Gamers In Exile

Started by urbancohort, 09 April 2017, 06:20:13 PM

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urbancohort

Does anyone remember this top shop in Pentonville near Kings Cross? A Saturday mecca for me when I moved to London! In the days before the Internet I got so much from here. It must have closed around 1992.

I used to buy rules, figures and Skytrex 1/1200th ships there. Happy days!

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Leman

IIRC they sold Pendraken army packs. If it's the place I'm thinking of I visited once many moons ago.
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sunjester

I remember calling in there when I was in London during the early 90s.

mollinary

Yes, I remember calling in there on my commute back to Huntingdon, at the end of the eighties/early nineties. I still have a painted 15mm unit of SYW Bayreuth Dragoons I bought back then.

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urbancohort

Remember the young chap who ran it. Got on so well with him; think his name was something like Peter (O'Toole?). Anyone know what happened to him?

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Shedman

Yes I remember it well and there was an excellent record shop next door - Mole Jazz - mmmm nice

kustenjaeger

Greetings

Think I bought some 20mm WW2 figure packs there once upon a time.

Edward

jimduncanuk

Does anyone remember a toy shop down the back of Battersea Power Station in the 70's.

I used to shop there when training in London for Roco minitanks which were unavailable in Edinburgh and the internet hadn't been invented then.

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philv

The Exiles club meets on a Thursday night. They took their name from the shop as the club was started by the owners of the shop. Now based in a pub near Waterloo station.

NTM

Quote from: kustenjaeger on 09 April 2017, 07:43:00 PM
Greetings

Think I bought some 20mm WW2 figure packs there once upon a time.

Edward

Quite possibly. I remember buying Platoon 20 stuff from there.

Bernie

Yes - nice shop - always understocked however - very friendly people


urbancohort

Quote from: Shedman on 09 April 2017, 07:05:27 PM
Yes I remember it well and there was an excellent record shop next door - Mole Jazz - mmmm nice
That's correct! Forgot that.

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