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| Forbidden Planet |
| Forbidden Planet used to be Another World. It sells almost anything such as video games, posters, books, cd's dvd's. roleplay games, action figures, magazines, t-shirts and new rock boots and shoes. |
| Hedonism |
| Piercings,Body Art,Bongs,Poppers |
| Too Fat Goblinz |
| Stafford's only roleplaying and comics shop. Run by two tubby lard-buckets, Matt and Phil. |
| Rowfers |
| A great Goth/Alternative shop. Clothing, hair colours, make up, incense, you name it! Brilliant place and cheap as well! |
| Top Q |
| Great for Tranchcoats and leather stuff in general. Very inexpensive as well - i got a REAL LEATHER trenchcoat from there that goes down to my ankles (I'm 6ft 2in!) for £130. It's excellent quality and value for money. |
| Rif Raf |
| Its got a mixture of all things from hippy to old style goth. Lots of velvet skirts, scarves and the odd cloak. It used to be in Newcastle-uder-lyme but has now moved to Hanley. |
| Cobwebs |
| Its mainly an alternative shop, with stuff like Feng Shui, Tai Chi etc.. It has some spellbooks and black candles though! Its also the first shop of its kind in Leek |
| Hideout |
| Its the 2nd shop of its kind in Leek. Sell a limited range of clothing an incense sticks. Gone a bit too oriental as of late but nevermind... |
| Ravenware |
| A new shop, it sell alternive stuff, and some really cool ornaments. It also has a VERY limited range of clothing. The owners are really nice, and if there is something u want they can probably get it for you. Just ask! |
| Altazar |
| Sells all sorts of stuff. jewellery, crystals, and a lot of new age/pagan supplies. |
| PDSA |
| It isn't strictly *goth* as such being a charity shop... but I'm working there at the moment, and I can tell you that a lot of nice goth clothes pass through here VERY cheaply and if you don't come and buy them I'll have to keep them all. And think of the kittens as well... o_O |
| Sunset |
| cool shop which sells alternitive clothing and jewelry and other cool stuff nice friendly staff. can get very cheap candles .. |
| Gas Works |
| New shop, excellent if you're looking for "trendy greebo" clothing, although there are some nice unusal tops 4 both lads and ladettes. Also stocks "baggy trousers" and popular quicksilver merchandise. The coolest thing in the shop has to be, the "nice" shop assistants, worth a look! |
| Guitar & Son |
| Not a goth shop, but sells cool guitars and other music gear. Lots of music books. Etc... |
| tribal designs |
| nice fetish wear and loverly new rocks. tatoos are kinda kool too |
| Dame Olivers |
| Very small shop in Lichfield, specialising in Velvet and bodices. Occasionally stocks nice dresses and see through coats. Not as expensive as other places though! |
| Twisted Sister |
| Has recently expanded, and stocks a wide variety of goods, from sk8er gear, hoodies, and chains, to goth gear, chokers, and pvc. Also has jewellery, cheap secondhand books, and other nik-naks. |
| Midland Tattoo Centre |
| A great tattoo and piercing studio. Lots of tattoo portfolios to choose from in the tattooing area downstairs with two seperate rooms, plus a piercing section upstairs. Dawn the piercer is brilliant. She's a real sweetheart and very skilled. If you have any queries about anything she's happy to help as well. :) |
| Second Skin |
| Stockists of New Rock boots, leather and pvc club wear etc. Not a huge range but friendly staff and they will get stuff to order. |
| Peccadillos |
| Only recently discovered this place- it's been there ages but I've only just ventured in. A wide range of candles and incence plus a few crystals etc. Some cheesy ornaments and things and a limited range of jewellery. Quite quirky and interesting! |
| Spangles |
| supposedly a beanyshop but carries blue grape (band t shirts from cradle through to limp wristed, sorry bizkit) and will order itmes in for a minimum of 5quid deposit - good prices and friendly the owner is thinking of stocking more clothing and less beanies! |
| Gravity |
| Sells very cool gothic candle sticks, mirrors, clocks, and wall sculptures etc.. and quite cheap too. Does also have uv jewellery, and other interesting guff! |
| Hocus Pocus |
| Run by the lady who did Aromatique. Has a much larger selction of new age books,clothes, jewlery, tarot cards, crystal balls and gifts. |
| New Image |
| Great for the girlies. They stock a mix of stuff, it's one of those cheapo little random shops that stocks mostly trendy stuff, but they recently started selling dog collars and studded wrist bands at the till. Luck of the draw really, but you might find a great bargain (my short PVC dress was £20!!) |
| A.B Wholefoods |
| OK, do not be put off/confused by the name!!Although this does sell health food and stuff the shop is also full of synthetic hair for extentions/braids as well as clip in plaits and temporary ponyfalls. They have a wide range of jumbo braid and silky hair in all sorts of krazy colours(pink, green, yellow ...)similar to what you can buy from STargazer etc. only MUCH cheaper (often under a fiver) All in all a veritable treasure trove of hair fun tucked away where you would least expect it! The shop also has loads of cards up from hairdressers who will braid/dread hair. |
| Anadi Anant |
| Ethnic shop with multicultural influences: from Chinese to Indian. Sells candles, jewellery, ornaments, books etc. Worth a look (I bought my favourite Tarot cards from here!) |
| Discount Discs |
| Exelent little place for CDs n espically DVDs, EVERYTHING in there is under £10 and theyeve also startes exchanging CDs. Its small but theres some good stuff in there. |
| Temptations |
| Sells some of the North Witch stuff from Manchester, soaps, bath stuff, etc. Also has some nice celtic and tribal jewellery, candles, and incense. |
| Beautyfresh - Hanley |
| Recently opened a second bit upstairs which just stocks candles and candle holders. They are very cheap, and there's loads of different stuff. |
| Beautyfresh - Stoke |
| A smaller shop then the one in Hanley. They do have some candles, and candle holders, but they don't have as much variety. |
| Discovery Store |
| Loads of cool stuff. Flying bats!, glow sticks, uv stuff to stick on your walls, lava lamps, etc. Just like the Gadget Shop, but a bit cheaper. |
| Rob's tattoo studio |
| Tattoo studio, thousands of designs |
| Eightball Mailorder |
| I nice selection of band shirts - long and short sleeve, patches, stickers, posters, and even some CDs. Pretty good for price too. |
| Urban Ink |
| Great tattoo studio check out the webpage for details. |
| Bloc hairdressing |
| this place does loadsa krazily coloured hair extensions for only £2 each!They glow in UV light!How fun. |
| Rakhi Gifts |
| Has started to sell gothic clothes upstairs. They have a large variety of stuff but they were still putting clothes out when i went in! They mainly have Dark Star clothes, but they do have things like spiky collers, bags, and jewellery. |
| academy of sound |
| your standard academy of sound chain store:-) Plenty of good deals, equal amount of bad ones. Some of the staff are nicer to deal with than others(sharnt say any names but you know which ones when you get there.....^_^)
Theres two booths to try out any of the guitar/bass based gear and also a PA section, huge keyboard section(you can try these out too) and some drums(gotta love the electronic drums...) being a bigger chain store, they do have a wider range of makes than smaller ma&pa stores but they are more likely to try and push a brand on you than smaller stores |
| REVENGE |
| Stocks the usual range of band merchandise t's and hoodies plus Omen clothing, uv jewelery, bad taste bears figures and teddies, studded belts, patches, badges, stickers, cheap jewelery( mood rings, rubber bangles and barbed wire etc), Piercing jewelery(including uv reactive). Friendly staff. |
| Purple Kermit's Hair Braiding |
| I've been advertising my hair braiding in Peaches, but thought I may as well post on here too. I'm offering hair braiding in the Hanley area (or wherever I can get by bus if I need to get to you). Check out the site for braid care tips, colour charts for synthetic hair & a price list & gallery for my work. |
| Pete Oakley |
| Sells quality guitars in all forms at reasonable prices, also sells a range of guitar accessories, amps, bass guitars and drums. There are also loads of guitar tab and tutorial books covering all styles of music to choose from, and a large selection of guitar tab books available to order. Pete Oakley also runs tuition lessons for guitarists in a studio further down the street. |
| Nala Body Piercing Clinic |
| Very cool body piercing clinic. Clean & hygenic with friendly staff who are willing to help. Great aftercare too. Also stock a wide range of body jewellery, UV Accessories, Living Dead Dolls and Bad Taste Bears. |
| Phoenix Hair Extensions |
| I provide a fast and friendly service for anybody who would like extensions. I do braiding, make dreaded extensions, silky wraps, twists and also real hair. I make pony tail add-ons to order. Pictures can be provided. |
| Dignity |
| Shoe shop in Piccidilly arcade that have started to stock new rock boots and shoes, and sketchers trainers. They also have some gothic bags (the corset bags from fairygothmother) and coffin bags. |
| Ambiance |
| Origionally a hairsalon,now does piercings, temporary & permanent tats. Nice selection of tatoo designs, but slightly on the expensive side, & not many portfolio fotos yet. |
| Dunelm |
| Well, it's a upholstery store! But don't let it put you off! They have nice voile's and organza's, and they also sell funky fur fabric. It's not really any competition for a proper fabric shop, but I have bought fabric from there for my final outfit projects for fashion. And the fabrics are rather cheap! It's good if you like fur and floaty fabrics!^.~ |
| Calleachs Chyld |
| Billed as an Alternative Resource Centre is basically a new shop offering a wide range of stuff, mainly pagan but they have some nice gifts to buy. Any of you into ritual can have your robes made to measure here too. Ashna who runs this shop also offers a wide range of courses, ranging from meditation,psychic development through stress management to Open Circle and women's group. Check it out. |
| Faerie Hair |
| I make falls (hairpieces) from various materials and I do hair extensions as well if you're local! See the webpage for more details. |
| Avalon |
| This is a lovely new little shop it stock's some lovely silver-pagan/celtic stuff. and all kinds of oils, candles, spell work stuff! very cool. And the girl that runs it is dead nice too, if you need anything just ask! |
| Dazed |
| This shop is more skate oriented, but it's a decent shop for more casual stuff like tops and trousers. They do however have a fantastic stock of Emily Strange stuff :)and the staff are really friendly and helpful :) |
| S&J Music |
| A massive collection of sheet music downstairs. Sell and service instruments. From Classical instruments of an orchestral nature, through to Guitars+FX+amps, which is more fun and upstairs. Andy upstairs, is a lovely vegan chap, and is an excellent source of advice, particularly of a punk rock nature. No synthy stuff apart from trade ins though. They even do rainbow coloured christian guitar straps. |
| Quartermaster Stores |
| Army surplus and Camping eqpt, generally got a good selection of para boots, and other ex army clothing. |
| Devilish Do's Hair Braiding |
| Hair braiding, synthetic dreads, wraps, extensions & wool/yarn hairpieces. Check out the site for braid care tips, colour charts for synthetic hair, a price list & gallery of my work. |
| Indecision |
| Indecision sells wooden ornaments like handcarved Dragons etc, Rings, Body piercing jewlery, Sandbag Lizzards, groovy window blinds and lots lots more. |
| The Twilight Zone |
| Cheap but good quality tattoos, usually cheaper if u send in your own designs, will also alter any designs on the walls on his laptop if u fancy something different. |
| Hyde Court Denture Studio |
| Private dental studio. I asked the nice lady who owns the business to make me some prosthetic teeth and she jumped at the chance. Very friendly service. |
| Skinners |
| Household goods shop.....which bizarrely sells a great range of piercing jewellery at reasonable prices. They also sell candles, gifts and other jewellery. |
| Music Mania |
| Great little music shop that stocks mainly second hand cd's. Has a great selection of goth/rock/metal cd's (such as sisters of mercy, gary numan, alec empire, placebo,the cure, marilyn manson, white/rob zombie etc etc) and the prices are fairly cheap too. They also do a great little thing so that you can save points and get money off when you buy stuff :) The staff are nice too ;) |
| The Craft Box |
| This shop sells a few interesting clothes, but most of them are small sizes, There is a little bit of goth, hippie, and skater style stuff in there. They stock Alchemy Gothic jewellery, candles, carved wooden boxes and african style figures, etc The lady that owns the shop is very friendly and helpful too :) |
| Heofen Leah |
| Pagan, Withcraft, Goth, Hippy and all sorts available in this shop. You can even book a session of tarot reading, crystal healing, reiki and all sorts. I definte must-check-out. Oh and Becky and Steve run the shop and they rock. |
| Hair & Co |
| Great little hairdressers.
Great place to get your hair dyed, especially if your looking for bright colours such as red or pink. The staff are really nice and friendly and the prices are good too. |
| Alienskin Clothing |
| Alienskin clothing is an online shop which sells gothic and cyber clothing in sizes 12-22. You can now buy a selection of our designs from the Devilishdos hair salon. They will also be selling exclusive designs, which will not be available on the website. |
| chaotic beautey |
| its a cool shop in the marked by somerfields and the girl who owns it her name is tami lee see quit cool |
| Katana |
| A new Tattoo / Piercing shop has opened for all you out of towners near and in Cheadle. The shop Katana has just opened with a skilled tattooist ready at the helm to satisfy your everyneed with an excellent range of designs. |
| Garys Tattoo World |
| a brilliant, professional and clean tattooist, many people around stoke will know of him, he has been in the professional buisness for over 25 years now and won a few awards, he has done many of my tattoos and iv been very happy with them, he is abit pricey but its good for the price!! as iv experienced cheap tattoos are very bad!, he's worth a visit |
| Benjemins Tattoo parlour |
| Usual tattoo parlour, but does have a nice dragon design for advertisement. |
| Attitude Hair |
| Creative hair for alternative people!
3 years experience specialising in braids, synthetic dreads, wool and much more! See the website for current prices and a gallery of my work. |
| leek tattoo centre |
| The Leek Tattoo Centre is owned by Nidge.There is'nt really a wide variey of flash on his walls,but if you take your own designs in he is very happy to do them for you.He specialises in all types of custom and freehand work.I personally think he is a really good tattooist he has done all my tattoos.Quite a lot of people i know have always gone to Nidge's for their tattoos.His prices are very reasonable too,a bit more cheaper than other places although the quality of work is of a high standard. |
| Athena |
| Sells all kinds of pop culture stuff like art prints, posters ect, also sells a good amount of gothic ornomanst n things such as goblets ect... |
| Bambu |
| Looks Hippy from the outside, but they have your average goth clothing too. Price is average. They do prettyful crafty things too though, and hippy/ new age stuff. Staff are very friendly. |
| Kelly Fox hair studio |
| Formerly known as "Devilish Do's", Kelly now operates from a new salon in Hanley. Human Hair Extensions, Synthetic Hair Extensions, Braiding, Dreadlocks & Synthetic Dreads. |