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326 Oxford Road
Reading
RG30 1LF

(the main road going west out of the town centre, at least a mile up on the right as you go out of town)

Mon-Sat: 9am-7pm

After 35 years of running the shop as Lovecare, the owner has resigned and passed the reins into new hands. The shop has changed its name to Amor Ltd

  News June 2006

Previously at 328 Oxford Road but has now moved next door

  From the Mystery Shopper, June 2005:

To their credit, there was a lot of product on the walls and three small islands which ran across the shop. The down side is that it felt cramped and rather untidy.

DVDs are £38 each but there are plenty on offer at two for one which makes for a damn good deal. There are also cheaper ones at £19, two for £35 or three for £45.

It could use a rejig and some brighter lighting, but its far from terrible.

  Undated:

The staff are pretty friendly in there. They'll be happy to answer your questions and stuff. They have a reasonable selection of videos (a few less than Darker Enterprises) at around £40 and less magazines than Darker Enterprises, but have much more sex toys and fetish stuff. I think both shops do that 'return a video get another half price' deal.

Mon-Sat 9.30-6pm (Fri. 8pm)

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From the Mystery Shopper, June 2005:

There wasn't a name to be found on the shop. Just a blank window with sign listing the adult stock.

DVDs are £40, £60 for 2 and £100 for 4.

I was greeted with a bit of a grunt from the otherwise friendly man behind the counter.

Some of the shelves and products could have used a dust. A small and rather underwhelming shop.

Undated:

The more legitimate shop of the Reading shops (it kept to the law before everything got liberalized). The shop is quite nice and clean now since they redid it. They have quite a good selection of magazines (not compared to Soho obviously) and a reasonable selection of videos as well as limited  sex toys and other stuff. The videos are quite expensive at £40 (compared with the £20 generally found in London) though they do sometimes give impromptu reductions. The guy who runs it is however pretty grumpy and not exactly an expert in customer service.

Unlicensed lingerie store

From the Mystery Shopper, June 2005:

This is more an erotic emporium than a sex shop and there were no R18 stuff to be found. Nevertheless it's awash with interesting and unusual products.

Mon-Sat: 9am-7pm

0870 755 4800

From the Mystery Shopper, June 2005:

DVDs were £40 and VHS titles £30. Both were offered with a £20 exchange but it wasn't quite clear what this meant. Would I get a £20 credit towards a new film or would it cost me £20 to exchange them for  another title? Still lots of straight, gay & fetish films to choose from. Bargain movies were priced at £20

From the owner:

We have a licensed sex shop and sell a large selection of hardcore videos & DVD's, currently 200+. Cannot comment on the staff but would always be interested in hearing what others think.

Mon-Sat 9.30-5.15pm

Tel: 01642 474144

Email: booksandmags@btconnect.com

Fully licensed sex shop with over 300 titles on DVD plus a large range of toys and magazines. Good prices, friendly, helpful staff. If they don't have what you want they'll try and get it for you.

Tel: 01737 779 557

On the A23 about 1/2 mile south of the town centre

I assume it is licensed as it has a good selection of XXX DVDs. It also has sex toys and a range of leather play wear.

After checking it out for friendliness etc., I visited it in February with my wife. We purchased several playwear items, as it has a small curtained cubicle for trying them on. I have been back several times since. The staff is female and very friendly. Recently, it has started opening on Sundays also (from 10-4 I think)

The Facade
Holmesdale Road

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm (closes 3-4pm)

Tel: 01737 247922

  News from Peter, May 2006:

Now changed from being Taboo International to Pillow Talk.

  From Sarah

Its a relatively small shop which holds about 350 400 films. They also sells loads of toys from Rabbits to blow up animals! Not forgetting lingerie, fantasy wear and also they cater for Stag and Hen nights. The staff are friendly and always willing to help. Opening hours are from 10.00-18.00 Mon -Sat

A large shop with a good deal of stock, including many magazines and DVDs. Very friendly staff, the bloke behind the counter is eager to help. Prices are average for sex shops. Not at all seedy. Well worth a visit.

  From the bgafd forum: Huge

If you live in the North Wales area and you want porn, go to the shop in Rhyl. It's the Porn Shop Version of Blockbuster Video

It's huge and the moment you walk in there's a picture of Omar, how classy is that, to see the Legend looking right at yer before entry, He even walked past me on the Promenade, but seriously check out the shop, its huge and looks great, has everything you want, even Granny Porn.. what's going on?

By the way I don't work there, its just a cool shop. I wish I did, I tried to get a job but they guy wouldn't take me on as he only wanted female workers which is fair enough.

Do check it out.

SimplyPleasure.COM

102 Drake Street
Rochdale
OL16 1PQ

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm

Tel 01706 658585

shop details at
www.simplypleasure.com
 

Romford Shopping Centre

Unlicensed

Liberty Shopping Centre

  News August 2007

Posters heralding a new store have wound up the local nutters

Unlicensed but trying to obtain a licence.

3/5 Rawmarsh Hill
Parkgate

Mon-Sat 9.30-6pm (Fri. 8pm)

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Pulse & Cocktails
M1 Junction 33
Canklow Meadows Industrial Estate
Rotherham
S60 2XL

Mon-Fri: 10am-8pm
Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 11am-5pm
 

shop details at
www.pulseandcocktails.co.uk

This flagship store in Rotherham is the largest sexy superstore in Europe and made the BBC News upon its opening. This gigantic superstore is made up of two exciting departments.

The first department is ‘Cocktails’, which has an amazing range of sexy clothing and lingerie of both conventional wear and fetish wear including PVC, latex and leather. The store also boasts the largest selection of uniforms with over 20 different sexy dressing up outfits on display. The diversity at this store is massive, stocking a very comprehensive range of sizes from 8-26. This store also has a full range of wigs, shoes and a fantastic selection of hosiery.

Cocktails also has an excellent choice of naughty novelties and games as well as an excellent range of hen and stag night products.

Pulse is where the shopping adventure really begins and is situated on the ground floor! The sex toys department is huge with literally thousands of toys from every corner of the globe with many items available to touch in the 'switch on and try before you buy' display area. This store also has an exclusive range of erotic furniture.

  Directions

• Turn off at Jctn 33, M1 (Near Meadowhall Shopping Centre Jctn 34)
• Head towards Rotherham (A630)
• First left roundabout onto A630
• Continue for approx ¼ mile (Passing Halfords and Dunelm Mill on the left)
• Turn left off the dual carriageway at the side of Wickes.
• Turn right at the T junction & continue for approx 100 yards
• The entrance to the car park is at the end of the road on the right.

This store has a two-acre car park so there is ample parking for lorries and coaches.

Shop at Pulse & Cocktails for sex toys, rabbit vibrators, sexy clothing & lingerie and sex dolls or Hardcore Films from our sex shops.

  Thanks to Tim: Supermarket Like

In Sheffield and Rotherham there are a couple of pretty large shops called Pulse & Cocktails. These are quite supermarket-like in layout and atmosphere - very bright and airy and the staff are friendly and fairly non-intrusive. The prices are a bit steep I think (£30 for an R18 video or 2 for £50), but they do have preview facilities and an exchange facility where you can swap any tape for £10 within (I think) 2 weeks.

They've got a good selection of magazines too, but I wasn't totally impressed by them all being bagged up (no preview copies) even though there are signs saying that if you want anything opened then just ask.

Licence awarded for new shop

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