Spy Shop

I think this is a really interesting shop to look in, there’s plenty of spy equipment from small recording devices to larger surveillance cameras.
I used to fancy myself as a spy when I was a LOT younger (secret agent vixen to be precise) so this shop rather excited me!
Although i can’t say i’d buy anything from here, it made me think twice that somebody may be watching me. Closer than i’d think!

Despite every ounce of my liberal sensibilities screaming that there is something innately wrong and human-​rights violating about the fact that anyone can walk in here and buy a whole range of surveillance equipment, I can’t help but admit that this shop is pretty damn cool. OK, so I probably wouldn’t think so if someone used its many wares to spy on me, and some of it is frankly terrifying (check out the mobile phone software that automatically forwards all texts to a nominated number), but I defy anyone not to feel just a little bit cool when they pass through the blacked out glass into a room full of blinking gadgets, hidden cameras and complicated tools. On my visit I noticed some equipment labelled ‘personal protection’, and having just had my house broken into I chatted to the shop assistant about what options were available. The assistant was very talkative, helpful and friendly, as with a completely straight face he talked about the ‘alarm mine’, a trip wire device that unloads blanks at unsuspecting burglars. If I didn’t have so many housemates liable to get lost on their way to the bathroom after a few beers, I’d be giving it some serious thought.

I’ve always been intrigued by this place — its self explanatory name, its stealthy positioning amongst a load of takeaways, and the way you can’t see anything from the outside of the store.
Eventually curiosity got the better of me and I decided to venture in — not to buy anything (I’m not really into spying) but to see what it had to offer inside.
I think it’s the sort of place James Bond would shop if ever Q failied to deliver the goods. They offer everything from useful surveillance cameras to ‘spy phones’, cameras you can hide within every items, hidden microphones, and stuff that records activity on telephones and computers.
It’s a veritable hub of voyeurism, and it’s a little bit scary to think that someone could walk into here and get top of the range equipment to spy on you if they really wanted to. But this doesn’t detract from the fact that it’s a damn good spy shop.