Hawkin's Bazaar

I first heard of Hawkin's Bazaar about 18 months ago, on a mailing list for home educators. This is a shop which specialises partly in traditional gifts, and also, increasingly, in the strange and unusual. The gifts are mostly aimed at children, but there is a selection for adults too. If you want an inexpensive present for someone who appears to have everything, I can highly recommend Hawkin's! They do have a web-site with a good search facility, but my eyes tend to get tired looking at pictures for too long, so I ordered their catalogue. This can easily be done from the site (http://www ... more

I first came across Hawkin's Bazaar a few years ago when someone brought in a catalogue into work and I flicked through it thinking what great gift ideas. I then went onto there website www.hawkin.com to have a further browse as they said they had more goodies online. I will concentrate on the website for this review but they do also have 46 shops around the country and if you get the catalogue (since I ordered online I seem to receive one every few months) you can order over the phone or via a postal form. Hawkin's sells so many different items and coming up to Christmas you can get great ... more

First knew about Hawkins BaZaar a couple of years ago when it opened up in Chelmsford around Christmas Time, but it only stayed open during Christmas but last year it opened at Christmas time again and has stayed open all year round and is still there now in the Meadows Shopping Centre, im currently a Christmas Temp so it will be a busy time for me but its good fun. Hawkins BaZaar have a website, www.hawkin.com! But im here to talk about the shop not the website but i can give you some info. On the website it has every product on there and you can even order a catalogue for free and have it ... more

I only came across this shop 3 years ago, when i was walking about in Portsmouth. I went in and had a look around at all the different things they sold Toys, Games, Clockwork toys, Experiments, Musical intruments, Bath items such as ducks & wind up frogs and much more. Remember them fotune teller fish you used to get from crackers which curl on your hand? Remember a cup with a ball and string attatched to it and you had to get the ball in the cup? This is the ultimate shop to ring back all your childhood memories! I was looking for work over xmas and decided to apply for a xmas temporary ... more

I have been using Hawkins Bazaar for a couple of years now and I don't know how I got by without it. Its great around Christmas time especially for all those people who are hard to buy for and great for any other time of the year too birthdays or maybe a little treat for yourself! Basically Hawkins Bazaar sells anything and everything! It sells a wide range of toys and gifts for both adult and children with the stock regularly changing and being updated. It has a large section on books where you can get titles such as 1000 places to see before you die, the BBQ bible and a jokelopedia for the ... more

Hawkins Bazaar, who else’s? . The brochure/catalogue (this Christmas a red brochure with Santa surrounded by toys) is often pushed through my door or I get one inside a Sunday paper. The catelogue has been available since 1980. Hawkins Bazaar also has a web site www.hawkin.com. There are about 20 Hawkins shops around the country. I prefer to browse the30 page brochure than to trawl through the web brochure but when I decide what to buy I can put my order in on the Internet or send of the order form from the catalogue. So what delights can you buy from Hawkins? Toys and novelties. Some ... more