuchsiagraygreenlimemaroonnavyolivepurpleredsilvertealwhiteyellow -size-tinysmallmediumlargehuge     Please input the anti-spam code that you can read in the image. Powered by !JoomlaComment 3.12 Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved.

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