Sheffield History Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Another extremely popular shop until recent times was Maplin Electronics on Langsett Road in Hillsborough Selling everything from batteries to lights, disco and DJ equipment and fuses, you could always nip to Maplins if you ever needed anything electrical or just wanted a browse at the latest electronics. Sadly the whole Maplin Electronics stores all closed as the Internet reduced the demand for a walk round a shop to get what you needed Maplin Electronics also suffered from not selling top branded items that everyone was looking for, and the fact their prices were so much higher than internet based businesses. Their website was terrible too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I do miss Maplins. They might have been more expensive than the internet (which lets face it, is one of the reasons for so many well known shop brands disappearing), but its only since they closed that I realised how often i went in there. Often just for a look round at the latest tech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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