I love m&S and think their products are great but this store doesnt have a great range of ladies…read morewear. it is a small shop so cant fit much more in but they tend to cater for more classic style ladies, they dont have a Per Una section so not a lot of young items. Underewear and nightware ranges are better and there are always nice wooly cardys and jumpers for winter. The food section is small too but has a wide range of goodies.

marks and spencers is situated in a really good place which is easy to get to in blackburn town…read morecentre. You can get everything in here from a big shop to a thermal coat! I think the quality of the food in hre is fantastic and the wine is to die for. Although m&s is a bit pricey you definatly get great quality. This is store is suitable for mothers with prams and wheelchair users as it has a lift as well as esculators. They do a great range of clothes in here and there is definatly something for everyone. The underwear section is also great as they do sizes in extra small and extra large.

This branch of Game is a fairly decent size store in Blackburn town center, on one of the corners…read moreof Blackburn's The Mall with enterences through street level and the mall, this now remains the only branch in Blackburn with the branch near enough across the way having closed down, I'm presuming due to the issues faced by Game a few years ago where they went into administration and a large amount of their stores closed, which included my local branch in Middleton and one branch at the Manchester Arndale. This is quite a decent store, it is more of a darker, grey themed store rather than the brighter store, which follows the old Game Station store format, which is the company Game bought a few years ago and transferred ownership of all their stores under the same brand a few years ago. I mainly came in here to take a look at the Black Friday deals, they did have a decent selection for good prices, for example the game Deus Ex was £20 meanwhile to buy this at Argos it would be £22.99 or £26 at Tesco at the time, but this price has now risen to £31.34 at Tesco and £39.99 at Game which still shows how Game can be out of touch with rivals in terms of pricing. This is the PS4 copy of the game used as the example, and other consoles pricing may vary. The staff seemed friendly enough although the service for the staff member to get my game was pretty slow, which was slightly frustrating. The store didn't have the best of room so it was quite squashed to look for games especially due to the layout, where you basically have to bend down and "break your back" to find the game, despite them being in alphabetical order. Overall, this store is decent but there are too many flaws such as the speed of service, the layout in some cases and pricing in some cases which makes me feel Game only deserves a high two star rating for their Blackburn branch.

Hasseen exclusive wear is just one of the many sari shops on and around Roundhay Road. It stands…read moreout for me because it has some exceptionally beautiful elaborately beaded garments which seem to be of a higher quality and level of detail than the pieces in many of the other sari shops. Some of them really are gorgeous, in vibrant gem colours with intricate patterns of gold and silver beads painstakingly sewn in. It would be worth a visit just to drool over them even if you don't intend to buy anything. The most elaborate garments are suitably more expensive than their less-detailed counterparts, with a very elaborate tunic top selling for £85.Though I'd be worried if it sold for any less considering the work that must have gone into it! If you want to experience the real beauty of traditional South Asian fashion then I would highly recommend Hasseen.