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| The Laines in Brighton |
Brighton is famous for the variety and quality of its
shopping. Churchill Square is a shopping
Centre / Mall with all the usual high street names, but Brighton also offers a
vast array of independent traders and unusual second hand shops. SnoopersParadise is my favourite, it is a collection of stalls, clothes rails and
cabinets all overfilled, many of them themed.
Full of retro video games, old toys, vintage clothing, cameras,
telephones etc. This shop amongst many
others is located in the lanes, (spelt "laines") which is a network of
historic twisting narrow lanes and
cobbled courtyards in the city centre.
On our weekly orientation tour
which all students receive at Stafford House School of English, the laines will be pointed out to
you, but it will be up to you to go and wile away the hours just looking at the
vast selection of unusual gifts, designer fashion, retro-Fifties wear, oriental and Balinese
furniture and many jewellery shops, and
even specialist shops such as the one just offering kites. And the list goes on. Even when you leave the
laines the streets are full of other weird and wacky shops, so it does not just
resemble the usual British high street with all the usual retailers.
Written by David Burgess, Principal, Stafford House Brighton
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