Luton shops.

[Bayleaf]

I grew up in Luton in the 50s and started fishing at about 10, years that is not 10am. The first shop I used was Luton Angling Supplies run by Ted, I remember the smells of varnish and rhe jars of red topped floats (why did all floats of memory have red tops). We then used a shop in the corner of a large Co-Op where I bought my Intrepid Regent, can you imagine buying maggots in a shop that also sold food? After a house move Angler's Corner became favourite, this was a truly traditional place and I bought several Fibatube blanks from them; I think they closed when the owner retired. This left Leslie's of Luton as pretty much the only shop in town, time had moved on and a visit here was remembered by the sweet smells of carp bait and continental groundbait.
Mustn't forget Alan Brown in Hitchin where I bought a lovely set of blanks for a trotting rod.

Hope this wasn't too boring.

[Wanderer]

Intrepid Regent.
I have one and it still gets occasional use.
Nice reels.
Do you still have yours ?

[Bayleaf]

No, no Regent but I do have the Elite I always wanted then.

[Tizer]

Most, if not all of the old shops have gone and the smells and atmoshpere have gone as well.

[Martin James]

That wasn't boring, in fact quite interesting, thank you for posting.

[Bayleaf]

True, online finished them off. Sadly my nearest shop is around an hour away although all I need usually is line or hooks and I can get those online....ahem!

[Fredline]

Definitely not boring. John Andrews showed me an old fishing net a few years ago that just reeked of old fishing tackle shops. The git wouldn't sell it to me.

[Harry H]

Definitely not boring. John Andrews showed me an old fishing net a few years ago that just reeked of old fishing tackle shops. The git wouldn't sell it to me.
I found this one recently and it still has that aroma

[Harry H]

[Bayleaf]

By the time I started Partridge had become a toy shop but I still associated it with a particular smell as there was a coffee roaster next door. I think the fishing department in the Co-Op was originally there.
I well remember those landing nets, the brass rivets would often shear, the Efgeeco spreader block put paid to that.