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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Video shops and places where you could hire them. I remember a lady use to come around in a van.
Blockbusters "
Yes 
And porn vids under the counter in some places. The chinese use to wave me down 'you want to buy naughty video?' lol |
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Tandy, Do It All, C&A, (back of) Rackhams, Foster, MFI, Freeman’s, Rumblelows, Comet, Mark One.
Kwik Save still going?
Used to love the Virgin Megastore and OurPrice
How Brum has changed! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Video shops and places where you could hire them. I remember a lady use to come around in a van.
Blockbusters
Yes
And porn vids under the counter in some places. The chinese use to wave me down 'you want to buy naughty video?' lol "
Our ice cream man used to sell naughty videos!   |
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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago
Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe |
"Video shops and places where you could hire them. I remember a lady use to come around in a van.
Blockbusters
Yes
And porn vids under the counter in some places. The chinese use to wave me down 'you want to buy naughty video?' lol
Our ice cream man used to sell naughty videos! "
Mr Whippy?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Video shops and places where you could hire them. I remember a lady use to come around in a van.
Blockbusters
Yes
And porn vids under the counter in some places. The chinese use to wave me down 'you want to buy naughty video?' lol
Our ice cream man used to sell naughty videos! "
What a combination lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Bay Trading "
I used to work for them at the weekend, scored the job after work experience. The deep Vs they sold in a multitude of colours were my go to wear |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
"City bakeries "
Obviously, just in Scotland, possibly just around the greater Glasgow area?
They had a branch near to my school in East Kilbride, when at lunchtime, they did a roaring trade with pupils queuing out the door! |
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"Tandy, Do It All, C&A, (back of) Rackhams, Foster, MFI, Freeman’s, Rumblelows, Comet, Mark One.
Kwik Save still going?
Used to love the Virgin Megastore and OurPrice
How Brum has changed!"
I checked and yes, we're similar ages. I could tell just by this list
We used to go round Kwik Save with a calculator to add up as we went round and we had to put stuff back if we went over |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
"The Corona man
My Dad used to deliver Corona"
We had a similar company who delivered in our street in Scotland from the back of an open truck. Crates stacked high on an angled floor, leaning into the middle of the truck bed. Nothing roped down, all stocks of glass bottles in crates open to the elements.
No Health and Safety in them days. |
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"The Corona man
My Dad used to deliver Corona
I used to be so excited about the Corona man, he sometimes gave me a sheet of stickers."
Used to be my Saturday job after I set up a market stall. Finished the pop and went back to pack the stall up. |
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Not gone completely in some places but the high streets that had a greengrocer, a butcher and a bakers (not greggs / Paul’s)
Athena - great place for posters in the 80s
Rumblelows - electrical store
Dolcis - shoe shop
Radio rentals - rented electrical equipment |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Now that Xmas is getting close...to being cancelled this year... 
It has to be the Xmas display in Goldbergs in Glasgow
Used to get taken there back in the 70s
Ahh good memories  |
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"Now that Xmas is getting close...to being cancelled this year...
It has to be the Xmas display in Goldbergs in Glasgow
Used to get taken there back in the 70s
Ahh good memories "
The co-op in York was brilliant at Xmas with a walk around and a ride in Santa's sleigh...... Sadly all gone now. |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
One for the oldies on here,
Liptons
International Stores
Home and Colonial
Bejam
Dunns Mensware
Timpsons Shoes
Alpine soft drinks deliveries |
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Lewis's department store. Manchester and Liverpool etc.
Fred Dawes, Tv rental in and around Manchester.
Ken Dodd, used to say, that after leaving one of his shows, the Sale would still be on at,
Allied Carpets.
Davenports beer at home, (does that count)
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By *assy69Man
over a year ago
West Sussex and Wales |
"Our Price
Not sure about that one now. Wasn’t it a record shop like HMV? I may be wrong "
Yes, it was indeed I used to spend a lot of time in our local our price, not so much for the records as there were plenty of better record shops about, but because there was a very pretty redhead working behind the counter |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Video shops and places where you could hire them. I remember a lady use to come around in a van.
Blockbusters
Yes
99 or 69?
And porn vids under the counter in some places. The chinese use to wave me down 'you want to buy naughty video?' lol
Our ice cream man used to sell naughty videos!
What a combination lol "
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"Tandy, Do It All, C&A, (back of) Rackhams, Foster, MFI, Freeman’s, Rumblelows, Comet, Mark One.
Kwik Save still going?
Used to love the Virgin Megastore and OurPrice
How Brum has changed!
I checked and yes, we're similar ages. I could tell just by this list
We used to go round Kwik Save with a calculator to add up as we went round and we had to put stuff back if we went over "
There’s some great memories here. I was trying to think of the other music shop, so thanks for the HMV reminder.
I remember high streets all having Burton’s, Fosters, Chelsea Girl (I think), all slowly dying a death.
In a district of Brum, we had the MEB (Midlands Electicity Board). It was massive and also sold electric items. TSB and Midland Bank which I think transitioned to HSBC. Used to be Building Societies as well as banks.
As some mentioned the pop man. Corona. We also had Dayla (I think). 6 bottles me ma would buy. Limeade, Orangeade but the household favourites were Ice Cream Soda and Dandelion & Burdock.
Which reminds me - once a marathon and Opal Fruits, always a marathon and Opal Fruits. You can imagine how happy I was when they brought the retro edition back last year. Happiest I’d been since eating a lion bar walking to Olympus Sports. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
Wimpey is still going in Peterborough.
Safeway is now where Morrisons are located.
Lennons.
Your Price: a clothes store for men.
Fine Fare, where my mum bought Quosh orange squash. As seen in 'Open all hours'.
And to quote a wise man...
"I don't belong here," said old Tessa out loud.
"Easy, love, there's the Safe Way Home."
- and, thankful for her Fine Fair discount, Tess Co-operates |
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By *omino51Man
over a year ago
loughborough |
"Tandy, Do It All, C&A, (back of) Rackhams, Foster, MFI, Freeman’s, Rumblelows, Comet, Mark One.
Kwik Save still going?
Used to love the Virgin Megastore and OurPrice
How Brum has changed!
I checked and yes, we're similar ages. I could tell just by this list
We used to go round Kwik Save with a calculator to add up as we went round and we had to put stuff back if we went over "
love the calculator quote, my wife and i had to do that in the 80's newly married, new house and 1st child. God money was tight in those days, there are some good things in being older. Everythings buggered but i have money |
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