Visiting this local purveyor of newspapers and sweeties always reminds me of the days when my…read morefamily home ran on electricity supplied by fiddly little tickets you had to cram into the meter whenever the previous chunk of power died. Oh what larks we'd have being plunged into darkness and realising it was too late to buy a ticket from anywhere else but this particular shop.Because of this, I still get a pang of relief when I see that it's open. Inside the staff and customers are all on first name terms with each other which led me to believe I'd either stumbled into a private party or the friendliest shop in existence. Actually, it couldn't be the latter because nobody at smiled at me. Maybe if I told them my name...

My favourite news agents on smithdown, and there is a few!! We lived just across the road from it…read moreand it has everything to offer! so friendly aswell it was always a pleasure to go in the there.

I like the Co-op stores because they always have a good range of products to choose from. The staff…read moreare always friendly and the shop itself is always stocked with fresh products. They do some good special offers where you can buy essentials at cut price. Great place to go for the bits and pieces you need such as milk and bread or a newspaper.