Great little local newsagent just a stones throw from the Northcote Road and Clapham Common…read more Selling papers, magazines, DVDs, Alcohol, and has a cash point which is extroadinarily useful around this area where these are pretty scarce. Also has the usual supply of ice-creams, sandwiches and soft drinks. Very friendly staff, lovely location and pretty comprehensive services. Think they have a dry-cleaner as well. Go on, grab a mag.

What makes a convenience store good? They're all much of a muchness. Magazines, newspapers, crisps,…read moresweets, drinks, some basic food...that's about it. So, it's got to be the little things that you look out for. One of the things I really like about Michaels is the fact that they don't charge you for using a card. Great stuff when all you want is a bus pass in the morning. And it's open early. Not sure how early, but It's always been open when I've left the house. It's quite a big store for a local corner shop - so there is some choice when it comes to regular foodstuffs, and because it's pretty big it isn't one of those places that you're afraid to turn around while wearing a backpack in case you demolish an entire shelf. The staff are lovely, and thus far have never failed to call me Sir - even when I'm hungover, buying monster munch in shorts and a vest. So, a very nice shop indeed.

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets, J.K.Rowling describes Tom Riddles(Voldemont)diary as…read morehaving a printed name of a newsagents on Vauxhall road, London on the back. Seeing as Smiffs is the only newsagent on this street, I can only assume it is the one she was refuring to. Therefore, I feel this newsagents should be extreamly famous and popular among the Harry Potter loving community, I sertainly will be making an attempt to purchase a diary similar to the one a 16 year old Voldemont did :D Congradulations to Smiffs for getting an internationally read pun from J.K.Rowling herself for nothing more than its location on Vauxhall road!

Masumin's is legendary! Although not particularly well laid out -it's really small and there's…read morestuff everywhere so it can be a bit of a squeeze getting to the back - you can count on finding what you want. As well as the usual magazines, drinks and chocolate, Masumin's sells all sorts of other stuff from food to needles and thread (something I found there when searching Wandsworth frantically one sunday afternoon). The man who runs it is so friendly and will help you find what you want and offer you better or cheaper alternatives. The shop is well located on the way to Wandsworth train station and he also has a stall right outside the station that sells newspapers. I recommend it - I'd much rather spend my money here than in a chain shop or supermarket, and he gives much better service.

Very friendly and helpful people. They do a package drop off service so you can grab your Amazon or…read moreother store items from them and not have to wait around for the delivery dude again. They have Arizona iced tea and it's good.