Barnardo’s

On the street they call Duke there are a few chazzer shops and this is one I don’t even bother to step foot in anymore. I feel like a pure meany for giving it a 2-​star review BUT this place used to be much better and I haven’t seen or bought anything decent from here for about 2 years now. When I 1^st moved to the Dennis town this was one charity shop I always frequented but as I said I have sadly found that over the past couple of years their stock has been a bit minimal and boring.
If you want bland, dull and generic clothes from the early 2000’s then this is the place. You’ll be hard pushed to find anything pre-90’s in here which makes me sad as either people aren’t donating or all the other charity shops in the area are getting those goodies.
Lovely staff but poor stock selection. Sorry Barnado’s but there’s other charity shops a wee bit further along I’d rather go to :(

Charity shops in this area are fortunately still priced as they should be and have yet to be turned in pricey vintage stores like there cousins in the west end of town. This one on Duke street is a fine example, with an excellent collection of male and female clothing, books, Cd’s etc all priced very reasonably.
Clean and well laid out, this store is both welcoming and easy to navigate unlike others where you fear that one wrong turn will see you knock everything flying with your rucksack.
So yeah, this is a good find and one of many decent charity shops in the area…

My first memory of this charity shop is from when I was a child, mortified by the fact that my mum was making me go there with her, and hoping that none of my friends would see me, as I considered it a terribly uncool and embarrassing place to be.
How wrong I was. There is nothing else like the sense of satisfaction that comes from a lovely little charity shop find, and this certain Barnardo’s shop is where my love affair with charity shops and vintage clothing began.
One of Dennistoun’s longest running charity shops, this is a great place to pick up some fashionable finds at a fraction of the high street price tag. As the number of students in the area has increased over the years, so has the quality of charity shop donations. Here you can find some clothing with character and some really great books (recipe and novel) from just £1.
I still enjoy the big swirly donation box that spins your coins around before dropping them in, as I did when I was dragged here as a kid. Now I absolutely love charity shops, and this is one of high quality, albeit not always the cheapest, but for a very good cause.