1847even

This is by far one of the strangest shops I have been to in Liverpool. There is such an odd collection of items, most of which I would consider no good to me. But if you’re in need of tobacco, weird accessories and strange little gifts, look no further. Anything from gothic clothing to candles and incense will be found here.
The shop itself serves two floors. However, the basement was closed when I went (for no particular reason); I couldn’t be bothered to ask anyway. And as scruffy as it appeared, I guess I wouldn’t be in for anything special.

Wow, this place brings back some happy memories. This place used to be situated in the long lone and sadly missed Quiggin’s boutique, which was a fantastic haunt for many people my age as we grew up in Liverpool.
Sadly, Quiggin’s has now been turned into a wanky suit shop by the Liverpool One developers, snatching the place of over 25 independent retailers and the memories of thousands of Liverpool’s public.
It still has the same staff that served me when I was a fourteen year old with orange dyed hair running around Quiggins in a baggy Nirvana hoody and Fubu jeans. drunk!
This place is an Aladdin’s cave for stoners and those who like weird and alternative bits and bobs, they sell bongs, skins, pipes, incense sticks, sweets, and loads of different herbal remedies and flavoured tobaccos. They also sell UV paint, weird clothing and BB guns! FANTASTIC!

One of the strangest shops in the city has to be 1847even.
Originally located in Quiggins, it now occupies a two story space below Egg Café on Newington. The ground floor stocks a massive selection of sweets, soft drinks, confectionary, cigarettes and smoking paraphenalia whilst the basement stocks a mix of alternative and gothic clothing, accessories, hats, hair dye, essential oils and candles.
In New Orleans, the shop would probably work. In Liverpool however, it feels like you’ve wandered into a goth version of Poundland.

This quirky little shop is located next to the wonderfully delicious, vegan Egg Café, which means it’s surprising that in two years of frequenting said Mecca, I had never been in this shop until today. And, sadly for the people running it, I do not ever intend to go inside again. Why, you might ask?
These people are rude. I often make it a point to tell staff what I am doing when collecting information for a review, if only to put them at ease when I request taking photos inside. However, these women got to me before I got to them, as they saw me jotting down notes in a notebook. They very forcefully asked me what I was doing. So I told them. They then told me that I was not allowed to write notes inside their shop because it would make the manager unhappy.
Ooooooooookay. I don’t really think they had any grounds to tell me I couldn’t write in a notebook while standing in their shop. You just got yourself a negative review.
Meanwhile, what do they sell? (For you see, I have something wonderful in my brain called a memory which allows me to memorize the things I see for sale in shops, which is great considering it allows me to write about the shop even though I was not allowed to take notes while inside. You screwed with the wrong writer, woman!)
1847Even sells everything from alternative and goth clothing to adult gifts, sweets and snacks to essential oils and scented sachets. Their sign also says they sell «carnival items» which I assume refers to the masks I saw inside. Quite an interesting variety.
But if you like goth/60’s/punk type stuff, I’m going to steer you toward Grand Central on Renshaw Street where you will not only find a much larger variety of what you like, you will also find far more friendly, accommodating staff.
I’m sorry, but you asked for it.

Strange name, even stranger shop. (Incidentally, the building was built in 1847) Newsagents-​come-​alternative clothing store 1847even sells much more for the devilish than the angelic.
From black nail varnish, smoking paraphernalia, flavoured tobaccos, pipes, bright hair dyes, tutus and then the usual ciggies, choccies and drinks. The confused quirky concoction on offer here seems to be related to the close proximity of Quiggins (which it has relocated from). If 1847even is Heaven then Quiggins is the God of the alternative.
A must on the route to a Halloween party or you know, in the more frequent/​likely event that you need a new lighter or whatever– but if I so fancied I could purchase some fuchsia pink dye, studs and a black-​netted skirt to re-​live my teens in proper style.