Ymca

YMCA is a great chairty shop near the centre of North Shields’ main shopping street. They sell mostly clothing for men, women and children, but they also have a small selection of jewellry and bric a brac. It is a large, airy shop. Unlike some smaller charity shops there’s plenty of space to move around as the layout means that things haven’t been crammed in anywhere. They also have a good box-​type thing with loads of scarves and other miscellanous accessories and they are very cheap! I have bagged numerous branded items for 50p-£1, such as scarves and belts. The clothing is reasonably priced though you do get the odd Primark item labelled at £4 (which is probably more than they cost brand new!) but still I think the pros outweight the cons of this place, as I have seen FCUK and Gap items priced less than Primark ones.