The lost Greater Manchester sex shop dreamed up by Peter Kay that took on a life of its own
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA seedy looking sex shop that was dreamed up for a Peter Kay TV series nearly 25-years ago, took on a life of its own after the cameras stopped rolling.
In the Noughties, Softys' Hard Stuff peddled 'adult' magazines, videos and toys on Bridge Street in Bolton. Sandwiched between a newsagents plastered with Botlon Evening News adverts and Sizzles takeaway, Softys was frequented by shady characters and kids who had been dared to go in by their mates.
But the shop itself didn't exist until it was dreamed up by Bolton's own comic genius, Peter Kay, and his co-writers. It featured at the end of the episode of The Ice-Cream Man Cometh, the third episode of the comedian's debut TV series. READ MORE: The lost M61 service station that was once branded the worst in the country - but it had a big claim to fame READ MORE: ITV's Saturday night TV show you couldn't get away with these days That Peter Kay Thing was a mockumentary style series first shown on Channel 4 in 2000.
Written by the comic alongside Dave Spikey, Neil Fitzmaurice and Gareth Hughes, the series was set in and around Bolton following a group of oddball characters, often played by Kay.
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