New sex shop coming to Hove (From The Argus)
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New sex shop coming to Hove
12:00pm Monday 28th December 2009 in
Hove's image as Brighton's more genteel sister is about to get raunchy.
A new adult boutique selling upmarket erotic goods is about to open.
A banner above the new Taboo store in Blatchington Road declares: “Hove is about to get sexy.”
Owner Tim Robinson has given the shop a £50,000 refit ahead of its opening on January 18.
He already runs a Taboo boutique in Surrey Street, Brighton, and Lust at Gardner Street in the city centre.
The new Hove store replaces the former Ignition sex shop which closed in May. (09) Ignition raised eyebrows when it first opened in 2003.
Residents feared Hove's first sex shop would attract the wrong sort of people to a street used daily by parents walking their children to nearby schools.
But opposition died down after it changed wording on its front window.
The new Taboo has been given a cautious welcome by residents.
Mr Richardson, 49, said he has turned the property form a traditional sex shop into an upmarket adult boutique.
He said: "The fact that the shop already had a licence was a factor in us choosing the site.
"We have spent a huge amount of money on refurbishing the shop and we are a completely different style to what was previously there.
"We already have an award-winning shop in Brighton and we see ourselves as a high end adult boutique, not a sex shop."
He said he has plans to open more shops in other parts of the country over the next year.
Mr Richardson added: "There is a large demand for the type of products we stock.
"Hove has a large catchment area and the nearest shop for them to visit would be Taboo in Surrey Street.
"We thought that a more local shop for our customers who we know already travel in from Hove and Portslade would be more convenient for them.”
Comments(24)
Living in the real world
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12:24pm Mon 28 Dec 09
Let the people decide
caeos
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2:17pm Mon 28 Dec 09
sw- show-wife
HoveAlone
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4:08pm Mon 28 Dec 09
Do you really think our former 'Hove Borough Council' would have allowed such Brightonian brashness by granting a licence for a sex shop???!!!
Keep your sleeze and your bohemian things in Brighton. They are not welcome in Hove.
Spx
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4:21pm Mon 28 Dec 09
s w black mamba
kkj
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5:52pm Mon 28 Dec 09
jaque au lait
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6:10pm Mon 28 Dec 09
HoveAlone wrote:no one from hove uses the sex shops in brighton then? bet youre first in the queue, you dirty old codger, nudge, nudge, wink, wink. anyone for a rampant rabbit.
More fuel to the argument for Hove to seperate from B & H. Do you really think our former 'Hove Borough Council' would have allowed such Brightonian brashness by granting a licence for a sex shop???!!! Keep your sleeze and your bohemian things in Brighton. They are not welcome in Hove.
mothy
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6:42pm Mon 28 Dec 09
see you there..
davyboy
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6:44pm Mon 28 Dec 09
HoveAlone wrote:and your problem is, exactly???? of course the 'Hove Borough Council' would have allowed it, if they thought is was needed. anyway, ignition had been there quite a while, so i cannot see the objection. HoveAlone sounds very appropriate, hiding behind twitching curtains.
More fuel to the argument for Hove to seperate from B & H.
Do you really think our former 'Hove Borough Council' would have allowed such Brightonian brashness by granting a licence for a sex shop???!!!
Keep your sleeze and your bohemian things in Brighton. They are not welcome in Hove.
RickH
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7:22pm Mon 28 Dec 09
HoveAlone wrote:And like caeos says "...its not a new shop, its an existing 18+ shop with new owners and a new name..." - so kinda blows your comment out of the water!
More fuel to the argument for Hove to seperate from B & H. Do you really think our former 'Hove Borough Council' would have allowed such Brightonian brashness by granting a licence for a sex shop???!!! Keep your sleeze and your bohemian things in Brighton. They are not welcome in Hove.
And I live nearby and there's never been any trouble associated with the place; you wouldn't even know it was there unless you looked for it.
stan bailey
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7:53pm Mon 28 Dec 09
TheInsider
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8:58pm Mon 28 Dec 09
I wonder what parents think of that or tell their kids.
michael.evans
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11:04pm Mon 28 Dec 09
jaque au lait
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6:10am Tue 29 Dec 09
michael.evans wrote:erhhhhmmm mr. missionary position has spoken, all bow to his superior carnal knowledge, now where are those double AAs?
This is not fun or enjoyment or liberation or freedom of expression or broad-mindedness. This is a sad and squalid industry for people who unfortunately cannot experience the joys of sex without deviant aids.
jon s
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1:07pm Tue 29 Dec 09
sussexone wrote:Dear customer,you should move as close to it as you can,that way you won't have far to walk to it.Who knows,you may even get to be the first in the queue.
who cares! no doubt the religious prudes and old f*rts will all be up in arms about it! security words: get-alife!
Fight Back
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5:14pm Tue 29 Dec 09
michael.evans wrote:Better "deviant aids" than what the Irish clergy got up to !!!! You must be the life and soul of any party. Leave people to what they want just as long as it's legal.
This is not fun or enjoyment or liberation or freedom of expression or broad-mindedness. This is a sad and squalid industry for people who unfortunately cannot experience the joys of sex without deviant aids.
notaconspiracy
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5:52pm Tue 29 Dec 09
RickH
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6:26pm Tue 29 Dec 09
TheInsider wrote:I would hope that parents give an honest and open answer appropriate to the age of the child - rather than run away tittering or ignoring the issue (and thus reinforcing the attitude that sex is in someway bad or dirty).
I walked past a new shop in Ship Street last week and was gobsmacked to see giant dild** on a shelf in full view of the of shoppers walking past on the pavement. I wonder what parents think of that or tell their kids.
UglyAmerican
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6:48pm Tue 29 Dec 09
michael.evans wrote:You sound American.
This is not fun or enjoyment or liberation or freedom of expression or broad-mindedness. This is a sad and squalid industry for people who unfortunately cannot experience the joys of sex without deviant aids.
Deep South Bible belt perhaps?
sw = girl-skin....epic
TheInsider
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10:07pm Tue 29 Dec 09
Maybe that's my own insecurity.
jaywalker
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11:09pm Tue 29 Dec 09
HoveAlone wrote:Sex shops sell vibrators, health food stores sell soya products, what's the difference? nothing, they're both meat substitutes! Live and let live, or, go and live on the top of a mountain somewhere and let people get on with their love life in their own way!
More fuel to the argument for Hove to seperate from B & H. Do you really think our former 'Hove Borough Council' would have allowed such Brightonian brashness by granting a licence for a sex shop???!!! Keep your sleeze and your bohemian things in Brighton. They are not welcome in Hove.
jon s
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1:27am Wed 30 Dec 09
RickH wrote:It's fine for you to suggest that parents should walk their siblings through a **** shop,but it's not for everyone.Carry on with your swingers view,but most posters here aren't.
TheInsider wrote: I walked past a new shop in Ship Street last week and was gobsmacked to see giant dild** on a shelf in full view of the of shoppers walking past on the pavement. I wonder what parents think of that or tell their kids.I would hope that parents give an honest and open answer appropriate to the age of the child - rather than run away tittering or ignoring the issue (and thus reinforcing the attitude that sex is in someway bad or dirty).
David Panter
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7:50pm Fri 1 Jan 10
jon s wrote:My children will know what sex is, in age-appropriate terms, so they will not grow up thinking it is something shameful or dirty. Also then they will be able to recognise if someone behaves inappropriately towards them and will not be afraid to tell a suitable adult or think they themselves have done something wrong.
RickH wrote:It's fine for you to suggest that parents should walk their siblings through a **** shop,but it's not for everyone.Carry on with your swingers view,but most posters here aren't.
TheInsider wrote: I walked past a new shop in Ship Street last week and was gobsmacked to see giant dild** on a shelf in full view of the of shoppers walking past on the pavement. I wonder what parents think of that or tell their kids.I would hope that parents give an honest and open answer appropriate to the age of the child - rather than run away tittering or ignoring the issue (and thus reinforcing the attitude that sex is in someway bad or dirty).
They will also be able to differentiate between the words "siblings" and "offspring"; clearly you can't. But hey, I'm sure you're giving your children an education to the best of your limited means.
I would hazard a guess that most people who end up with twisted attitudes to sex - and I don't mean people who use sex toys - have had repressed and ill-informed parents who have taught them that enjoying sex is immoral.
jon s
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8:31pm Fri 1 Jan 10
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sussexone says...
12:03pm Mon 28 Dec 09
security words: get-alife!