I found this comment about the Handy Shop on a thread at this link:
https://forum.southshields-sanddancers.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?t=2400
“Anybody remember the Handy Shop in Walpole Street where you could buy records cheaply. The singles were all in boxes and sorted under the record label. You mainly paid 3 shillings for them, most of them being ex-jukebox.”
... and this reply, which also mentions the original location of Saville Bros record shop:
“Yes, mate, The Handy Shop was a must! Coincidentally, it was just round the corner to the original Saville Bros record shop which was in Frederick St. I remember the long wooden racks sloping back at an angle which held the 78's and LP's. Shortly after the little 45's came in they moved the whole thing down to King St. That was when the Handy Shop really came into its own!”
Dave Harwood
05 Nov 2024 at 02:37
I found this advert in the 'Football Gazette (South Shields)' dated 12th September 1959:
“MISCELLANEOUS WANTS: MODERN RECORDS, Record Players, etc. — Handy Shop, 441 Walpole Street, South Shields.”
michele
07 Apr 2025 at 04:03
I remember it well, when I was a little girl of around 7 years old my dad used to take me there, that would be around 1964, I used to buy (well my dad did for me) The Beatles' singles in particular, I still have them, good memories of a long time ago, still love The Beatles too.
https://forum.southshields-sanddancers.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?t=2400
“Anybody remember the Handy Shop in Walpole Street where you could buy records cheaply. The singles were all in boxes and sorted under the record label. You mainly paid 3 shillings for them, most of them being ex-jukebox.”
... and this reply, which also mentions the original location of Saville Bros record shop:
“Yes, mate, The Handy Shop was a must! Coincidentally, it was just round the corner to the original Saville Bros record shop which was in Frederick St. I remember the long wooden racks sloping back at an angle which held the 78's and LP's. Shortly after the little 45's came in they moved the whole thing down to King St. That was when the Handy Shop really came into its own!”
“MISCELLANEOUS WANTS: MODERN RECORDS, Record Players, etc. — Handy Shop, 441 Walpole Street, South Shields.”