FabSwingers.com forum: shops from when young, no longer ?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Miss Selfridge

Wimpey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dolcis

Ravel

C&A

Beejams

Chelsea Girl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Woolworths

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

C&A

Woolies

Tammy Girl

Dixons

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"C&A

Woolies

Tammy Girl

Dixons"

C&A is still going strong in France

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"C&A

Woolies

Tammy Girl

Dixons

C&A is still going strong in France "

It is in the Netherlands too. But disappeared in the UK when I was a child.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Etam...think I actually cried when it closed

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By *tarshipMan
over a year ago

Bristol

Private Shops, not that I went into them when I was younger. Every city and town of note had one tucked away on an ever so slightly run down road just a little out of the centre. Years later I was to find that behind the blacked out windows was an Aladdins Cave of sleaze. Also, they all seemed to have a calor gas heater in them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When Currys and PC World were two different shops… Gamestation… Woolworths… Toys R Us…

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"C&A

Woolies

Tammy Girl

Dixons

C&A is still going strong in France

It is in the Netherlands too. But disappeared in the UK when I was a child....."

Fucking Brexit

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"C&A

Woolies

Tammy Girl

Dixons

C&A is still going strong in France

It is in the Netherlands too. But disappeared in the UK when I was a child.....

Fucking Brexit

You know my views on both fucking and Brexit

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By *injaprincessWoman
over a year ago

herehere

All of them cos I didn’t grow up in the uk

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"All of them cos I didn’t grow up in the uk

That's cheating

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By *injaprincessWoman
over a year ago

herehere

"All of them cos I didn’t grow up in the uk

That's cheating

No KC It’s not

style

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

Beattie's (toy shop)

Electronics Boutique.

HMV

Our Price

Toys R Us

Childrens World (like a knock-off toys r us)

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"All of them cos I didn’t grow up in the uk

That's cheating

No KC It’s not

style

She's got style, she's got grace, she's a winner, she's a............

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Private Shops, not that I went into them when I was younger. Every city and town of note had one tucked away on an ever so slightly run down road just a little out of the centre. Years later I was to find that behind the blacked out windows was an Aladdins Cave of sleaze. Also, they all seemed to have a calor gas heater in them. "

There's one still in south Wales. With a calor gas heater going strong.

It's been there for as long as I can remember. I don't know how it still makes a living with all the porn online these days.

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By *injaprincessWoman
over a year ago

herehere

"All of them cos I didn’t grow up in the uk

That's cheating

No KC It’s not

style

She's got style, she's got grace, she's a winner, she's a............"

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By *ttentiveRabbitMan
over a year ago

Lymington

Maplins

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jane Norman, use to be my go to place for going out clothes

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Littlewoods

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By *trawberry shortcake 9999Woman
over a year ago

Tammy girl was the place to get clothes and Athena to look at posters and random bits

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"C&A

Woolies

Tammy Girl

Dixons

C&A is still going strong in France

It is in the Netherlands too. But disappeared in the UK when I was a child.....

Fucking Brexit

You know my views on both fucking and Brexit

C&A disappeared from the UK long before Brexit.

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

"Beattie's (toy shop)

Electronics Boutique.

HMV

Our Price

Toys R Us

Childrens World (like a knock-off toys r us)"

Hmv still exists you need to Google see where it is in your location

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Liptons

Hintons

Woolworths

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Sex shop

Used to sell everything but mainly videos

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By *NL Social SpurschickWoman
over a year ago

Social Zone

Independent shops, not UK wide brands making each high street the same.

A few locations still have them, local baker, butcher, etc but a rarity.

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By *aribbean King 1985Man
over a year ago

South West London

Who remembers Index??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No 1 said dixons

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By *NL Social SpurschickWoman
over a year ago

Social Zone

Rumblelows - kitted out my flat with necessary electronics when I left home in the late 80s. Just return it when want to change / upgrade.

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By *nselfishpleaserMan
over a year ago

kent

"Miss Selfridge

Wimpey

Still have a Wimpey near me

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

"Who remembers Index??"

That was within Littlewoods as it was their catalogue

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Maplins

I remember when they only had one shop, in Westcliff, long before they expanded from jyst selling electrical components

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

Blockbusters

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By *ob and DeeWoman
over a year ago

crook

Richard shops.Walter Willson's

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By *aughty but nice2020Couple
over a year ago

Liverpool

Rumbelows.

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By *ob and DeeWoman
over a year ago

crook

Radio Rentals.DER. doggarts.presto. Safeway. Kwik save.

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By *aughty but nice2020Couple
over a year ago

Liverpool

Ratners…….talk about how to self destruct!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our price

Gateway

Presto

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By *ustincider888Man
over a year ago

Preston Ish

Sto len From Ivor

Ratners

Topman

Adams

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By *ustincider888Man
over a year ago

Preston Ish

"Ratners…….talk about how to self destruct!!"

Things you say after a few bevvies

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

"Beattie's (toy shop)

Electronics Boutique.

HMV

Our Price

Toys R Us

Childrens World (like a knock-off toys r us)

Hmv still exists you need to Google see where it is in your location "

So it does...although it's just a small handful of stores now.

Apparently there's one within 10 miles of me, but all the others are so far away.

In its heyday HMV was a prominent feature of my town centre, it's closing made the local news.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

Courts

Blockbuster video. Mostly for the video game rentals.

Debenhams. Was one of the biggest stores in the shopping centre at one point with multiple floors.

Allied Carpets

Netto. (pre-Costco, Costco)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Laskys

Wigfalls

Clydesdale

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Debenhams.

Did Covid finish them off or are there still some branches open? They’re still online.

On the other hand, I remember a time when retail parks didn’t exist here.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

"Debenhams.

Did Covid finish them off or are there still some branches open? They’re still online.

On the other hand, I remember a time when retail parks didn’t exist here."

They were purchased by boohoo.com who still use the name for some of their online services, but Debenhams as we knew it is finito.

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By *jsilver13Man
over a year ago

kingsbury

There is two Wimpy's in London that i know are still around, unfortunately the decor has changed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Debenhams.

Did Covid finish them off or are there still some branches open? They’re still online.

On the other hand, I remember a time when retail parks didn’t exist here.

They were purchased by boohoo.com who still use the name for some of their online services, but Debenhams as we knew it is finito. "

Thank you, that’s explains it. It’s a little sad to see the huge Debenhams premises on our High Street here. It is being converted to yet more restaurants and cafes.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Game - in Liverpool

Debenhams - cheating I know...

TJ Hughes

Army & Navy

Deeside cycles

Honda Liverpool (motorcycle)

Manchester paintball shop

George Henry Lees (Liverpool)

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

Circle K

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By *ike both76Man
over a year ago

Kettering

woolworths wimpey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mark one.

Jean Jeans.

Fosters.

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By *ecky and justCouple
over a year ago

Godalming

Still surviving..

HMV in friary centre, Guildford.

Wimpey in Addlestone

Sadly gone..

Tandy

Top Man (teenage bad fashions for me)

Mad House for jeans..

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

For those in the Manchester area, Stòlen From Ivor

Had to change the "o" as the forum won't accept the correct spelling

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By *onyjoCouple
over a year ago

Peterborough

Fine fare

Kwiksave

Timothy whites

International stores

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Price rite

Woolies

We still have a wimpy here x

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Home & Colonial

Timothy Whites & Taylor

MacFisheries

International Stores

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

John Menzies

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By *oelDorianMan
over a year ago

vanaheim

Safeways

Focus

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By *BW_Hotwife_And_HimCouple
over a year ago

South Shields

"Rumblelows - kitted out my flat with necessary electronics when I left home in the late 80s. Just return it when want to change / upgrade. "

Rumbelows was the best. I remember we always had a telly and VCR on hire because 'you cannot afford to fix them WHEN they go wrong' not IF they go wrong...

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over a year ago

"Rumblelows - kitted out my flat with necessary electronics when I left home in the late 80s. Just return it when want to change / upgrade.

Rumbelows was the best. I remember we always had a telly and VCR on hire because 'you cannot afford to fix them WHEN they go wrong' not IF they go wrong...

Great for checking the football results through the window.

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Green Shield Stamp Redemption Shops

Which morphed into Argos when traders stopped giving Green Shield Stamps

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bumbles.

Wavy line.

Mace stores.

The hot oven.

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By *inojCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

Ethel Austins

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Xxx video Manningham Lane bradford

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mister Byrite

Chelsea Girl

Exclusive

Athena - arty black and white photos of male models holding babies

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By *NL Social SpurschickWoman
over a year ago

Social Zone

Little Chef

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

C&A, British Home Stores.

With a bit of a twist on the thread.

I’m from Blackpool and lived very close to the very first B&M Bargains, it was many years later before they were everywhere.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Potty Dotty.

It was a hardware store that sold everything useful in the house.

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By *adCherriesCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire/Northwest

Index

Tammy girl

Woolies

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By *hekaiserMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Woolworths

Burton

Tower Records

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By *hristopherd999Man
over a year ago

Brentwood

"Miss Selfridge

Wimpey

I think Wimpey is still going

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can remember visiting Focus for all my materials for work. It only seems like yesterday when I was in there wheeling out patio slabs and bags of cement.

I just googled it and the last store closed in 2011

how time flies.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chelsea Girl, Index, John Menzies, Co-Op clothes and homeware, Cellar 5

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

C&A

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By *amesBeelzebubMan
over a year ago

norwich

Not sure if they are still going elsewhere but

Happy shopper

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By *ixenforfunWoman
over a year ago

banes mask

Used to have a brilliant shop called route 66. They used have amazing clothes

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By *lex.and.SexCouple
over a year ago

Bedale

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By *lex.and.SexCouple
over a year ago

Bedale

York still has one. With Calor gas

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"There is two Wimpy's in London that i know are still around, unfortunately the decor has changed "

There's one in Morden.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Kwik Save!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lo Cost

Lennons

Our Price

Owen Owen

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By *illybeachboyMan
over a year ago

Guernsey

Liptons

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By *rofessor ElementalMan
over a year ago

Durham

Callers

Wengers

Gordie Jeans

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By *illybeachboyMan
over a year ago

Guernsey

Golden Egg (fast food restaurants)

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By *.T.Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

For the Northern Ireland contingent...

Wellworths

Crazy Prices

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fads

Bookland

Phase One (local record shop)

Freeman Hardy Willis

Dixons

Comet

Texas

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Liptons"

Was it called Liptons?

I seem to remember a Lintons but I may be misremembering.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Kwik Save!"

Back in the day, that's where we used to do our weekly shop.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Kwik Save!

Back in the day, that's where we used to do our weekly shop."

Yep. Used to go round with a calculator to add up our spend and had to put stuff back if we went over

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

York still has one. With Calor gas"

There's one here in Wrexham too, and a couple more over in Chester.

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By *yway60Man
over a year ago

Gamlingay

Radio Rentals

Wavy Line

Foster Brothers

Brentford Nylons

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blockbuster videos

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Snob

Athena

And an underwear/lingerie shop that sold every day type items beginning with S that I can't remember the name of

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dorothy Perkins

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Woolworths.. used to nick the sweets in the open buckets as I walked past

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

"Miss Selfridge

Wimpey

wimpy is still going, usually on motorway services.

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

dont really miss any shops.

although woolworths for pick and mix. i doubt if open today they could compete with ebay or amazon prices.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Comet

MFI

Stables

JJB sports

BHS

Phones4U

Pound world

It's sad these places are all gone. We have the internet to thank for this.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Miss Selfridge

Wimpey

wimpy is still going, usually on motorway services."

There is/was one in St Ives town centre.

At least there was when I was last there on 9/11/01.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bensons for beds

Timberland

Littlewoods

Astons

Burtons

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By *hinyRavensWingMan
over a year ago

Hastings

Blockbuster

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The milk bar

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By *illyjohnyCouple
over a year ago

brighton

Timothy Whites

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Snob

Athena

And an underwear/lingerie shop that sold every day type items beginning with S that I can't remember the name of

Sloggi? I thought that still exists?

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By *orbidden eastMan
over a year ago

london dodging electric scooters

Happy shopper and there dodgy sugary drinks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The last Wimpey I spotted was down in Swanage. It was more like a small independant cafe than a chain. I thought they were good as Burger King back in the day. I wonder they have died out.

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By *KG12Couple
over a year ago

Burnley

Radio rentals

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By *Jones1983Man
over a year ago

Liverpool

"Miss Selfridge

Wimpey

There’s a wimpy in Aldershot and possibly in Farnborough, both just down the road from you

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Radio rentals"

Ooooooo yes! I remember going there with my Dad, to pay for the rental of my Granny's telly. I wonder if such a concept would work nowadays, to rent tellies or games consoles instead of buying? Hmmmmmm

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Granada rentals

Border beds

Top Man

Threshers

Virgin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Liptons"

Ignore my previous question, you're correct.

It is Liptons. I remember one in Rhos in the 80s.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some of these might be local to me only and a bit before my time:

Gracies

Woolworths fish bar

Norweb

Crane & Sons

Fosters

Rowland chemist

Francis chemist

T.E. Roberts

Olivers

Victoria wine lodge

Hunters tea stores

Rogers & Jackson Ltd

Motorworld

Motormania

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Some of these might be local to me only and a bit before my time:

Gracies

Woolworths fish bar

Norweb

Crane & Sons

Fosters

Rowland chemist

Francis chemist

T.E. Roberts

Olivers

Victoria wine lodge

Hunters tea stores

Rogers & Jackson Ltd

Motorworld

Motormania"

Norweb just became United Utilities, I think? They merged Norweb & NW Water to form UU......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some of these might be local to me only and a bit before my time:

Gracies

Woolworths fish bar

Norweb

Crane & Sons

Fosters

Rowland chemist

Francis chemist

T.E. Roberts

Olivers

Victoria wine lodge

Hunters tea stores

Rogers & Jackson Ltd

Motorworld

Motormania

Norweb just became United Utilities, I think? They merged Norweb & NW Water to form UU......"
I think similar things happened to a lot of stores.

Dixons for example, was probably bought by someone like currys and absorbed.

It's the same with the car industry.

Some old firms bought out and merged into the parent company.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Blockbuster Video was good to visit. Rented many films and playstation games.

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By *escourtesMan
over a year ago

hereford

Tobbaconists, not many around now...

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By *host63Man
over a year ago

Bedfont Feltham

"Miss Selfridge

Wimpey

Topshop

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By *host63Man
over a year ago

Bedfont Feltham

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By *host63Man
over a year ago

Bedfont Feltham

Bloody spell check

Virgin Records

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Steve’s paper shop, the home of my favourite 10p mixture.

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By *enfleetMaleMan
over a year ago

Hadleigh

Summerfields but that was more recent than childhood.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Rumbelows.

Radio rentals.

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By *vgloryholebs16TV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol.

John Collier

Hepworth

Bus stop boutique ( anyone as old as me remember?!)

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Some of these might be local to me only and a bit before my time:

Gracies

Woolworths fish bar

Norweb

Crane & Sons

Fosters

Rowland chemist

Francis chemist

T.E. Roberts

Olivers

Victoria wine lodge

Hunters tea stores

Rogers & Jackson Ltd

Motorworld

Motormania

Norweb just became United Utilities, I think? They merged Norweb & NW Water to form UU...... I think similar things happened to a lot of stores.

Dixons for example, was probably bought by someone like currys and absorbed.

It's the same with the car industry.

Some old firms bought out and merged into the parent company.

Oh, Rowlands pharmacies still exist. We have two in the area we live in and my Dad's pharmacy is also a Rowlands.

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"Some of these might be local to me only and a bit before my time:

Gracies

Woolworths fish bar

Norweb

Crane & Sons

Fosters

Rowland chemist

Francis chemist

T.E. Roberts

Olivers

Victoria wine lodge

Hunters tea stores

Rogers & Jackson Ltd

Motorworld

Motormania

Norweb just became United Utilities, I think? They merged Norweb & NW Water to form UU...... I think similar things happened to a lot of stores.

Dixons for example, was probably bought by someone like currys and absorbed.

It's the same with the car industry.

Some old firms bought out and merged into the parent company.

Oh, Rowlands pharmacies still exist. We have two in the area we live in and my Dad's pharmacy is also a Rowlands. "

Further investigation reveals that it was Dixons that bought Currys.

But in 2006 the Dixons name was gone for good, just leaving the Currys name.

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