Yorkshire Trading is a discount department store that sells everything from food basics to…read moregardening stuff. It seems to get untidy quite easily but this seems to happen in all YTC shops! They have great prices on seasonal stuff and they usually have lots of kids toys for £1. The staff are fairly helpful and there's always someone around because they always seem to be re-stocking/re-arranging shelves when I'm there!

I'm always a bit sceptical of any store that calls itself 'catalogue bargains'. I always wonder why…read moredid the products sell? is there something wrong with them? are they seconds? But recently when strolling past I happened to notice that had some Christmas wrapping paper in the window. Christmas was getting closer and closer and I always panic that I haven't got enough so went in to take a closer look, in all honesty expecting some thin, 'cheap' paper, how wrong I was! the paper was Lovely, the sort of quality you would expect from a reputable store such as m&s. I ended up buying reems and reems of the stuff. They also had some lovely gift ideas, and had I not already done my xmas shopping, I would've found lots of useful bargains here. All in all.. I was quite, quite impressed!

When you go into Scarborough twn centre you frequently see catalogue bargain shops carriers. People…read moresing its praises and recommend it. It does vary on the day and sometimes I haven't bought anything and another day have staggered out with bags of stuff .It is ex-catalogue stuff and now and again they have a sale and sell stuff off really cheaply ,i have had trousers for 62p and skirts and tops for silly prices.I have a much admired padded jacket which I bought for £2.49.It was a size 28 and I altered it to an 18 but it was well worth the effort. They sell some furniture and household items. They get televisions dvd players and a host of other electrical stuff. They have some toys and there are some god bargains in footwear.The only problem is that you can get hooked and it is hard to resist things that you dont need when they are really cheap.

This branch of TK Maxx is located on the right hand side of the main square on Teesside Retail…read morePark, about half way along, next door to PC World. This branch is split over two floors, with women's clothing, shoes, bags, and a few seasonal decorations on the ground floor. Upstairs, they have men's and children's clothing, toys and games, ornaments, kitchenware, lighting etc. TK Maxx seems to have a reputation (at least on the television) as being a brilliant place to buy designer clothing on the cheap. Well, I can't really dispute that as I don't bother much with the clothing. To be honest, I find it all a bit of a jumble, hard to find the right sizes, and to my mind the stuff is still over-priced! However, I do like TK Maxx for toys and for household items. I've managed to buy some real bargains int he toy department. The problem is, like the clothing, I suppose, it just depends on what they get in. You have to rummage around and you may find a single item that you like, but they will only have one of them most of the time! I did manage to get a lovely star shaped light-shade for about £6, which I know was £18 in B&Q (because I had already bought one!). So I would definitely recommend having a look round this shop - you could find bargain. The only real downside is the check out queues. I don't think I've ever been in without there being a long queue for the check outs, and it feels like it takes ages to get to the front! Oh, and the other thing I don't like is that they charge you for carrier bags!

Nice big store with 2 floors. Men's & home upstairs. Women's down stairs. No my favourite store but…read morethe girls like it.

Fress was completely unprofessional and seemed to carry hatred towards Muslims. Accused of stealing…read moreafter making a purchase. Security ran after my cousin when she was halfway down the street. This could've been handled in store. They searched her and her entire belongings and once she proved no thief happened, employee still held a disrespectful attitude.

Nice designer clothing but poor staff attitude - be warned!…read moreThe previous poster is right about the decor and the spaciousness and it is worth a visit just for this but the staff, I feel, can be a little off-putting, so bare this in mind if you visit.

The main Warehouse is on Linthorpe road, right in the centre and very easy to find. There is also a…read moreconcession in Debenhams over the road and House of Fraser. All VERY close together so it is easy to find something in a different size if the shop you're in does not have one. Warehouse is quite expensive to me, although I generally quite like their tailored looks and lace this season I find £50 min for a dress quite pricey so generally shop in sales here which are quite good and they have some great reductions. Warehouse does not do shoes apart from flip flops in summer. They stock a nice range on jewellery and often reduce it all to a pound in the sakes. I've always found the staff to be very helpful and polite and always offer advice if you need it.

An easily accessible shop with good parking within the town centre. This shop is situated in the…read moremain padestrianised part of town, just outside The Mall which is an indoor shopping mall. In Warehouse I find I can easily find well priced clothing which will suit both daily wearing and more dressy occassions. This is not one of the bigger branches of Warehouse but the choice and stock levels have always seemed good. You will also find accessories to complement you clothing purchases in the form of bags and necklaces. Student discount is also offered here.

A huge shop with about five floors (I think!) There's a basement floor with more teenage or younger…read morefashion - there's warehouse, topshop, as well as a big-ish shoe department which has the likes of faith shoes in it. The ground floor has the mens section, jewellery section and makeup section. There's games as well here and some ladies hats and scarves. The first floor is ladies clothing and the second is houseware. The top floor has the restaurant and childrens department. It's a nice store, I have yet to be dissapointed with it, there are often huge reductions towards sale time! It's good to visit when the local warehouse store or topshop store has ran out of your size! The restaurant food is ok, fair prices but nothing special really. Just the usual soup, sausages, beans thing. It does serve an all day breakfast I think that's promoted throughout the store. The staff here are really helpful and friendly they'll chat with anyone any age about what they're buying or what they're up to and the makeup staff are really helpful and knowledgeable about their aimed product. Generally this is a very nice store, easily accesible from the main high street or the hill street centre.

A large department store partially in the Hill Street Centre in Middlesbrough. It has a wide range…read moreof sections including cosmetics, menswear, ladies concessions, teenage fashion, childrenswear and homewear. There are several designers rangers running throughout the store including Jasper Conran, John Rocha and Matthew Williamson. I particulalry like the range of bags and the baby section. When Debenhams has a sale there are genuine reductions and bargains to be had so definitely worth a look around.

This is held in Tynemouth metro station every Sunday. Its very easy to acsess both by car and metro…read more(its just as you step off the train). Parking is limited but iv allways found a space. The stalls are roughly the same every week, selling a range of new goods from handmade cards, local prints, handmade gifts and painting. It also has a car boot style area where people sell there old junk and also many antique stalls. There arent many food and drink stalls, but there is a lady who sells fresh homemade samosa's which are lush. There is also a stall selling tes/coffee and cake.

An old victorian station holds the market - on a saturday it is general antiques bruc a brac and…read moreonce a month a farmers market On a sunday there is also book fair a great place to pick up rare books, This market has everthing from a guy selling war memrobillia to a women who makes dolls house, a person selling vintage clothes and a guy who makes second hand furniture look fabolous again. There is a guy who sells old cameras and a women who makes gothic clothing and there are several sellers who sell gerneral vintage ornaments and general bric a brac. There is a lovely cafe to go and have something to eat in and it also sells burgers and soup outside. You can spend a few pound or a few hundred here but you usually come away with a bargain Parking is a little more diffucult now as you can park next to the metro but not up the residents street as they have made it permit only at a weekend but there are plenty of buses or of course the metor

Birthdays has a nice costa coffee shop in it, right near the exit into the Hill Street Centre. The…read moreshop is quite large and has a huge supply of cards and gift merchandise as well as loads of giftwrap. I personally like this shop because of the cards it has for boyfriend and girlfriends, I used to find it a struggle to get anniversary cards for my boyfriend but Birthdays has quite a good choice. The only problem is that around holidays it literally gets jam pakced with people pretty much fighting over cards so if you're going to go in here, don't if it's before a big holiday! The card prices are regular prices. The giftwrap however is quite cheap. The staff are ok, not always the most helpful but polite nonetheless.

I purchased a t- shirt, it arrived with a stain on it. I had to email 3 times and wait a week for a…read moreresponse, but I was denied my basic consumer right of a refund. They claimed I had put the mark on the t-shirt!? Completely unacceptable service and customer service, avoid at all cost!

I ordered a pair of jeans (at full retail price) but the wrong size was sent. I had to return the…read morejeans, wait in a queue at the post office and pay £7 postage. After a couple of emails and a couple of weeks I received the money back for the jeans but not the postage. Then after another couple of emails and a couple of weeks I managed to get the money back, but only via paypal. An absolute joke. No apology. Avoid buying online from this retailer. Wasted so much time and I'll have to pay paypal!

Hadn't realised that the layout was the same in all Aldi, made this trip so easy. Fair sized car…read morepark at front. £1 required for trolly. Some bargains to be had.

Have been going to this store since it opened and have noticed in recent months thanks to the…read morecredit crunch it has become a lot busier. Aldi have their own view on what to stock and sell, I'm not sure most people could do a full shop there but a lot of the products are better than usual own brand so worth the trip. The chocolate is a particular favourite and there are usually specials on fruit and veg. Have also heard good things about the non food items like computers. Staff are always chatty and ready to help if it's needed. No problems if you need to return or complain about anything either!