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C&A |
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Woolworths  |
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Fosters |
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Etam |
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Buchanan's down county road in Walton, Liverpool |
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Local charity shop with shit old books and vhs tapes 'on offer'xxx |
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Blockbuster |
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Stolen from Ivor |
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By *gent CoulsonMan
over a year ago
Secret hideaway in the pennines |
John Collier, it was the window to watch |
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Chelsea girl |
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"Home and Colonial"
 I was about to say that |
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Tammy girl and
Bay trading |
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Keddies, our price, and Parrot records, and Mr. Byrites |
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Index |
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Chelsea girl |
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"Index"
Omg I totally forgot about index , was at the back of the little woods shop in town . |
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By *etLikeMan
over a year ago
most fundamental aspects |
Grand fare
Presto
Watt and Grant |
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Shoppers World ( Before Argos )  |
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"Keddies, our price, and Parrot records, and Mr. Byrites"
Keddies? You must be from my neck ? |
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Woolworths. |
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Sperrings! |
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Beyond retro |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Amos Hinton & Sons which was know as Hintons in the North East regions was a super market - founded in 1871 and closed down in 1984.
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Alpine drinks came round on a lorry
Anyone remember them |
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"Beyond retro"
And "What she wants" |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
Dixon.
Also retail related, Green Shield Stamps. |
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"Alpine drinks came round on a lorry
Anyone remember them"
I was justing talking about Alpine yesterday! |
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"Alpine drinks came round on a lorry
Anyone remember them"
Yep, I remember Alpine and Sykes |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Circle K |
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When I was a kid the grocer came round on a horse and cart. |
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Redifusion
DER
Tandy
Howells, Dingles and Jollys
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"Wimpy burgers"
We still had a Wimpy in Eastbourne until about 5 years ago |
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Alpine and Lowcocks vans
Hintons
Radio Rentals
Richard shops
Doggarts
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"Alpine drinks came round on a lorry
Anyone remember them"
Yes! And my dad had Davenports beer delivered to the door too.
Also Mobil petrol stations with all their random tableware to collect! |
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MFI |
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By *ugehandsMan
over a year ago
Fife/ Newcastle |
What every woman wants.... The shop not me  |
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I worked at C&A |
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HMV and Virgin. I spent so much time in both, buying the latest tunes on cassette and vinyl  |
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"Wimpy burgers"
We still have a Wimpy! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Frank Dee supermarkets green shield stamps |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Geordie Jeans "
Ha ha. Yes Geordie Jean's.
The fight over Levis and ^^^^^ |
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Turners - everything but the girl. |
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Our price
Chelsea girl
What every woman wants
Is wm low still around in places? |
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Tandy electrical
Texas homecare.
Plus others already mentioned. |
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All Mankind. Jeans shop near Breck Road, Anfield, Liverpool and lime Stree city Centre. Only place that had a good selection of jeans in the 70s. Names include Lois, jeans and black canvas! Razzy jeans and light blue canvas. Wrangler jumbo cords. I’ve recently got some Pepe jeans and love them lol |
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Global Video |
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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago
Gapping Fanny |
Not a shop, but Midlands bank. |
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By *an hjCouple
over a year ago
Stowmarket |
"Not a shop, but Midlands bank."
Soon to be any bank, the way it's going |
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"Wade smith "
It first started off as a trainers shop in Slater street |
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Percy Ingles (one for the Cockneys)
Pollards (specialists in huge granny pants and cheap socks)
Foster's menswear (for Bros clones)
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By (user no longer on site)
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Woolworths
DH Evans
Dayvilles ice cream parlours |
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Woolworths |
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By *etLikeMan
over a year ago
most fundamental aspects |
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Is wm low still around in places?"
Certainly not in Aberdeen where it was the 60s equivalent of Wuhan Market |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Seven Eleven, TopMan, CnA |
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By *45amMan
over a year ago
South wales area |
British Gas |
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By *etLikeMan
over a year ago
most fundamental aspects |
National Coal Board shops |
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Foster Brothers |
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"C&A"
Still exists on the continent, I was in one in the Netherlands recently.
Tammy Girl |
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Blockbuster. Out of date and bankrupt |
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I’d forgotten mark one I used to spend a fortune in there!
Wm low it just occurred to me not seen one in ages! |
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"Blockbuster. Out of date and bankrupt "
And ritz before Blockbusters |
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Tammy girl and Markone |
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By (user no longer on site)
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House of Fraser. |
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Brentford Nylons and Alan Freeman doing the telly ads |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"House of Fraser."
Actually, it was DH Evans when I used to go there . |
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By *ent57Man
over a year ago
... where the streets have no name! |
Dunnes! but I never shopped there! |
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Grandways, which became Fine Fare.
Somerfields |
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"Geordie Jeans "
I remember that shop! Have always thought it must have inspired Vic and Bobs 'Geordie Jumpers' sketch |
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VG - we thought it meant virgin girls lol xxx |
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Chelsea Girl |
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"Keddies, our price, and Parrot records, and Mr. Byrites
Keddies? You must be from my neck ? "
Yeah. Burnham but lived in Leigh as well. Parrot records was upstairs in the Victoria as well as a comic shop and car parts place with body kits etc. Had those fibre glass kids play things too as well as C&A |
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"House of Fraser still exists! "
Really? The one on Oxford Street? It used to be DH Evans pre-millennium. |
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By *ev257Man
over a year ago
cardiff |
Panda pop
Rolla cola
Leo's
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By *ttmcdguyTV/TS
over a year ago
Milton Keynes |
Taylor&Mckener toy shops
Niels toy shops
Long before toys r us |
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Radio Rentals |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Woolworths  |
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"I worked at C&A"
I was about to say Clock house at C&A. A lot of my clothes came from there as a teenager. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Plummers
BHS which had a restaurant up top
Woolworths had a cafe up top
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"I worked at C&A
I was about to say Clock house at C&A. A lot of my clothes came from there as a teenager. "
Got my first pair of Farrah trousers from there....1986 ish |
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"House of Fraser still exists!
Really? The one on Oxford Street? It used to be DH Evans pre-millennium."
One in glasgow |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Toys R Us |
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"Toys R Us"
For fabbers nowadays that’s just LoveHoney |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Toys R us
Block Buster
Woolworths |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Netto |
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"C&A
Still exists on the continent, I was in one in the Netherlands recently.
Tammy Girl "
They're still in Spain too, went to one in Torrevieja |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bejam - frozen food
Texas - DIY
MFI - furniture
Courts - furniture
Keymarkets - supermarket that i think became Somerfields
Gateway - building society |
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Electronics Boutique |
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Fruits of the Loom |
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Paradise garage |
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Price rite
International stores
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Ohh and Littlewoods of course worked there 16 years x |
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Oh Fopp!
That might still exist but the ones around me no longer do |
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Green shield stamp shop |
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Let tec |
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Chelsea Girl |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Kookai
Warehouse
Jeffery Rogers
QS
International
Adams
Revel
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Toys R Us
For fabbers nowadays that’s just LoveHoney "
Yes, yes it is |
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By *ttmcdguyTV/TS
over a year ago
Milton Keynes |
I remember walking down town with me mum to pay the bills at the electric board and gas shop anyone remember them ? |
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over a year ago
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Army and Navy |
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By *assy69Man
over a year ago
West Sussex and Wales |
"C&A"
Oohhh that’s a good one |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Midland Educational, if you’re a Brummie. And Beatties if you’re a boy of a certain age with a love of Hornby, Scalextric or Tamiya. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cole brothers |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Presto's
Toy n hobby
Discount giant
Whatever you want
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"House of Fraser still exists!
Really? The one on Oxford Street? It used to be DH Evans pre-millennium.
One in glasgow "
Well, blow me down. That’s good. |
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By *assy69Man
over a year ago
West Sussex and Wales |
It takes me right back to when I was growing up, and I suspect would only be known to folk that lived in the area….. but Keddies in Southend on Sea |
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By *JohnMan
over a year ago
Newcastle upon Tyne |
"Grace Bros "
And from the other end of the country, Boans.
More locally, and this will age my residence in the UK more than my age, Bainbridge's. |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
Kwik Save, Tandy, Beatties and Our Price |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Good stores everyone  |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
International Stores
Timothy,Whites and Tailors
Fosters
Dunn's
Wimpey Bars
Bernie Inns |
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