Nice little newsagents with helpful friendly staff. They hold a good selection of magazines and…read morewill happily look up any queries on the computer. This newsagent also has a lottery machine. There is a step to get in which makes it difficult with buggies and pushed wheelchairs but there is normally someone who will help.

This place does not sell Green & Blacks chocolate. What it does sell however, is fairly typical of…read moreyour local newsagent and there is a decent selection of sweets. They do phone top-ups but not gas top-ups. Stationery is sold aswell as cold drinks, magazines and papers. Bensham could easily manage without this shop since there are atleast 4 other shops that sell the same things. It's handy enough though.

The Darlington store is quite small but is well stocked with excellent educational toys for young…read morechildren. The staff are very helpful and the toys are good quality.

This is a large HMV store spread over 2 floors. The ground floor is dedicated to music and games,…read morewith a few popular DVDs thrown in, whilst the basement caters for DVDs, with a selection of less popular music. The range of stock is extensive. There's many imported CDs and a complete A-Z of albums and DVDs. Of course, there'll always be something that's not in stock but if that's the case, then the staff are always on hand to attempt to order in anything your heart may desire.

HMV is in the Cleveland ahopping centre right at the very end and while the products are great this…read moreshop always tends to annoy me a little. I like HMV but this one has quite a claustrophobic effect to it. The whole shop is crammed packed and the ceiling and shelves being quite low giving you a bit of an Alice in Wonderland feeling where she grows. The music is also hideously loud and you find yourself shouting to your shopping partners. The stairs to the basement are also quite steep. Nevertheless, the staff are friednly and helpful and the product selection is large and plentiful and there are often cheap offers on. For newer released products the prices aren't always the cheapest. You can go the the till and get a student card which gives you 10% off. You just need your valid student id.

My favourite shop in Newcastle! Packed with comics, graphic…read morenovels, manga books, figurines, Studio Ghibli plushies, board games and loads more. Staff are knowledgeable and friendly and you can easily pre-order anything that's not in stock which has been really useful at times! Some of the chunkier graphic novels are occasionally on the expensive side (sometimes I have found cheaper elsewhere), but with a Travelling Man members card, discounts on certain titles or 3 for 2 (for example) offers are available sometimes so it's worth keeping an eye out for those. The shop can be a little awkward to sidle round when there's a lot of people in, but it's well laid out and organised and easy to spot on the outside with it's bright orange/blue storefront. Found many a Birthday/Christmas gift from there for like-minded geeky friends and family. They have a great small press section which is regularly replenished and aspiring comic artists can potentially sell their self published comics/zines in that section too. They also have a small Nobrow/Flying Eye book section which I love, as they are rarer to find in other places like Forbidden Planet. Monthly 'Paper Jam Comics Collective' meetings are held there on Thursdays as a get-together of comic artists/writers/fans to chat, make comics (and head to the pub after!) and the basement area is also host to a few gigs now and then. Heading there for Free Comic Book Day (1st Saturday in May) is a must! I went with my partner last year and unlike Forbidden Planet down the road who gave us a ready made bag of a few of the free comics on offer, at Travelling Man we could walk round the shop and choose any (or all) of the free comics available. Worth knowing if you're into that sort of thing :) Overall an awesome place!

Great selection of manga and comics in this store, I found a few I'd been unable to find elsewhere…read more Store is well laid out and up-to-date, and staff are friendly and knowledgable. The prices are good for the area. Overall very good, better than the other similar stores in the area.

Just the same as every WHS in every town. Good range of stationery, magazines etc. Personally i…read morefeel their music and book range is limited. If its basic bits and bobs you want then this is the place.

matalan is situated on the skippers lane industrial estate of middlesbrough directly near a massive…read moreb&q, you can't fail to pick up many a bargain in matalan from slippers to holiday gear, jeans, trainers, household items, bed linen, it is all packed under 1 roof, plenty of staff on the till's to serve you even though there is a queue a lot of the time so you won't wait long to get seved by the friendly staff, acres of parking spaces

A fast and efficient stationary shop, whether you are calling in or requesting things through the…read morepost. They have delivered items when I have been desperate for things. The catalogue is extensive and very easy to use. The staff are knowledgeable and very helpful.