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Chat => General => Topic started by: chocolate chick on April 06, 2006, 02:59:01 pm

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 06, 2006, 02:59:01 pm
I took a walk to Leather Lane in Holborn this lunchtime and picked up some very good chocolate and sweet bargains. I got:
3 bars of chocolate covered marzipan in a nice box for £1.
4 bags of 14 Chupa Chups lollies for £2
3 big bars of White Smarties Chocolate for £1
6 Texan Bars for £1
1 bag of Mini Heroes for £1

They also a box of Luxury Roses for £1.50, 8 Kit Kat Caramel/Berry bars for £1, 6 Rolos for £1, 2 bags of Fruit Salad and Black Jacks for £1 and loads of other bargains. I know where I will be paying a visit to every couple of weeks. David will be a happy bunny when I get home tonight.



Title: Leather Lane
Post by: oldspice on April 06, 2006, 06:51:08 pm
Sounds like a positive teasure trove.
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: on April 06, 2006, 08:49:02 pm
Yes, a productive trip indeed.  Leather lane?  Is should all cost a tanner.
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: on April 06, 2006, 10:03:38 pm

Good hunting Choc Chick.


Today I has mostly been buying 2 Cadbury Snaps honeycomb £1


plus 5 packs Willy Wonka's Nutty Surprise and 5 packs of WW's Scrumptious something or other for £1 in total.

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: smurfboy on April 06, 2006, 10:12:12 pm
Erm... CDM is £2.25 for two big slabs at Tesco. Best I can do at the mo!
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: Forth Bridges on April 06, 2006, 10:49:33 pm
where is this shop?
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: on April 06, 2006, 10:51:50 pm
I was visiting good old Farmfoods. "Tell them the one about the 3 bears."
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 07, 2006, 09:13:49 am

Excellent shopping choccie chick!


My latest bargains were a 500g box of Duc D'o assorted chocolates for £3.49 and a 250g box of Duc D'o milk truffles for 99p at my local department store. Both boxes are well in date.

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 07, 2006, 09:54:22 am
I am very pleased with my find. I believe they have different stock in on a regulat basis. So I will give it another couple of weeks and head back. All the bits I brought were in date except the marzipan which was out by one month.

They also had 3 packs of Pink and Whites for £1, various packets of McVities Biscuits, Coffee, Crisps, Boxes of Biscuits, Popcorn and chewy sweets.

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: kevvosa on April 07, 2006, 03:11:52 pm
Sounds great 

I love cheap shopping. My local market has loads of stuff but as I'm avoiding chocolate during the week I tend not to buy any now. They had something called Galaxy Flutes recently which were like wafer straw thingies covered in Galaxy.

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 07, 2006, 03:53:12 pm
They sound nice!

If I go to WH Smiths a packet of Rolos is 51p and I can get 6 for an extra 49p! I think I will be getting all my sweet things from there now. Its a nice walk there too.

It sounds like there are a lot of cheap shops/markets around but there are none in my area. Home Bargains sounds great. As does Leeds Market.

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: kevvosa on April 08, 2006, 10:06:19 am
It's a Northern thing, cos we're so damn poor up here 
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 10, 2006, 09:36:08 am

Quote from: kevvosa
It's a Northern thing 


It's also a student thing. Even years after graduation there is still that student thing inside...

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 10, 2006, 11:09:05 am


I am going back to Leather Lane tomorrow...see what else I can buy!

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 11, 2006, 02:39:50 pm
This week they had:
2 big boxes of Kinder Friends for £4
8 Crunchie Blast for £1
8 CDM Shortbread for £1
8 CDM Crispies for £1
3 packets of McVities Rich Tea for £1
Big Bag of Quality Street for £2
24 bags of Monster Munch for £1
Nestle Joe...they looked like yogurt flavour white wafers (like the pink wafers)
6 Cadburys advent calendars for 60p

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: kevvosa on April 11, 2006, 04:09:24 pm
They had Crunchie Blast in one of my local pound shops too. I'm not interested though - thought it tasted crap.

They've had some foreign dark chocolate and hazelnut bars too. Home Bargains tommorrow - hopefully will find some nice treats.  

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 11, 2006, 04:51:23 pm
Bargains are great! All are within their sell by dates. He seems to change his stock regularly with is good. 
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: kevvosa on April 11, 2006, 07:02:54 pm
Today I got a pack of Magnum 7 Deadly Sins for 1 pound. They have seven icecreams in and they're all lush! Just had the dark choc with cherry sauce one. They're all full sized ones too. 
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: smurfboy on April 11, 2006, 09:05:14 pm

Home Bargains today:


Bendicks Confections - £1.99 instead of £6.99


Bendicks Gorgeous (mini box) - 29p instead of 69p


Orange Lindors - £1.99 instead of £3.49


Nestle Double Cream Eggs - 10p each

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 12, 2006, 11:28:42 am
You might have to sell some of those on ebay smurfy 
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 12, 2006, 11:29:23 am

Quote from: kevvosa
Today I got a pack of Magnum 7 Deadly Sins for 1 pound. They have seven icecreams in and they're all lush! Just had the dark choc with cherry sauce one. They're all full sized ones too. 


Excellent value. I'm sure magnums are over a £1 each in the shops!
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: smurfboy on April 12, 2006, 03:14:12 pm

Quote from: chocolate chick
You might have to sell some of those on ebay smurfy 


Why, do you know someone who likes rare wrappers?

Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 12, 2006, 03:24:00 pm
Yes and she may also like the chocolate within them 
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: kevvosa on April 12, 2006, 03:52:15 pm
I went to Home Bargains today too. Got a small box of Guylian strawberry for about 39p, some Lindor eggs for 10p each and 3 Kitkat caramels for 49p. 
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: smurfboy on April 12, 2006, 03:55:12 pm
I was surprised at how the shop looks. I expected it to be like one of those discount warehouses with everything falling out of boxes, but it looks like a half-decent shop; nothing fancy, but clean and easy to get around.
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: kevvosa on April 12, 2006, 06:46:52 pm
That's true. As far as cheap shops go it's pretty neat, but sometimes you can get unsavoury charcaters shopping there. 
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 13, 2006, 10:50:56 am
I wonder if there is a Home Bargains anywhere near Blackpool Tower as thats were I will be next week. 
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: smurfboy on April 13, 2006, 01:06:59 pm
Just checked on Yell - no stores in Blackpool, but about ten across Lancashire.
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: kevvosa on April 13, 2006, 01:51:10 pm
They have a website: http://www.halfpriceorless.co.uk/
Title: Leather Lane
Post by: chocolate chick on April 13, 2006, 04:15:46 pm
I love they fact they have a website! Shame theres none in Blackpool, I would have had a great holiday.