Wax City
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My youngest son used to visit Wax City in London Road, West Croydon. The manager there was also a regular D.J. at WiseGuys bar, just over the road from Wax City, near the Safari cinema, in the late 1990’s.
He remembers the Aztec/Egyptian designs in the original Wax City shop. They then moved over the road right next to the Safari cinema and changed their name to ‘Nu-Wax City’ utilizing similar Aztec/Egyptian designs for the signage. Comment: Dave Harwood (July 5, 2016)
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I used to work in Wax City in the 90's. The shop was started by Remi and we had different sections which we ran as our own businesses.
I ran the hip hop & R&B, Phil ran the house & garage, Danny was the reggae man and John ran the 'Hardcore Zone' which was a room on it's own.
I left before the shop completely closed down but am still in touch with a couple of the guys. As far as I know the shop as a whole didn't move and change the name to Nu-Wax City, that was just the 'Hardcore Zone'.
We also had different bags. The one pictured above was solely for the 'Hardcore Zone'.
Name
Shaun D (2018)
He remembers the Aztec/Egyptian designs in the original Wax City shop. They then moved over the road right next to the Safari cinema and changed their name to ‘Nu-Wax City’ utilizing similar Aztec/Egyptian designs for the signage. Comment: Dave Harwood (July 5, 2016)
Comment
I used to work in Wax City in the 90's. The shop was started by Remi and we had different sections which we ran as our own businesses.
I ran the hip hop & R&B, Phil ran the house & garage, Danny was the reggae man and John ran the 'Hardcore Zone' which was a room on it's own.
I left before the shop completely closed down but am still in touch with a couple of the guys. As far as I know the shop as a whole didn't move and change the name to Nu-Wax City, that was just the 'Hardcore Zone'.
We also had different bags. The one pictured above was solely for the 'Hardcore Zone'.
Name
Shaun D (2018)
