Dearly departed shops :-(
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Just remembered another one - Howarths in Sale Moor. Cycle shop downstairs (a proper old-style one) and a toy shop upstairs. Loved it as a kid & when I was a bit older and into mountain bikes. Probably gone now.
ETA - just checked Google Earth & it's definitely gone. It's either a bookies, a discount shop or a charity shop now.
ETA - just checked Google Earth & it's definitely gone. It's either a bookies, a discount shop or a charity shop now.
SidJames said:
International Stores
Gateway
Comet
Bejam
Netto
Netto are opening a brand new shop in Lymm, much to the annoyance of the locals who expected a Booths or a Waitrose. Gateway
Comet
Bejam
Netto
With regards to dearly missed toy shops, Mark Taylor's and The Beehive in Whitehaven hold many happy memories from the 70's and 80's.
Steve
Lewis's department store.
The one in Stoke on Trent used to have the most incredible Santa's grotto at Christmas time. I seem to recall it taking up most of a entire floor. No Christmas was complete without a visit.
Then it was bought by Debenhams in the late 90s and they transformed it from a proper department store to a glorified (mostly women's) clothes shop. Sad times.
The one in Stoke on Trent used to have the most incredible Santa's grotto at Christmas time. I seem to recall it taking up most of a entire floor. No Christmas was complete without a visit.
Then it was bought by Debenhams in the late 90s and they transformed it from a proper department store to a glorified (mostly women's) clothes shop. Sad times.
The town was never the same once this place had left King Street...
ETA: These are now opposite although one of them has sadly closed down much to the disappointment of the tracksuit wearing mothers of 5 year olds being pushed around in their pushchairs, chins and chests covered in sausage roll pastry.
ETA: These are now opposite although one of them has sadly closed down much to the disappointment of the tracksuit wearing mothers of 5 year olds being pushed around in their pushchairs, chins and chests covered in sausage roll pastry.
Edited by p4cks on Tuesday 10th November 20:52
The Clydesdale in Tait Street Carlisle. A proper toy shop that sold toys, Britains models, Hornby, Wrenn, Trix etc as well as records & cassettes (remember them) which were displayed in a revolving rack that had to be unlocked to allow purchase of the cassette. It was a treat to be taken in there by my dad when I was a small boy to choose a Britains (Herald if it was a short wages week) cowboy or indian figure each week so I could re-stage the Battle of Little Big Horn or the Massacre at Wounded Knee on the landing upstairs with my little bro. Gradually moved onto model railways then records then tapes for my Walkman. If you were a serious model railway purchaser, you were taken into the other part of the shop that wasn't normally open to general browsers.
Blimey, that's getting on for 45-50 years ago.
Its now a cafe and Eastern European food store.
Blimey, that's getting on for 45-50 years ago.
Its now a cafe and Eastern European food store.
What's quite sad is people on here are from all over the place & we can all name shops - some local independents, some larger chains - that have all been replaced with identikit type shops.
25 years ago, we could have all recognised our own local High St by the shops we had - Fields the Bakers, Cooper Sports, Howarths Cycles. These days, every High St has a Greggs, a Sports Direct or a Halfords. Is there any difference in Altrincham or Aldershot, or even any reason to travel from one to another?
25 years ago, we could have all recognised our own local High St by the shops we had - Fields the Bakers, Cooper Sports, Howarths Cycles. These days, every High St has a Greggs, a Sports Direct or a Halfords. Is there any difference in Altrincham or Aldershot, or even any reason to travel from one to another?
Hillards. Much missed Yorkshire supermarket chain swallowed up by Tesco. I remember the "Hillards not for sale" campaign as they bravely tried to fight off the evil Tesco empire back about 1979. Tesco said there would be no job losses. As soon as they had their way, first task was to get rid of duplicated office staff, which made business sense but did a great deal of damage to the local community. To this day, there are people who refuse to shop at Tesco because of this!
Tootles the Taxi said:
The Clydesdale in Tait Street Carlisle. A proper toy shop that sold toys, Britains models, Hornby, Wrenn, Trix etc as well as records & cassettes (remember them) which were displayed in a revolving rack that had to be unlocked to allow purchase of the cassette. It was a treat to be taken in there by my dad when I was a small boy to choose a Britains (Herald if it was a short wages week) cowboy or indian figure each week so I could re-stage the Battle of Little Big Horn or the Massacre at Wounded Knee on the landing upstairs with my little bro. Gradually moved onto model railways then records then tapes for my Walkman. If you were a serious model railway purchaser, you were taken into the other part of the shop that wasn't normally open to general browsers.
Blimey, that's getting on for 45-50 years ago.
Its now a cafe and Eastern European food store.
I vaguely remember going in there with my Mum or my Auntie to look at the Lego when I was a kid. It used to be a treat if I'd behaved myself when I'd been out in the town with them and I'd behaved myself.Blimey, that's getting on for 45-50 years ago.
Its now a cafe and Eastern European food store.
It didn't happen that often
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