George Street has the highest prevalence of charity shops that I have ever seen in my life. Pretty much every local and national charity seems to have a presence here, or round the corner on Blatchington road. I'm amazed there is enough second hand stuff to go around! Although, to be honest, according to my trip into this YMCA shop, there isn't really. Maybe they were having an off day but the rails were pretty bare. The fact that the shop had your standard tired old grey carpet and used clothes smell didn't liven it up either. The YMCA has a high presence in Hove with lots of shop fronts, so perhaps they are just spreading themselves a little thin. I think The YMCA shops are a better bet for homewares anyway, on account of the fact that they have a collection point at the tip on the Old Shoreham Road, so they scoop up a lot of unwanted furniture and so on. read more