Following on from “the stuff you used to see but doesnt exist anymore” thread what about shops, major stores, not mrs jones sweet shop on the corner.

Woolworths,
bhs,
kwik save,
littlewoods,
fine fare,
somerfield,
rumbelows,
granada tv rental,
telefusion,

C&A

Safeway

Still has branches in Spain!

Chelsea Girl and Conceptman

Fosters Menswear
Ciro Citterio Menswear

got all my stuff from there when there was nowhere else to get it from.

Shoppers World – a superior standard of tiny pens to nick than Argos.

Index

Yes c&a no longer in UK but still very healthy globally.

Martin’s newsagents?

Phones 4 U

Beatties model shops

freeman hardy willis

C&A is a peculiar one – anyone know why they pulled out of the U.K.?
They seemed a perfect fit on the 80s British high street.

Our Price
Virgin Records

Rory Obriens bike shop in Romford, it makes the list because its a bike shop and was very big…well big if you were a little kid.

Bejam.

Martin’s newsagents?

Pretty sure there’s one in town.

Famous Army Stores
Army and Navy Stores
Woolworths
Gadget shop

Timothy White.

Electronics Boutique

what every woman wants
what everyone wants

Presto supermarkets.

What was the big draw of Portland Walk; Andy’s Records and JJB sports.

Not seen a Millets for a while…

Mr Byrite
Presto
Caters Which became Presto, which became Safeway, which is now Morrisons)
Somerfield and Gateway
Olympus Sport
Dixons
MFI
Borders
Comet
JJB Sports
Thresher
Blockbuster
Dolcis
Ravel
Athena
Body Shop
Sock Shop

Julian Graves aswell I think.

Not seen a Millets for a while…

I get a daily email from them.

Cobblers (nothing to do with Millets)
Oswald Bailey
Lillywhites – the proper one

Beatties model shops

Had a weekend job in Beatties when I was at Uni.

Quiet Sunday mornings constructing elaborate train crashes on the enormous model railway layout. Best part time job ever.

Also worked in Safeway and Texas Homecare

Games Workshop?

I get a daily email from them.

Just googled them..yep they’re still going

Smith’s Newsagent.
Mr Smith retired and has gone visiting his family in Canada, it was in the paper and everything.

I used to work for Woolies head office. Even as a Grad I could see how utterly mad their retail/supply chain model was. They had something like 25 promotional periods in a year, best sellers ripped off the shelves, massive historical overstocks etc.

YHA Adventure Shops.

Lillywhites – the proper one

🙁 Used to love going there. Like the top floor of the corner shop, it had all the sport kit you’d dream of!

Games Workshop?

Still around but called Warhammer I think

JJB Sports still going as is Games Workshop.

Birketts

Madhouse
Meesons
In excess

Our price
MVC
Tower records
Boneshakers

A video game shop, the units were taken on by game I think?

Millets are still going

John Menzies

Hepworth’s menswear
Hinton
Lipton
Presto
Hillards
Brown Muffs
Busby’s

Mainly northern based