Hiya Sarah et al Speaking for the London area, the best selection of 'unusual' Docs on display is the Covent Garden store, but if buying them here expect to pay the full market price. For cheap Docs, the best places I know are the stall in Camden Market closest to the Electric Ballroom, although beware as some of the Docs here are second hand and the rest are apparently seconds (i.e. will have some manufacturing fault). Another cheap place is the top floor of Shelley�s at Oxford Circus, they always have a selection of Docs in the sale and if you�re lucky you can get some real bargains. For instance I managed to get some �The Lot� coloured suede Docs here for �20.00, some newspaper print Docs for �15.00 and some black and white brogue Docs (like those Suggs wore in some of his videos) for �5.00 !!! Nevertheless, the best place to get Docs still has to be The British Boot Store in Camden (formerly known as Holts). Contrary to popular belief, this is still owned and run by the Holts family � the bloke who currently serves in the shop being Alan Holts� (of The Prince / Sun and the Rain fame) grandson. Their prices are slightly cheaper than the Covent Garden store and they do keep a massive range of Docs in all available sizes in their stock room (if they don�t have em, they don�t make em!). They also usually have a sale on of a few styles too. Not only do you get excellent customer service here, but they don�t even mind if you write on their Madness poster covered walls (now you can�t say fairer than that!) � but seriously do get your docs here if you can as you are helping the survival of a very long established family business (at least until the bulldozers move in to redevelop the tube station!) As for custom made Docs � yeah, some places do sell them painted up a bit, otherwise it involves a can of paint + paint brush! Chris --- Sarah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Morning All, > > Just thought i'd remind you of The Selecter's > appearence on TOTP2 in > the UK on Saturday at 5.15pm on BBC2. It's a repeat > of WEdnesday, > with them performing 'On My Radio'. > > Now, onto something else... > > I am VERY eager to get my mitts on another more er, > 'unusual' pair of > Doc Martens. I don't exactly have the fundin of the > more richer > maddies who at least get the minimum wage here, so i > going to resort > to going to the same shop Mark Adamson did. i'm not > really sure what > it does, so i was wondering if ne1 could shed some > light on the > mystical caverns of the Dr Martens? What are the > average prices? Can > you custom make boots? Is it like the place in the > Prince video where > you just go in and search through the stock for what > you want? > > As you can see i am determined to be tighter than an > Italian waiter's > kecks and not fork out �50-�80 or more for a pair. I > saw some cherry > red DMs on our local market in Bedford ages ago - > they were about > �20. I regret not getting them! Grrrr.... > > Well hope to c some of you lot on msn - maddie talks > are becoming > more frequent there! > > Wotcha guys! > Nutty Respect > > Sarah > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at > http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at > http://mail.yahoo.ie > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: > news, members section, madmeet info, list charter, > competitions, & more... > http://www.madness7.com > > Contact the TMML Moderators at: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and in the message body put: unsubscribe > total-madness > ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: news, members section, madmeet info, list charter, competitions, & more... http://www.madness7.com Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
