Thursday, 8 February 2018

Balmain, shop

This commercial and residential building is located along Darling Street, in the inner west suburb of Balmain. "Blokes" is a shop that stocks clothing, shoes, accessories, gadgets and gifts for men. Bloke is a slang term for a man common in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Linked to: Signs, Signs.

8 comments:

  1. Cool name for the place, and quite appropriate given its purpose.

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  2. yes we say bloke here in NZ too, I like the building, very similar to what we see in Auckland city.

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  3. Would not find a store by this name in the U.S. If there was one, it had better be a men's clothing store or they would get in trouble for sexism.

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  4. I like the building! Blokes id used here in Canada too but not too much.

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    1. Interesting. I didn't think it would be. Seems there are more similarities between Australians and Canadians than I thought.

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