There are a lot of pound shops around nowadays and are great for grabbing a bargain. This one IMO…read moreis one of the better ones. Situated in the Connswater retail park, it has masses of parking outside. The store itself is large and well stocked. Loads of medicine and other pharmaceutical goods, toiletries, perfume, food, homeware and seasonal items. Absolutely fantastic for stocking fillers at Christmas! The store is clean and tidy, and the staff friendly and courteous.

Pound World, erstwhile companion to Poundland has taken up residence in the former Laser shop on…read moreConnswater link, and is fast becoming a favourite of the permanently skint such as myself. Initial impressions are of the physical size of the place, compared to a lot of pound shops, this place is huge, there's room to actually browse without some harassed looking woman in a tracksuit barging past you with her similarly attired offspring trailing in her wake. Which merely gives you more time to peruse the vast amount of tat on sale, like I said in a previous review, the skill is going for the few "name" brands that are for sale at cheapo money, as opposed to lesser products that look more impressive. Sometimes it's hard to tell what is on a 3 for £1 offer or 2 for £1 offer, mainly due to a lack of shelf edge labels, just means you get somebody overcharged and complaining at the till, or frantically running to get a missing product to comlete the offer. But the strangest thing about this store is the background muzak, the first few times I was here, it appeared to be some kind of 80's compilation, to my eternal shame I recognized every song, lately it's some kind of 90's eurodance vibe going on, it's most strange trying to choose which mouthwash to buy when you're being aurally assaulted by the macerena or Barbie Girl. All in all, a decent effort though, if you can stand the cheesy muzak.