Editing Tandys
From HtownWiki
Warning: The database has been locked for maintenance, so you will not be able to save your edits right now. You may wish to copy and paste your text into a text file and save it for later.
The administrator who locked it offered this explanation: Dumping Database, Access will be restored shortly
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
[[image:Tandys1977.jpg|right|thumb|''Tandys'' advert, 1977]] | [[image:Tandys1977.jpg|right|thumb|''Tandys'' advert, 1977]] | ||
| − | Tandys was a franchise music store with a long history in Hamilton, owned by [[Neil Nooyen]]. | + | Tandys was a franchise music store with a long history in Hamilton, owned by [[Neil Nooyen]]. In the 1970s the shop was located on the corner of Ward and Victoria Streets (461 Victoria St). Another shop was located in Hamilton East until the early 1990s, when it moved premises to inside the Centreplace mall. In the early 2000s it shifted to just outside the main entrance to the mall, where it remained until closing and being re-branded as a [[CD and DVD Store]] in 2005 and [[Marbecks]] in 2009. |
This particular store was notable for resisting the generic imperative of mainstream music franchises by keeping less mainstream artists in stock and giving them good display space and promotion. | This particular store was notable for resisting the generic imperative of mainstream music franchises by keeping less mainstream artists in stock and giving them good display space and promotion. | ||
