Comment: Mary's was the second-hand shop on Broadgate near The Jolly Brewer, which later moved around the corner onto Monks Road. I don't think that was the official name of the shop, if indeed it had one at all, but the owner was named Mary. Huge Northern soul fanatic.
Name: Paul Martin
Comment: Great second-hand shop. No sign left as it's new housing on Broadgate. Briefly moved to Monks Road, opposite the college, now a café I believe.
Had some rare vinyl such as Kevin Ayers' Joy of a Toy which I couldn't afford. Spent hours in there with my mates. Sadly missed.
(14 July 2014)
Name: Stephen Green
Comment: It did have a name - and a sign! - it was the Broadgate Record Exchange, before the move to Monks Road anyway.
Slightly surprised to hear Mary was into Northern Soul mainly because the only proper conversation I had with her was her recommending an album by The Enid, so I assumed she was a bit of a hippie.
Bought loads of stuff in there - the records I remember (and still have) though are late 1970s US obscure hard rock albums by Angel and Reggie Knighton. Until the advent of eBay I had never seen the Reggie albums anywhere else and got both - a year or two apart - here. The shop on Broadgate always smelt slightly damp, which fitted the gloom perfectly.
(30 August 2015)
Name: Tim Wray
Comment: As Paul Martin says, this was a great record shop. As a schoolboy in the late 1970s I visited here most Saturdays, and it was great to spend time just listening to whatever was on the turntable, and looking through the singles. I still have some vinyl that I bought here - such as Frankie Beverly and the Butlers If that's what you wanted, and Crystal World by Crystal Grass.
I also recall a second-hand record stall on Lincoln Market, also long gone like the Broadgate Record Exchange.
(11 December 2016).