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Penelope Maurice
Feb 11, 2007 - 8:09AM
"Loxton's" sporting goods business

HI
I truly enjoyed looking at the pics from my father's place of birth. His family owned a sporting goods business in Bristol for many years. The business was called "Loxton's". Are there any pics or any information available of the shop?
I would love to see a photo of the shop.
Thanks so much!
Penny

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Feb 11th, 2007 - 8:09 AM
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Penelope Maurice
Feb 11, 2007 - 8:19AM
Re: "Loxton's" sporting goods business

Loxton's, the sports shop in Gloucester Road in about the 1920's

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Chris Burnell
Mar 9, 2007 - 2:42PM
Re: "Loxton's" sporting goods business

Loxtons were actually in Stokes Croft. On the left going from the city. In the rank of shops just before Jamaica Street. I remember buying sports kit from there in 1960s. They stocked Fred Perry tennis kit. I'm sure the shop remained until the late 1970s or even early 1980s.

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Mar 9th, 2007 - 2:42 PM
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Paul Townsend
Mar 9, 2007 - 9:31PM
Re: "Loxton's" sporting goods business

Hi thanks for the info.

Not sure but the Loxton shop was somewhere between bottom of Nine Tree Hill and North Street Stokes Croft. It would be great if anyone had a photo?.

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Craig Turner
Jul 24, 2007 - 6:23PM
Re: "Loxton's" sporting goods business

Loxton's in Stokes Croft that was a proper sports shop!
I went there to buy my boxing kit the last time would have been around 1984/5 (aged 12-13).

The gent that ran it was superb and was always giving me more gear than I bought!

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Jul 24th, 2007 - 6:23 PM
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sally marks
Oct 6, 2007 - 4:22AM
Re: "Loxton's" sporting goods business

I lived at 59 stokes croft untill i was 10, above a pet shop called the Walk around pet stores or shop loxtons was 2 doors up from us i remember popping in there often with one of my brothers when he needed football boots a lovely shop and a very nice man behind the counter. We left there in 1971 and loxtons was still there then

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Judith HInce
May 25, 2019 - 5:26PM
Re: "Loxton's" sporting goods business

I remember buying school hockey boots and hockey stick with my mother when I was 11 years of age.
The shop was in North Street Bedminster.
Loxtons. Must have been 1962/3

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Lerod Manji
Jun 11, 2020 - 12:43AM
Re: "Loxton's" sporting goods business

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