The Hundreds Sweet Shop has a frontage coloured pastel candy pink, to help it stand out in the crowded market. At 183 High Street, it stands in all its glory at the corner of Erskine Road and the High Street, opposite the Nationwide Building Society.
Pressing my nose against the window, I can just make out before my breath fogs up the glass, that this one sells pick and mix, candy floss, popcorn, syrup and ice drinks which could be mistaken for slush puppie and ice-cream (as well as cigarettes and newspapers in a kiosk to the right of the entrance).
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Sounds interesting. Some friends of mine opened up a great sweet shop for connoisseurs of sweetie land, in North London. It did well as an independent 'pink' coloured high street sweet shop.
The original concept of the business was reliant on a number of stores being opened in quick succession, the birth of a chain of stores I suppose. I visited it once or twice and was saddened when it closed. It closed because a partner who wanted the benefits, did not pull his weight with the real work that went with the development.