Tienne is a lovely shop situated in Wayfarers Arcade on Lord Street. I believe they also have a…read moreshop in Longridge but i havent been to that one. The owner Joy is always really friendly and helpful and if she doesnt have something particular you want she will usually try to get it for you. Tienne stocks lots of my favourite things like Pandora bracelets and charms, jewellery by Kit heath, Hot Diamonds, Storm. They stock wallets, bags, purses, general gifts, unsual items, quirky gadgets, candles, lamps, photo frames and all manner of gifts. They offer free gift wrapping instore and also run a reward card scheme which is great. You get one point for every £10 spent and the points soon add up giving you the following rewards : 10 points = £5 voucher 15 points = £10 voucher 20 points = £15 voucher 25 points = £20 voucher They also have special promotions and evening events when they offer special discount prices and a complimentary glass of wine. They are open - Monday - Saturday 9:30am - 17:30pm Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays *Christmas opening hours may differ however. This is a really nice airy shop with a good selection and is one of my favourites in Wayfarers, no, in Southport!

Cottage Crafts is a really cute little gift shop…read more They sell a really great variety of cute and unusual stock including greeting cards, jewellery, stationary (including a really quirky line with cartoon animals and funny quotes--I can't remember the name of the company, but they are really cute), and all manner of other gifty items. I love almost everything in this shop. It's colourful, cute, girly and all around fun. The only thing negative I have to say about this shop is that nothing for sale here is actually truly of a "craft" nature, and therefore Cottage Crafts is kind of an inappropriate name for the shop.

Very nice shop, selling lovely ornaments, novelty gifts, models, candles and a lot more…read more Very clean shop with usually the sounds of cuban music in the background, the guy who owns the place is very helpful and pleasant. Definately worth a look.

The name of this shop is a little bit misleading, only a little bit mind. You might imagine that…read moremost of what is stocked here is of the home improvement sort-of-type-of thing and you would be sort of right but they also sell all sorts of other garden bits and bobs and things for doing manual jobs around the house; washing baskets, step ladders; door mats and many and much, much many more! Obviously I'm not really aware what these sort items might actually be used for - I'm far too important to do my own washing or tidying up or DIY. It's not that anyone else does it; I just don't. I live in a crumbling house surrounded by my own mouldering clothes and festering dishes. On the plus side I have a lot of free time. They also do key cutting here and have a pretty extensive selection of wall clocks and indeed I've personally bought a wall clock from here before which to this day ticks and tocks and all that good stuff. Obviously it's a bit more expensive here than at B&Q or Homebase but you pay a premium for being able to get the stuff without having to spend several hours of your life, and sacrifice a chunk of your soul wandering around a retail park.

Formby Hardware is an odd shop. As well as housing the usual hardware bits 'n' bobs, it also sells…read morevarious garden ornaments and decorations, something you wouldn't expect from a small hardware store such as this. This could be an attempt to compete with larger companies like Homebase and Focus, who completely blow this shop out of the water in terms of size and choice. However, if you're looking for something specific then this is the place to go, with its location in the middle of Formby village meaning you don't have to go out of the way to get all your DIY necessities, although it does come at a price. I don't generally use it very often (I'm not much of a DIY guy quite yet) so usually my trips in there are restricted to buying electrical tape for my footy socks. Whenever I go in there however, the staff are friendly and will happily point out which tape I'm looking for when they discover me looking puzzled as I end up in the complete wrong section, as well as reminding me of its correct location and recommending the best tape to use.

I couldn't find any hairy porters in this shop, I was severely disillusioned and I hoped to hook up…read morewith a hairy porter, but now I have to settle with a sexy rounded lady instead of my dream guy, who is hairy and and works as a porter. 0/10 would not date again. I searched up hairy porter store and this was the first thing that came up, I want my money's worth

I liked this gift shop because it was different. It pays to be different, in my opinion, because…read moregifts should fit the personality of the recipient and that's difficult to accomplish when most gift shops carry one-size-fits-all made-in-china crap. Now, I'm not saying that all of this stuff is high quality or even that none of it is made in China (I'm sure some of it is), I'm just saying it deserves a good review because it's different and you are sure to find something a little out of the ordinary here. Gifts here are definitely girly, though, so don't expect to find anything for a guy. You will find jewellery, photo frames, figurines and collectables, stationary, gift cards and wrapping paper, etc. All fairly decently priced, and it's definitely worth a look, especially if like me you kind of have an obsession with gift shops ...

On the front of this shop it states that it is a tobacconist, which I guess just means that it…read moresells cigarettes and all its associated bits and bobs (lighters, cigars, rolling papers - you get the idea). However, if you looked at the shop front, you could be forgiven for thinking it was more of a souvenir shop if anything. The windows that can be seen from the outside are packed with various little models and ornaments, including an owl and a deer, somewhat bizarrely. Inside, they also sell various sweets and ice creams that are all perfectly pleasant without setting your pulse racing too much. Basically, it's a bit like a newsagent but replace the large assortment of magazines with a large assortment of souvenirs and models that you don't really want or need but somehow end up buying anyway.