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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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over a year ago
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"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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"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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"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 *lynJMan
over a year ago
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"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 *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
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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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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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"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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"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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"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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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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"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. "
York still has one. With Calor gas |
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"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.
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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"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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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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"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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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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"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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"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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"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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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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