Fat willys

[Sir galahad]

Totally random question, just to settle a debate... On Coronation walk there used to be a shop called fat willys surf shop and they sold t-shirts with big iluminous writing on featuring the shops name,am i right? nobody in the pub who i spoke to remembers this and thought i had clearly had one to many. Does anybody else remember? if so any idea of the year the shop was trading?

[therocs]

No, I agreed with the one too many school of thought

[Qwackerz]

Yer i remember that...funky stuff like Ocean Pacific......

Shack not shop.....opposit the Pavilion pub now....

[RobinC]

I don't know when they stopped trading, but I remember the shop. They are still trading in other towns.

http://www.fatwillyssurfshack.co.uk/...facturers_id=1


RobinC

[flinty]

Totally random question, just to settle a debate... On Coronation walk there used to be a shop called fat willys surf shop and they sold t-shirts with big iluminous writing on featuring the shops name,am i right? nobody in the pub who i spoke to remembers this and thought i had clearly had one to many. Does anybody else remember? if so any idea of the year the shop was trading?

Yep i use to have all their tracksuits they were like having burberry now, just hope mandy dusnt read this or she will be puttin pics up (he he) I last heard they still had one in blackpool, i remember them bein ther in 85 up tll 89 90 ,so you right,

[bobbie]

late eighties early nineties i think.all the stuff was neon.xfat willys surf shack.wasn t it where the marine club was.?x

[marilyn]

There's loads of Fat Willy's in Cornwall

That's where the 'fad' started - In Newquay. The original shop is a tiny little thing opposite the beach

[The Debster]

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

[Tilly W]

Mr Tilly took over the shop after Fat Willys closed,and we lived in the flat above for about 3 years.It was a nightmare living there as obviously on the other side of the walls of the flat was a pounding nightclub

The lack of sleep for 3 years could go a long way to explaining my lunacy today.

[Billy17]

I remember it!

In fact, I think I still have a 'Fat Willys Southport' t-shirt somewhere! Maybe it would be worth something now?! LOL

[KittiKat]

Can't believe i missed out on Fat Willies...gutted

[Millemg]

I remember it well, in fact I still have a fat willy to this day

[Lollie]

I still have my Fat Willies cap.........which I can't bear the thought of parting with

[Qwackerz]

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[dimples]

Mr Tilly took over the shop after Fat Willys closed,and we lived in the flat above for about 3 years.It was a nightmare living there as obviously on the other side of the walls of the flat was a pounding nightclub

The lack of sleep for 3 years could go a long way to explaining my lunacy today.

ye the marine club. them were the days