Choo Choo began preparations for the move of one of its shops in November. Now, its clothes shop Choo Choo Etc Etc has formally moved just around the corner. There's a lot of space therein. Is this a good idea, though? The proprietrix was delighted with her relocation from the former Castle Mews arcade to the centre of things on St Peter's Square and spoke openly of how turnover had increased.
Moving from the former Majestic Travel shop unit to the former
Tudor Main premises is only a matter of seconds away on foot yet suddenly it loses all the passing trade of the Square. No doubt time will tell.
Although clearly signed as Choo Choo Etc Etc, the door notice at the former premises seems to call the shop Choo Choo Dress.
Meanwhile, the associated
Cwtch outfit was quick
to move from Upper Clwyd Street to the
former visitor centre that now links the old and the new Choo Choo Etc Etc sites. The Choo Choo gift shop remains on the Square. As any Welsh speaker will tell you, the proper form of cwtsh seems to have been surplanted everywhere by cwtch.
Update March 2015: within the windows of Cwtch there are now notices with arrows directing people to Choo Choo…
The former dress shop in what was Majestic's premises actually does continue, with some sale clothes and some home furnishings.
