h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

My area has an old fashioned shop officially known as the DIY Centre, Pontarddulais, but usually known as Ralph's DIY.

It's one of those places that's bigger inside than it is outside.
Although he has succumbed to market forces and now stocks pre-packed items of nuts, bolts, etc, there are still hundreds of cardboard boxes behind the counter with an assortment of items in. It's one of those shops where you can ask for "A grommet, about this big" and they just might find exactly what you want.

However, the real magic is not available to the general public - there are a couple of upstairs areas which are filled with literally tons of odds and ends; boxes of old tiles, ceramics, obsolete pipe fittings, and most wonderful of all, pieces of timber that are up to 300 years old!

One of the greatest honours that can happen is for Ralph to say to you "I might have something upstairs - lets go and have a look"

Also, they will cut glass to the exact shpae and size that you want it.

The full address is DIY Centre, 81 - 82 Saint Teilo Street, Pontarddulais, Swansea, Wales, UK