Last April I blogged about Tandy after my memory was jogged seeing an old sign for the brand at the back of an electronics shop in Hitchin.
Well, at the weekend I found another remnant of the once prominent high street brand - a RadioShack shop in Lytham Saint Annes!
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| RadioShack on the Fylde coast high street - still weathering the stormy retail sector |
My first job was at a Tandy franchise shop in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, where I remember selling a number of electronic products bearing the 'RadioShack', 'Genexxa' and 'Realistic' brand names.
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| Great to see the Tandy logo still on display |
Stepping into the RadioShack in Lytham Saint Annes was like a time warp. It was brilliant having a chat to the man behind the counter about Tandy and RadioShack too.
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| They stock a lot of formats of tape at RadioShack |
Looking online there are only three RadioShack shops left in the UK. The others are in Chester and Wrexham. As a fan of 'tickable list' challenges I fancy visiting the other two stores to complete the list.
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| They've got a lot of VHS tapes in stock at RadioShack |
Visiting the shop was a bit like the classic shopping trip
Alan Partridge makes to the Tandy in Norwich in Knowing Me Knowing Yule.
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| I treated myself to a new blank VHS tape |
In 2001 Tandy said goodbye to the UK high street as the last of the shops were converted after their acquisition by Carphone Warehouse.
I thought the Tandy brand name was still defunct, but no -
a search found that Tandy lives on as an online retailer of electronic components and kits!
Interestingly the name Tandy comes from one of the founders of a leather goods company called Tandy Leather - a business that later became RadioShack.
You can find the RadioShack at 47 St Anne's Road West, Lytham Saint Annes, FY8 1SB.
