I found this reference to Chick-A-Boom Records at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/22/the-greatest-record-sleeves-as-chosen-by-the-designers
“Chick-A-Boom Records in Sutton Market, some years after it came out in 1979 on Rough Trade Records”
... and a photo of Sutton Market, the location of Chick-a-Boom Records, at this link:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/446349013065599718/
... and this reference to Chick-A-Boom Records at this link:
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/music/a-visit-to-the-seaside-again-with-cardiacs/
“I was once a Little Man aged 11 looking out of my Little House through my parents’ Whole World Window. It was a beautiful, innocent time hanging out in the burbs of Surrey, riding my BMX after homework through wet leaves and spiky conkers, not giving a hoot about anything. The stereo in my bedroom played 7″ records from Adam Ant, The Jam, The Specials and Madness – slabs of vinyl bought on a Saturday afternoon in the little independent record shop in our hometown of Sutton called Chick-a-Boom, that was owned by an overweight biker who sat behind the counter with a huge beard spinning discs. Aside from his overwhelming presence I loved the smell of the vinyl there, as opposed to the big store on the high street they called Woolworths, where my Mum preferred visiting. Collecting music weekly became something special but as you know, the Whole World Window is a very special and endless space – where discovery, is everything.”
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/22/the-greatest-record-sleeves-as-chosen-by-the-designers
“Chick-A-Boom Records in Sutton Market, some years after it came out in 1979 on Rough Trade Records”
... and a photo of Sutton Market, the location of Chick-a-Boom Records, at this link:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/446349013065599718/
... and this reference to Chick-A-Boom Records at this link:
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/music/a-visit-to-the-seaside-again-with-cardiacs/
“I was once a Little Man aged 11 looking out of my Little House through my parents’ Whole World Window. It was a beautiful, innocent time hanging out in the burbs of Surrey, riding my BMX after homework through wet leaves and spiky conkers, not giving a hoot about anything. The stereo in my bedroom played 7″ records from Adam Ant, The Jam, The Specials and Madness – slabs of vinyl bought on a Saturday afternoon in the little independent record shop in our hometown of Sutton called Chick-a-Boom, that was owned by an overweight biker who sat behind the counter with a huge beard spinning discs. Aside from his overwhelming presence I loved the smell of the vinyl there, as opposed to the big store on the high street they called Woolworths, where my Mum preferred visiting. Collecting music weekly became something special but as you know, the Whole World Window is a very special and endless space – where discovery, is everything.”