The Reptile House

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This is probably sounds really stupid but does the Reptile House still exist?

I am asking because me and my mate are planning a trip to Leeds and we hope to visit the House. is it still there? what is the easiest way to get to it?

yes I am a noob.
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The Reptile House is moribund Clicky!

lose the image in the sig please, they get very annoying
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James Blast wrote:lose the image in the sig please, they get very annoying
No need to write that so small....
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ok, thanks for the link :)
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As the guys have said, the only way to get official Sisters merchandise (and let's face it, it's only tees) nowadays is at the gigs. When they tour. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :roll:

I was very fortunate that the very wonderful Ms Canon Docre and the very wonderful Ms Eva were prepared to shell out shed loads of ca$h for me (on trust) at the M'era Luna gig and send me a bunch of tees which I then sold on at cost to those, who for whatever reason, couldn't make the Mainland gigs.

Other than networking between friends, if you can't attend the gigs there's no way to get official 'merchandise' (read tees).

Whoever did the 'sums' for the tour also got it hopelessly wrong in terms of demand as I believe the tees had run out by Lokeren? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Must have been the Tilburg vultures ... :von:

Cue PRWY person in white van loaded with tees sprinting across Europe brandishing his UK passport at every border crossing screaming "sausage, egg and chips!". :lol:

Again, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the second batch of tees turned up until Tabor.

Though, my belated BD present of a Poison Door mug is rather natty. 8)

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so the Reptile House isn't an actual physical place, like a shop.
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Someone in Leeds can correct me but it was always (twice?) just a contact address. :|
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Now do you seriously think that would happen?

Although any mystery into the Reptile House is open to discussion...
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i seem to remember in the early 90s that there was a shop in leeds, in the university area, that was meant to be an 'official' reptile house stockist.

when we went to the 'off the streets' gig we made a half-arsed attempt to find it - but couldn't.

i cannot remember where i got this info from, but im sure i had a name & an address. i have half an idea it came from under the rock.

can anyone shed any light on this, or is my memory playing tricks on me?
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Johnny M wrote:Whoever did the 'sums' for the tour also got it hopelessly wrong in terms of demand as I believe the tees had run out by Lokeren? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Must have been the Tilburg vultures ... :von:
Yea, I was about the only one to have a UBG-tee, most people planned to buy it in Lokeren, but they'd run out...
There were still plenty of the tour-shirts left though
Again, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the second batch of tees turned up until Tabor.
Heard that too, but obviously don't know for sure...
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jherek wrote:i seem to remember in the early 90s that there was a shop in leeds, in the university area, that was meant to be an 'official' reptile house stockist.
You're mind isn't playing tricks on you. It was behind Theo's kebabs/Mega City One hairdressers/Kashmirs on Woodhouse Lane opposite the Parkinson steps. I can't remember the name although it might have been The Shining. I got a grey Replicant t-shirt there in 1994 when I was a student in Leeds but I think it shut soon afterwards.

As for where the Reptile House is, the inner sleeve to the Reptile House EP lists 7 Village Place which is in a quiet part of Burley Park.

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James Blast wrote:lose the image in the sig please, they get very annoying
Tell that to Mrs RJ.
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Johnny M wrote: I was very fortunate that the very wonderful Ms Canon Docre and the very wonderful Ms Eva were prepared to shell out shed loads of ca$h for me (on trust) at the M'era Luna gig and send me a bunch of tees which I then sold on at cost to those, who for whatever reason, couldn't make the Mainland gigs.
I think this is very kind.... :notworthy:

The Reptile House site still says that they are trading as usual....so that means not at all? :lol:
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lex3000 wrote:You're mind isn't playing tricks on you. It was behind Theo's kebabs/Mega City One hairdressers/Kashmirs on Woodhouse Lane opposite the Parkinson steps. I can't remember the name although it might have been The Shining. I got a grey Replicant t-shirt there in 1994 when I was a student in Leeds but I think it shut soon afterwards.
If I'm thinking of the same place, it was a comic shop for a while?
lex3000 wrote:As for where the Reptile House is, the inner sleeve to the Reptile House EP lists 7 Village Place which is in a quiet part of Burley Park.

Alexander
AFAIK 7 Village Place is a landlord-owned "student rentals" type of house. So there's not actually a lot to see :lol:

Although there used to be a fair bit of Sisters-related graffiti in the surrounding streets (I seem to remember Rise and Reverberate on a wall somewhere.) Find it here if you really must :lol:
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markfiend wrote:Although there used to be a fair bit of Sisters-related graffiti in the surrounding streets (I seem to remember Rise and Reverberate on a wall somewhere.) Find it here if you really must :lol:
Any pics of that available? :innocent:

Actually, why don't you guys from Leeds make some sort of Sisters-tourist guide (a list of spots or something), so we can see important places in the history of our favourite band :D (picture guide would be cool too though :wink: )
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Obviousman wrote:
markfiend wrote:Although there used to be a fair bit of Sisters-related graffiti in the surrounding streets (I seem to remember Rise and Reverberate on a wall somewhere.) Find it here if you really must :lol:
Any pics of that available? :innocent:

Actually, why don't you guys from Leeds make some sort of Sisters-tourist guide (a list of spots or something), so we can see important places in the history of our favourite band :D (picture guide would be cool too though :wink: )
Bedevaartsoord? :notworthy: :lol: :notworthy:
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Yea, our very own Graceland :lol:
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Obviousman wrote:Yea, our very own Graceland :lol:
Our very own Heartland... :wink:

Would be a nice pilgrimage.... :innocent:
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Ozpat wrote:
Obviousman wrote:Yea, our very own Graceland :lol:
Our very own Heartland... :wink:

Would be a nice pilgrimage.... :innocent:
Yes, and guided tours next time we mainlanders invade Leeds... :innocent: :notworthy:
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Eva wrote:
Ozpat wrote:
Obviousman wrote:Yea, our very own Graceland :lol:
Our very own Heartland... :wink:

Would be a nice pilgrimage.... :innocent:
Yes, and guided tours next time we mainlanders invade Leeds... :innocent: :notworthy:
Sounds like this could leed to somewhere...

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MadameButterfly wrote: Sounds like this could leed to somewhere...
MB :notworthy:
It will, and rather sooner than later I reckon.... :lol:
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Eva wrote:
MadameButterfly wrote: Sounds like this could leed to somewhere...
MB :notworthy:
It will, and rather sooner than later I reckon.... :lol:
I love it when a plan comes together!!! :lol:
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i remember the "shop " being where stated , a long time ago though.wonder if utr mentions it at all, i shall have a look tonight when i go home(if i remember)
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Sounds good. Sooner AND later as well sounds even better MB :wink: .
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Well, yes, but the mainlanders' part in the plan is merely to turn up there - it'll be up to the Leeds residentials to compile a proper tour for us *hint* (is anybody out there listening?)... :wink:
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