Mike’s of Cardigan
& Cardigan Electronics
Just LOOKING
is Half the Fun of Shopping with US!
Welcome to Mike’s Shop, incorporating Cardigan Electronics, located in the Market Town of Cardigan,
just a few miles from the sea, in the beautiful county of Ceredigion, West Wales.
Some information about us.
* The shop is owned and run on a daily basis by Mike , Margaret & son Chris Ford.
*Our web site is not an “On-Line” shop, more a “shop window”, and a guide to the products you will see should you pay us a visit
when you come to Cardigan shopping, or visit the area on holiday. There really is no other shop like it, ANYWHERE!
* We opened our doors for the first time, 28 years ago, on 1st September 1980, as Cardigan Electronics, repairing TV & Audio.
* We sold over 3,000 personal computers from 1981 to 1995, starting with the Acorn Atom, Sinclair ZX81 & Spectrums.
* Around 2,000 of the computers were Acorn BBC, Electron, & Archimedes Computers . Many going into schools.
* We also featured the Amstrad PCW8256 and PC1512 in our line up, along with other long forgotten popular brand names.
* In 1983 we introduced Cardigan to Satellite TV with 2 Mtr Dishes, in the days when ALL the film channels were FREE.
* We purchased the building we are in today, in 1987, and became one of the largest TANDY Dealers in Wales for the next 9 years.
* We gradually became a family “ Variety Store” around 1996, after the last recession.
* We now stock over 8,500 product lines in our 3,000 sq ft shop, a tiny sample of which are listed in these pages.
* We still sell a range of RadioShack Electronic Accessories and hobby components from the USA.
* If you looked at every line we sell for 20 seconds, you would have to browse our shop for over 33 hours.
* 83,827 people purchased something from us last year. * Items are priced from 1p to a few hundred pounds.
* If you come looking for us, please note, Mike doesn’t operate big city shop hours.
* We open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Half day Wednesday, 1 pm.
* We close all day every Sunday, and we close most Bank Holidays too.
(Unusual hours maybe, but after 28 years trading in this beautiful area, we think we have the work/play balance about right. )
If you visit our Royal Air Force Aberporth web pages, please note the camp closed in 1984 and was demolished in 2004.
just a few miles from the sea, in the beautiful county of Ceredigion, West Wales.
Some information about us.
* The shop is owned and run on a daily basis by Mike , Margaret & son Chris Ford.
*Our web site is not an “On-
* We opened our doors for the first time, 28 years ago, on 1st September 1980, as Cardigan Electronics, repairing TV & Audio.
* We sold over 3,000 personal computers from 1981 to 1995, starting with the Acorn Atom, Sinclair ZX81 & Spectrums.
* Around 2,000 of the computers were Acorn BBC, Electron, & Archimedes Computers . Many going into schools.
* We also featured the Amstrad PCW8256 and PC1512 in our line up, along with other long forgotten popular brand names.
* In 1983 we introduced Cardigan to Satellite TV with 2 Mtr Dishes, in the days when ALL the film channels were FREE.
* We purchased the building we are in today, in 1987, and became one of the largest TANDY Dealers in Wales for the next 9 years.
* We gradually became a family “ Variety Store” around 1996, after the last recession.
* We now stock over 8,500 product lines in our 3,000 sq ft shop, a tiny sample of which are listed in these pages.
* We still sell a range of RadioShack Electronic Accessories and hobby components from the USA.
* If you looked at every line we sell for 20 seconds, you would have to browse our shop for over 33 hours.
* 83,827 people purchased something from us last year. * Items are priced from 1p to a few hundred pounds.
* If you come looking for us, please note, Mike doesn’t operate big city shop hours.
* We open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Half day Wednesday, 1 pm.
* We close all day every Sunday, and we close most Bank Holidays too.
(Unusual hours maybe, but after 28 years trading in this beautiful area, we think we have the work/play balance about right. )
If you visit our Royal Air Force Aberporth web pages, please note the camp closed in 1984 and was demolished in 2004.