Fat willys

[Little Londoner]

Going back to 50's to mid 60's there used to be a Waxworks there with a model of Popeye outside.

[said]

Fat Willys Surf Shack was, I think next door to the Marine Club. Unsure of the exact date it closed but it must have been around 1990 ish as I remember buying my son T-shirts and sweatshirts from there
They had some good stuff

Yeah! Missed that place, loved the gear.

[grassroots]

Yeah! Missed that place, loved the gear.

Yeah sold great T shirts with great logo's , it was by the Marine Club !!! Now that was a night club , worked the door there . The number of times I've sorted it there . God almighty.

[seivad]

Yeah sold great T shirts with great logo's , it was by the Marine Club !!! Now that was a night club , worked the door there . The number of times I've sorted it there . God almighty.

Had many a good night in the Marine Club. I guess you worked for Joe Ruane? What a lovely guy he was. I think he died a few years ago.

[gsgsgs]

Fat Willy's started life in Scarisbrick Avenue on the corner of that little street that crosses through the middle when you're walking towards the Promenade. There used to be a bookshop there too called Book Worm, I still have a leather bookmark from there that I bought in 1984

How on earth have you found a thread that was last commented on in May 2009?

[Mr Saxon]

How on earth have you found a thread that was last commented on in May 2009?

I was trying to find anything about said shop and just accidentally came across this thread.
My friend turned up this afternoon and informs me I was right about it being down Scarisbrick Ave. It was never down Coronation Walk.

[Little Londoner]

I was trying to find anything about said shop and just accidentally came across this thread.
My friend turned up this afternoon and informs me I was right about it being down Scarisbrick Ave. It was never down Coronation Walk.

Fat Willy's was down Coronation Walk, it may have been in Scarisbrick Avenue (I don't remember it being there) but was 100% definitely in Coronation Walk. Hope you haven't put a bet on your theory you've lost it.

[Mr Saxon]

Fat Willy's was down Coronation Walk, it may have been in Scarisbrick Avenue (I don't remember it being there) but was 100% definitely in Coronation Walk. Hope you haven't put a bet on your theory you've lost it.

Nope, no money on this. But before that little outcrop that now adorns the back of the Scarisbrick Hotel was built, I remember scaffolding being there for a couple of years in the late 80''s / early 90's and the whole part that was the two shops, one was Fat Willy's and the other was a bookshop called Book Worm it was built upon and filled in. Just to prove I'm telling the truth, here is the bookmark I bought from said bookshop in 1984