Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Other Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: hopeitfloats on May 13, 2012, 11:22:21 am

Title: model shops in oxford
Post by: hopeitfloats on May 13, 2012, 11:22:21 am

is there or has there been a hobby shop in oxford called halloys or possibly halbys. just a bit of reminiscing on my part from my trip to the UK many years ago.

Title: Re: model shops in oxford
Post by: DickyD on May 13, 2012, 11:33:32 am

Quite a large one ,http://howesmodels.co.uk/

Title: Re: model shops in oxford
Post by: DickyD on May 13, 2012, 06:43:21 pm

http://www.howesmodels.co.uk/RadioControl/index.php

Sorry, better link.  :-))

Title: Re: model shops in oxford
Post by: tobyker on May 13, 2012, 06:49:49 pm

Was in there a couple of weeks ago - great shop loads of stock. Have also bought from their website - excellent service there too.

Title: Re: model shops in oxford
Post by: hopeitfloats on May 14, 2012, 07:30:03 am

i dont think it was howes, mind you i am going back close to 30 years ago.

Title: Re: model shops in oxford
Post by: CF-FZG on May 14, 2012, 07:41:43 am

Quote from: hopeitfloats on May 14, 2012, 07:30:03 am

i dont think it was howes, mind you i am going back close to 30 years ago.

Early '80s, I only remember 2 model shops in or very near to Oxford - Howes in Broad Street, and Oxford Model Center in St Clements, (both shops still operating), although there were several 'model departments' in shops like Debenhams etc.

Do you remember where in Oxford the shop was?


Mark.

Title: Re: model shops in oxford
Post by: hopeitfloats on May 14, 2012, 11:55:56 am

i cant remember exactly but there was a market nearby that had the nicest pork pies i have ever had :} and it was in the city  rather than the suburbs.

Title: Re: model shops in oxford
Post by: cos918 on May 15, 2012, 05:46:12 pm

Quote from: hopeitfloats on May 14, 2012, 11:55:56 am

i cant remember exactly but there was a market nearby that had the nicest pork pies i have ever had :} and it was in the city  rather than the suburbs.

The market place will be the covered market and that is 2 streets over from broad street were Howes use to be.

In Oxford there has been many model shops that have come and gone but in the centre there was only 2 Howes, and the Oxford model centre. Boswells on broad street have a good model dept. It use to be in the basment

Headington,windmill road there was a model train shop (modelmasters? ) Long gone
Cowley Kitbunker plastic kits .long gone
Headington greenroad roundabout Motorbooks the sold to another party cant remember the new name but lasted less that a year due to the owners attitude. gone
Bottley on elms prade a model train shop cant remember the name. long gone

Central oxford in the covered market there is Auto models (diecast)

Abingdon has had 3 model shops all now gone

John

john

Title: Re: model shops in oxford
Post by: hopeitfloats on May 17, 2012, 10:27:32 am

thanks john. it must be howes. i was going through some old things i got in the UK  and found a note i made about this shop. must of had it written down wrong. i remember it wasnt a large shop back then but crammed full of boat and train parts. it was a covered market that i got the pork pie from.