@@AtomicShrimp Nice table! I need something similar for my flat though those shops would be a little bit too far and it would be difficult getting it on a bus or train to get home. 😅
@@AtomicShrimp Oh my goodness! I was just about to post about that one. Just loved that table. I kept backing up the video so I could look at it again.
Thank you for this! I noticed an Andre Norton, and a Philip K. Dick book that i've not read. And now i'm off to the Used Book site! Sadly, all the brick and mortar sites around me have gone the way of the Dodo bird.
Oh wow! I just had a nostalgia moment. The purple paint work on the outside of the retro clothing store was the exact colour my mum painted the hallway in my childhood home. All wood trim including the stair panelling was painted that colour with a lighter shade of purple on the insert panels. She lived it so much that she then went in to use up the tin of paint on the telephone table and coat/hat stand ( both of which were Victorian) and to finish the look a deep purple carpet! I had forgotten about that until I saw it on the video. Isn’t that funny how such a small thing suddenly unlocks long ago memories.
There's just something almost magical about little UK towns like that, it's an atmosphere I can't describe and something barely close to it here in the US, I think a lot of it is the history of the place, nothing here is anything like as old as over there. We have an old record store here in town, and seeing albums I bought as a teen again all these years later is bittersweet as it brings so many memories of me buying them back in the day, but realizing just how old I've become since then, lol. We have a giant barn (called The Barn of all things) that is just like that shop at 6 minutes you took a wander in, and I agree, you could spend HOURS just poking about looking for some random bit of treasure. My boss and I will roam thru and over at the local Goodwill looking for stuff his wife might like or that he can use in his garage to tinker with. He finds bits of silver/brass/bronze to repurpose in his forge (his wife still hasn't forgiven me for teaching him blacksmithing, hehe) as his therapy, nothing beats hammering on metal to work out frustrations.
At the beginning that is South Street the "cobbled" area with the benches is Bucky doo square. It becomes West bay road at the cross roads near the large supermarket. Sadly the old borough graders is not used all that much now. (The building to the right use to be the registry offices) Most of the town out door events are now held at mount field on the millennium green. ( Where the registry office and council are now.)
I adore antiquing! Thank you so much for bringing us along. The shops are all anyone could want, quirky, full of treasures and great ambiance. I really enjoyed the street sounds as you were going in as well. The cello player was quite good.
I do a lot of that “oh wow, I remember these” when I go round the antiques quarter here in Sheffield. It elicits mixed feelings of warm nostalgia tinged with “man, I must be old”
These places are amazing! As far as I'm aware, there aren't such varied and expansive shops in and around my area. It's quite amazing to see such collections.
No totally correct.@blackdog6345 push and pull motion for taking tree down from the base. Handles can be turned to section into smaller pieces once felled.
It's interesting to see the very overt cultural differences between antique/vintage stores in the US and UK. Americans love advertising, and large portion of literally every antique store I've been to across the US is devoted to vintage signs, posters, and displays for brands and products. Americans love their consumerism!
Absolutely adore Bridport. Parents used to have a Caravan near Swyre (not sure of spelling). Went back a couple of years ago & stayed on a lovely farm. It still looks busy on a Saturday then!.
I've not been to Bridport before, although I've been past it on trains to Penzance. Seems really lovely. I love old shops, and it seems as you get to Devon and Cornwall there's more and more of them to visit.
I really love these sorts of places. Sometimes I wonder how they actually survive, being such massive places with a huge number of items on display, and most of the people are just there for window shopping.
The Binatone TV game console (15:22) brought back fond memories of when I managed, after much begging, to persuade my parents to buy me one (think it might even have been an earlier model than that!). Hours of fun playing Pong. State of the art home gaming at the time. Simpler times in many ways.
At 08:42, where you say "Oh, I remember these!" about the plastic all-in-one egg cups, I exclaimed the exact same thing. My gran had them, and I adored them, and was so sad they were chucked out when she died. Have never been able to find them again. :(
8:57 Long time since I've been to a junk shop like this. Very easy to go in looking for a specific thing and leave with a pile of crockery, cutlery, and a few books, but not the thing you went in for. 🙂
I envy you - there's nothing like that place anywhere near where I live. I work in a scrapyard, and the amounts of cutlery I see dumped every day, is depressing. It's very obvious to me, that the fish knife and fork, have gone the way of the dinosaurs, and the dedicated soup spoon is probably next on the way out. That 1970's orange and brown crockery is very familiar to me. I only got rid of ours in 2006, when I had a general 'declutter' after my parents died. Lots of rough glazed brown mugs, too, I remember. Lovely video, thank you. 👍👍👍
So many fascinating items there! What was the large retro machine that Jenny pointed out? A stereo of some kind? (Forgive the naivety, I was -30 years old in the 70s!)
I absolutely love going to shops like this even with zero intention to buy anything it’s such a feast for the eyes and imagination. I wonder if the creator of those “I Spy” books also enjoyed walking through them?
Oh, gosh, I really miss browsing through the 'brocante' shops here in France; nearly everything around us has closed down, in favor of the monthly or seasonal outdoor markets. Only a few of the more pretentious 'antiquaires' remain in the larger towns. The only charity shop I know of is the Emmaüs, which is only open one full day and two afternoons a week.
I'm certain that if you explained the situation to a shopkeeper they'd be more than happy to let you compare pottery fragments for identification. I myself would be less concerned what other shoppers around me might think, just so long as the shop owner doesn't think I'm up to no good. I can live with all of them thinking I'm weird.
My Dad has a saw like the one shown and the handles are the same way however I have seen them with the handles the other way round. I suspect they have different purposes but I am not educated enough to know.
I often go into Bridport, even drive down Gundry Lane to the Ropewalks car park, but didn't know about the antiques quarter. I think i will have to remedy that.
We have a very similar hall of brick a brack called Bygone Times near Chorley, it's full of knick naks and house clearance stuff, old toys and some more modern tatt that some stall holder thinks is worth saving
Pretty astounding shops with equally pretty astounding fare. As for the saw, it was indeed mounted upside-down. Makes you wonder why though, right? If meant for decoration, then probably for safety when brushing past it and less damage to anything (like other furniture and the floor; maybe even Eva) on which it could potentially fall if improperly hung.
09:58 while you were browsing through that first shop I immediately thought "there are bound to be some really neat vintage guitars to be found in that area"
when zombies come, no need to scavenge around and go around loopy, just fortress one of those antique shops and you have absolutely everything one can ever need.. and more. :D
I was given the 1987 Beano annual for Christmas. I recognised the cover instantly 😃 unfortunately I think it went to the charity shop when I left home.
@@anthonymaddaford8474 I bagged all my annuals up from the 70s and 80s and was going to take them to a charity shop a few years ago. My little boy found them and was incredulous that I was going to give them away. He really got into reading them. Sometimes we'd read them together and I was glad I held onto them. I did have to explain how a few things used to be whenever he'd cry out "daddy, that's racist!".
7:24 it is justified tho. You never know when you can score a really nice piece, especially in those kinds of lots. I've gotten a few over the years that are permanent rotation. The shop keep doesn't always know what they have on hand. edit: the blade saw's handles can be mounted either way. You'd store it with the handles that way in the wagon, and won't hit stuff with the teeth. If you dig enough, you can find old pictures with them stored by size in the same fashion, just horizontal on shelves one after another.
When I'm in places like these antique and vintage shops I do wonder how long it would take for us to run out of household goods and chattel if all production ceased!
I don´t mean to sound offensive but the biggest difference between a town in Europe and a town in Brazil to me is the cleanliness. At least in my area people little A LOT. Especially in São Paulo, though the smaller cities are a bit better. Lovely video thank you for showing us!
There are virtually no markets left in the UK, eve most indoor markets are an empty shell of what there once was, as an ex market trader in Yorkshire, this deeply sadens me
Sadly excited by this video lol . I miss doing just this at Wimbourne market on a regular basis but sadly all gone now . Do love riffling through cutlery
5:22 i love how they put the effort to polish stuff, then put... the feet straight on that surface, or even better, the hard metal wheels. How much does a roll of felt cost, too much apparently.
I've always wanted to ask - why do you add captions crediting the music? RUclips Library automatically adds the credit in the description, don't they? It seems like extra work for you!
really pretty.. I always fancied england and its nice having videos of you walking around cuz its as if im there. Edit: wow who would had thought with all those mirrors we'd get legs reveal ..thought that would be at 1 mil subscribers.
Been to Bridport sevral times but never made it further than the electric palace and hopefully thats how it will stay as my bank account wouldn't take the abuse if i was to visit those shops
I thought it was strange that you added a cello music track over the top of your intro but then you walked past an actual cello player a few seconds later. I play the cello so it's always nice to hear a solo cello without the violins hogging the melody.
But I gotta know... did you find a table you liked?
We bought the little oval gate-leg table with barley-twist legs, on the left at 5:36. We paid £40.
I was wondering the same thing!
@@AtomicShrimp Nice table! I need something similar for my flat though those shops would be a little bit too far and it would be difficult getting it on a bus or train to get home. 😅
@@AtomicShrimp Bargain.
@@AtomicShrimp Oh my goodness! I was just about to post about that one. Just loved that table. I kept backing up the video so I could look at it again.
Exploring the UK vicariously via Shrimp 😄 That's my kind of Saturday morning! TFS
Its really nice seeing the old buildings being repurposed rather than torn down for flats and coffee chains.
Another lovely video. Thank you Mike, for your hard work putting these together and, of course, Jenny, too, for her contributions.
Thank you for this! I noticed an Andre Norton, and a Philip K. Dick book that i've not read. And now i'm off to the Used Book site! Sadly, all the brick and mortar sites around me have gone the way of the Dodo bird.
Oh wow! I just had a nostalgia moment. The purple paint work on the outside of the retro clothing store was the exact colour my mum painted the hallway in my childhood home. All wood trim including the stair panelling was painted that colour with a lighter shade of purple on the insert panels. She lived it so much that she then went in to use up the tin of paint on the telephone table and coat/hat stand ( both of which were Victorian) and to finish the look a deep purple carpet! I had forgotten about that until I saw it on the video. Isn’t that funny how such a small thing suddenly unlocks long ago memories.
There's just something almost magical about little UK towns like that, it's an atmosphere I can't describe and something barely close to it here in the US, I think a lot of it is the history of the place, nothing here is anything like as old as over there. We have an old record store here in town, and seeing albums I bought as a teen again all these years later is bittersweet as it brings so many memories of me buying them back in the day, but realizing just how old I've become since then, lol. We have a giant barn (called The Barn of all things) that is just like that shop at 6 minutes you took a wander in, and I agree, you could spend HOURS just poking about looking for some random bit of treasure. My boss and I will roam thru and over at the local Goodwill looking for stuff his wife might like or that he can use in his garage to tinker with. He finds bits of silver/brass/bronze to repurpose in his forge (his wife still hasn't forgiven me for teaching him blacksmithing, hehe) as his therapy, nothing beats hammering on metal to work out frustrations.
Lovely Saturday morning outing, greatly enjoyed. Thank you so much for the time and effort you apply to giving us something so pleasing!😊
"I'm not unaccustomed to doing weird things in public." 😀
Amazingly, he didn't skip among the stalls on the open market.
At the beginning that is South Street the "cobbled" area with the benches is Bucky doo square. It becomes West bay road at the cross roads near the large supermarket. Sadly the old borough graders is not used all that much now. (The building to the right use to be the registry offices) Most of the town out door events are now held at mount field on the millennium green. ( Where the registry office and council are now.)
I adore antiquing! Thank you so much for bringing us along. The shops are all anyone could want, quirky, full of treasures and great ambiance. I really enjoyed the street sounds as you were going in as well. The cello player was quite good.
Treasures, ambiance, and I bet they smell great, too!
I do a lot of that “oh wow, I remember these” when I go round the antiques quarter here in Sheffield. It elicits mixed feelings of warm nostalgia tinged with “man, I must be old”
Thank you Mike for sharing this lovely stroll through town and its shops.
This along with many other reasons is why I love my home, England.
Some of that 1970s brown tableware never left my house the first time! Fun video!
These places are amazing! As far as I'm aware, there aren't such varied and expansive shops in and around my area. It's quite amazing to see such collections.
I've been to Bridport a few times and never know this was there just goes to show how a bit of local knowledge can be very useful.
I'm incredibly jealous of those antique shops! Some really nice stuff in there!
I believe it's a two man crosscut saw for felling trees.
but the handles, we must know! are they upside down? it feels wrong to me like that they should be the other way up
No totally correct.@blackdog6345 push and pull motion for taking tree down from the base. Handles can be turned to section into smaller pieces once felled.
@@blackdog6345 They are, indeed.
It's interesting to see the very overt cultural differences between antique/vintage stores in the US and UK.
Americans love advertising, and large portion of literally every antique store I've been to across the US is devoted to vintage signs, posters, and displays for brands and products. Americans love their consumerism!
Thanks for the walk and the video shopping
What a lovely place to spend a day, thanks for sharing it with us.
Tactile memory reflex at 8:45. My mother had those egg cups and I could actually feel them when the camera landed on them. 😮
I grew up in Bridport in fact I used to live just off Borough Market. My dad still lives there so I get to visit. Fond memories
Absolutely adore Bridport. Parents used to have a Caravan near Swyre (not sure of spelling). Went back a couple of years ago & stayed on a lovely farm. It still looks busy on a Saturday then!.
I've not been to Bridport before, although I've been past it on trains to Penzance. Seems really lovely. I love old shops, and it seems as you get to Devon and Cornwall there's more and more of them to visit.
I really love these sorts of places. Sometimes I wonder how they actually survive, being such massive places with a huge number of items on display, and most of the people are just there for window shopping.
The Binatone TV game console (15:22) brought back fond memories of when I managed, after much begging, to persuade my parents to buy me one (think it might even have been an earlier model than that!). Hours of fun playing Pong. State of the art home gaming at the time. Simpler times in many ways.
I have my family's old Atari. Breakout was my thing! 💛💚💛
Add the tv/radio cassette at 15:15 and you've got the state of the art mobile gaming solution
3:49 Sale price is 575k, that's not bad actually for the size and commercial space!
At 08:42, where you say "Oh, I remember these!" about the plastic all-in-one egg cups, I exclaimed the exact same thing. My gran had them, and I adored them, and was so sad they were chucked out when she died. Have never been able to find them again. :(
8:57 Long time since I've been to a junk shop like this. Very easy to go in looking for a specific thing and leave with a pile of crockery, cutlery, and a few books, but not the thing you went in for. 🙂
Around a minute in, my birthday cake for (presumably) 1988 was designed like the 1987 Beano annual with the hot air balloon on it!
I envy you - there's nothing like that place anywhere near where I live.
I work in a scrapyard, and the amounts of cutlery I see dumped every day, is depressing.
It's very obvious to me, that the fish knife and fork, have gone the way of the dinosaurs, and the dedicated soup spoon is probably next on the way out.
That 1970's orange and brown crockery is very familiar to me. I only got rid of ours in 2006, when I had a general 'declutter' after my parents died. Lots of rough glazed brown mugs, too, I remember.
Lovely video, thank you. 👍👍👍
Lovely video ❤.. i would love an hour version of this.. super relaxing and kind of interesting
Looking at these antique shops presented like this, its like Bargain Hunt without the stress and inevitable disappointment.
You are so close to 1 million subscribers! Keep up the great work!
I hoped you found yourself a table, you liked 😊👍Thanks for sharing Atomic shrimp 🦐🤗
Great video Mr Shrimp. Next time you are in the vicinity have a wander up Rax Lane, Mountfield, and Eva would love the Conegar hill walk.
So many fascinating items there! What was the large retro machine that Jenny pointed out? A stereo of some kind? (Forgive the naivety, I was -30 years old in the 70s!)
I think it's just a radio
That glassware stuff from the 70s shatters into horrifically sharp little splinters if you drop it.
What fabulous vintage stuff!
That 70's kitchenware is chef's kiss! 💋 🤩
I absolutely love going to shops like this even with zero intention to buy anything it’s such a feast for the eyes and imagination. I wonder if the creator of those “I Spy” books also enjoyed walking through them?
I love the old brown/orange/turquoise pottery and Pyrex sets. I think people must already collect it as they are becoming difficult to find now.
14:35. I imagine the handles on the large two-man saw are reversed for transport, then refitted the other way for use.
Very interesting. Love an antiques / vintage market
Oh, gosh, I really miss browsing through the 'brocante' shops here in France; nearly everything around us has closed down, in favor of the monthly or seasonal outdoor markets. Only a few of the more pretentious 'antiquaires' remain in the larger towns. The only charity shop I know of is the Emmaüs, which is only open one full day and two afternoons a week.
I would love to visit the antiques quarter. What a gem
The camera lingered on that Binatone... I'd have been tempted myself!
I'm certain that if you explained the situation to a shopkeeper they'd be more than happy to let you compare pottery fragments for identification. I myself would be less concerned what other shoppers around me might think, just so long as the shop owner doesn't think I'm up to no good. I can live with all of them thinking I'm weird.
My Dad has a saw like the one shown and the handles are the same way however I have seen them with the handles the other way round. I suspect they have different purposes but I am not educated enough to know.
I have a favourite spot near there at west bay. Harbour lights was filmed there in the early 90’s.
My Nan had one of those aluminium blancmange bunny moulds. Happy memories.
Extremely bizarre but cool to click on the video and right at the start you're walking essentially on the street I live on.
I often go into Bridport, even drive down Gundry Lane to the Ropewalks car park, but didn't know about the antiques quarter. I think i will have to remedy that.
We have a very similar hall of brick a brack called Bygone Times near Chorley, it's full of knick naks and house clearance stuff, old toys and some more modern tatt that some stall holder thinks is worth saving
Did you find a small table you liked enough to buy?
This is really great. Thanks!
Pretty astounding shops with equally pretty astounding fare. As for the saw, it was indeed mounted upside-down. Makes you wonder why though, right? If meant for decoration, then probably for safety when brushing past it and less damage to anything (like other furniture and the floor; maybe even Eva) on which it could potentially fall if improperly hung.
OMG those penguins :O I'd love them :)
Thank you for sharing this.
09:58 while you were browsing through that first shop I immediately thought "there are bound to be some really neat vintage guitars to be found in that area"
I must visit next time I'm down that area. Lots of nice books, maps and kitchen stuff to see there
Petition to see Mr A. Shrimp play "Thank Goodness You're Here" live for some sort of charity sign here.
when zombies come, no need to scavenge around and go around loopy, just fortress one of those antique shops and you have absolutely everything one can ever need.. and more. :D
Thanks, loved the video!
I got that Dandy Book at 1:10 for Christmas 1979! I still have it.
I was given the 1987 Beano annual for Christmas. I recognised the cover instantly 😃 unfortunately I think it went to the charity shop when I left home.
@@anthonymaddaford8474 I bagged all my annuals up from the 70s and 80s and was going to take them to a charity shop a few years ago. My little boy found them and was incredulous that I was going to give them away. He really got into reading them. Sometimes we'd read them together and I was glad I held onto them. I did have to explain how a few things used to be whenever he'd cry out "daddy, that's racist!".
7:24 it is justified tho. You never know when you can score a really nice piece, especially in those kinds of lots. I've gotten a few over the years that are permanent rotation. The shop keep doesn't always know what they have on hand.
edit: the blade saw's handles can be mounted either way. You'd store it with the handles that way in the wagon, and won't hit stuff with the teeth. If you dig enough, you can find old pictures with them stored by size in the same fashion, just horizontal on shelves one after another.
When I'm in places like these antique and vintage shops I do wonder how long it would take for us to run out of household goods and chattel if all production ceased!
Billy Mumford's story is really interesting!
Bridport has been considerably gentrified since I last visited in the eighties. Is it the Hugh F.W.. effect?
Notting hill by the sea as it was once dubbed.
You are quite close to 100K subscribers! Hopefully very soon, that would be nice!
I don´t mean to sound offensive but the biggest difference between a town in Europe and a town in Brazil to me is the cleanliness. At least in my area people little A LOT. Especially in São Paulo, though the smaller cities are a bit better. Lovely video thank you for showing us!
Nice. Looks like there's a ton of stuff there. I could spend a week looking.
10:50 My mom collects elephants and every time I see an elephant - I buy an elephant for her
ahh, you found the place that will help you when you're out of spoons! :)
There are virtually no markets left in the UK, eve most indoor markets are an empty shell of what there once was, as an ex market trader in Yorkshire, this deeply sadens me
Sadly excited by this video lol . I miss doing just this at Wimbourne market on a regular basis but sadly all gone now . Do love riffling through cutlery
Weird Stuff in a Charity Shop
Do you plan to go to one of the cafes?
We'd love to see menu and the food and decor. 😊
5:22 i love how they put the effort to polish stuff, then put... the feet straight on that surface, or even better, the hard metal wheels. How much does a roll of felt cost, too much apparently.
A fun little jaunt
We’ve been there before and it’s a pretty amazing place to visit 👍🏻
11:11 what are these boxes?
For cutlery (of the silver valuable kind)
+1 needs to know! I wonder if they were used to hold music in the form of cylinders or punched paper etc.
www.vinterior.co/home-decor/accessories/boxes/english-georgian-circa-1820-mahogany-knife-box-sku91286933?gad_source=1
@AtomicShrimp going beyond the call of duty there, so thank you. Fascinating!
motor cars, handle bars, bicycles for two
Is that lyrics from 'junk' by paul mccartney it reads familiar
yes ❤ @Noooonopers
@soyviejodenme I knew it I love that song haven't heard it in so long, thanks for reminding me it exists :)
Loved this video ❤
The gems of Dorset no one sees thanks Mike 😊
When does something turn from vintage to antique?
I recall reading or hearing that only when something is 100 years old is it considered to be an antique.
Losing its railway line which, despite losing money, probably contributed a lot to the Bridport economy that wasn’t counted as relevant.
I NEED that typewriter
How do I find such shops near me? Would be a great past time to roam them all 😄
Sorry, if this seems obvious, but www.google.co.uk/search?q=antiques+shops+near+me is a good place to start
Have you found the jhon barosa fund ?
I've always wanted to ask - why do you add captions crediting the music? RUclips Library automatically adds the credit in the description, don't they? It seems like extra work for you!
Habit from before RUclips did that, but also, people ask me for the name of the music if I don't put the caption in.
really pretty.. I always fancied england and its nice having videos of you walking around cuz its as if im there.
Edit: wow who would had thought with all those mirrors we'd get legs reveal ..thought that would be at 1 mil subscribers.
Woo! I do enjoy Bridport!
13:24 Is that a radio?
Yeah - it's a beast, isn't it?
Been to Bridport sevral times but never made it further than the electric palace and hopefully thats how it will stay as my bank account wouldn't take the abuse if i was to visit those shops
is it open every day?
I think so
@@AtomicShrimp Thank you, your great video has alerted me to something that I never knew, I'm going to visit. Cheers.
DO MORE TOUR VLOGS PLEASE!
I thought it was strange that you added a cello music track over the top of your intro but then you walked past an actual cello player a few seconds later. I play the cello so it's always nice to hear a solo cello without the violins hogging the melody.