Tommy Tango is a little corner shop in Whifflet main street that has the biggest selection of…read moresweets that you have ever seen. It sells loads of sweets by the quarter such as the old classics sweet peanuts, pear drops and Cola Cubes. I still feel like a kid when I go in to this shop and see all the jars of sweets lined up waiting to be measured out. Staff are nice and as well as sweets can buy other items including magazines etc. I stocked up recently with Cola Cubes and Pear Drops to make flavoured vodka's and the prices were really reasonable.

The Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser covers one of the roughest areas of Glasgow so this is no…read more"cats up trees" publication. Owned by Scottish and Universal Newspapers, who own tons of other titles such as the East Kilbride News and the Hamilton Advertiser, the newspaper has all the usual suspects such as births, deaths and marriages and classifieds. The Advertiser provides the most extensive coverage of Airdrie Football Club who play in the Scottish First Division and Coatbridge's Albion Rovers who play in the Third Division.

yes, it's a convenience store, and yes, it is in fact run by a lovely man called Paul!…read more you'll find all the usual stuff in here (including slush puppiesoh hell yeah!), including barr's cream soda - haven't had one of those in years, and they are as good as i remember. Paul himslelf is a legend - i was busting for a pee, asked him for directions to the nearest pub, and he let me use his own private bathroom. both a gentleman and a scholar