Salvation Army

This Salvation Army is a veritable treasure trove! If you’re a rummaging Roy or a bargain-​hunting Brenda this is the place for you to go!
The turnover of stock here is so rapid that no two days are the same with weekends particularly bustling!
The furniture section is renowned for the frequent appearance of mid-​century delights– there are also fantastic buys to be found in the really large women’s clothing section. Bags, shoes, books and bric-​à-​brac galore — you could easily pass an hour in here and still not have made it round the whole shop!
It’s superbly located minutes away from Kelvinhall subway and right between Byres Road and Kelvingrove museum right on a busy bus route.
Cheap as chips and really worth the trip– the subdue displays are also fun and seasonal making this a great charity shop in my view while not quite as polished as some of the trendier ones on Byres Rd, your much more likely to grab a bargain in the good old Sally Ann!

Love this place for having a good look round, different products on sale for example furniture, clothes, books, toys.

I do love charity shop’s where you could buy old books distressed furniture to lampshades. I would say this is one of the better ones as l have found a bargain or two in this one especially cook books where else could you find a charlie trotter book that retails at £80 for only a £1. You can find anything here from wheelchairs to kitchen tables. This shop is located next to the bus stop and well worth a visit.

It’s no secret that the Partick Cross Sally Army is the mother of all Glaswegian charity shops.
Not only is it MASSIVE, but it is bursting with bargains of all shapes and sizes, like you wouldn’t believe! It’s the only charity shop where you could buy a three piece suite along with a granny jumper, and it would still only come to a fiver. Without exaggeration, I have seen suites in here for 15 quid, marked down because one of their cushions was a tad ripped. If you can get last season’s Ikea in here for that price because of one minor detail, just buy a throw (they probably have crocheted ones hiding in the quilt section, anyhow).
Their clothes are all super cheap and they have a ton of books. It’s almost like the Barras in miniature, or a well organised flea market.
But the best feature of this Sally Army has got to be the window displays. I don’t know who donates some of this stuff but it looks like it belongs in a museum rather than in a charity shop. I’ve seen old gramophones, signed football strips and Victorian lacrosse bats turn up in my time, and it’s always worth a look as they usually sell that stuff on Saturdays. You just need to make sure you go first thing so you can swipe it up before anyone else does.
The legend that is Sally Army is passed from generation to generation and is a good stop off spot for surrounding students. They have more recently begun hosting vintage afternoons where they dig out their most retro duds and sell them off in scores. With the biggest gravitational pull of second hand stuff in the city, you’re unlikely to emerge from this place empty handed.

This place reminds me of the thrift stores that i usually frequent on my numerous, annual… ish trips to visit the in-​laws on the sunny shores of Mooseland, sorry, Mountyville, my mistake, Beaveria… no, no, what’s it called again? Ah yes, Canada, that’s it… silly me.
The resemblance is based mostly on the shear size of the joint, as its easily the biggest of the charity shops in this here city. if not Scotland, the UK, Europe, the world!!! ok, well maybe just Glasgow… i think.
Packed to its gunnel’s with all manner of the usual gear, clothes, books, furniture, stuff, and all at very reasonable prices to boot.
This place is in fact one of the few in this area that has not fallen foul of the ever increasing lean towards «vintage» charity shops, and the low prices mentioned before back this feel up.
Check this place out, its worth a visit of your doing the charity shop run and is especially good if your on the hunt for some cheap (in price) furniture.

This great big branch of Salvation Army has the very best selection of second hand furniture around, including everything from cheap and cheerful sofas, to grand dining tables and chairs.
There isn’t much in the way of clothing here, as it’s all a bit jumbled and tatty and I haven’t ever got round to rummaging through it all. However, it’s very much worth a visit for a look at the fabulous furnishings and see if you can pick up a vintage bargain.

Some of my boyfriend’s friends have an amazingly large flat in the Hyndland area of the West End. They always seem to have new items of furniture appearing, including shop fittings that they tend to use to store things in. They also have a bar that they built in a cupboard — complete with the perfect sized fridge.
Confused? Me too. At least, I was until I found out about their very regular trips to the Salvation Army charity shop on Dumbarton Road (no more than a stone’s throw from Kelvingrove Art Gallery). In this charity shop you can find everything, from slightly scabby clothes and shoes to beds, TVs and fridges.
To be honest, I can’t say that I would recommend its clothes section to you. This part of the shop is generally frequented by the older lady — not bright young things like you and me. Instead, save your energy for searching through the section that takes up most of this GIANT shop — the furniture.
You can find pretty much anything from the Salvation Army, and all for a very good price. My flatmate, for instance, got her hands on a futon for the bargain price of £20. My boyfriend got himself a leather recliner armchair for £15. You get the idea.
As Catriona said, stock does go quickly, and if you want something you have to get it there and then. The staff do allow you to put a deposit down on something and come back for it later, once you’ve gathered together enough of your big strong friends to carry it home for you.

My favourite charity shop for furniture — the turnover is extremely quick, so if you see something you like, you better make the decision whether you want it or not pretty quickly — and on busy weekends, on the spot, otherwise when you come back, it won’t be there anymore!
The volunteers are very hard-​working in the fast-​paced enviroment and fair in the prices they set, and will even give you hand to move the furniture to your car. They also offering cheap delivery and letting you set the pick-​up date for the furniture you buy. I’ve bought good a quality second hand sofa, tall-​boy, writing desk, ottoman and coffee table/​magazine rack from there over the years and alltogether it cost me £88. Think how much the equivalent would set you back even in ikea!
Sure, you need to clean up the stuff you get a bit, as it’s usually a bit dusty or could do with a scrub, but it’s well worth the savings. And if you’ve got some stuff you don’t want — they pick up for free!

i got a three piece suite in here for the paltry sum of £50 once — and when we checked behind the cushions there was £30 of loose change in it! amazing! the new stock tends to come in on a saturday morning, which seems to be the best time to pick yourself up a bargain.
this place is also a gold mine for vintage video games and consoles as well — so if you need a nintendo nes or a sega megadrive to help relive your childhood, this is a great place to start.

This charity shop is massive and very popular. It sells a wide variety of goods but what most people tend to go for is the furniture and pianos. Unfortunately ‘most people’ also include antique dealers, who snap up a lot of the bargains. However, it is worth trying your luck — I went several times over a 6 month period and managed to snag myself a gorgeous 1920’s dressing table and wardrobe for the princely sum of £40 including delivery! Another time was a solid oak kitchen table for £20! Well worth a visit, especially if you aren’t keen on the ‘Ikea look’. They also sell a lot of books, clothes and some china and crockery.

This shop is massive for a charity shop, and generally pretty busy at the weekend with people raking through the tables of random books, toys and home wares.
There is a good selection of stuff in this shop and about two thirds of the floor space is given over to furniture; you’ll find wobbly second-​hand Ikea stuff next to great-​big solid British made furniture from the early half of the last century.
I would say that the furniture is probably the best thing about this shop, knowing that the money goes to charity is an extra bonus; you can expect to pick up a bargain although I would make sure you give it a good look over and measure the piece and the room you want to put it in first, some of those old wardrobes are massive.
Last time I was in they had a beautiful old wardrobe that underneath the clothes rail had a row of small glass-​fronted cabinets, each with a label for different garments, a real piece of craftsmanship.