Shops gone that you miss

[Leekbrookgull]

Remember this ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SeETmUOBTs

 

[catfish]

All the secondhand bookshops that have gone.

 

[DNB_Seagull]

Borders.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Woolworth's was full of total and utter tat

I'm not sure people really miss it, it's just one of those shops that springs to mind easily when we're racking our brains for shops that no longer exist. All I remember it being good for is pick 'n mix sweets. Other than that, it just seemed to contain piles of generic school uniforms, saucepans with handles that would break off within three weeks of purchase, and the world's ugliest Gola football boots, costing about £9.99, that every child prayed their parents wouldn't buy and make them wear for P.E.

There were good reasons why Woolworth's went bust...

 

[atfc village]

Old school supermarkets up here like Key Market and Fine Fair.

 

[algie]

Certainly don't miss Comet

 

[footychick]

C & A - not!

 

[El Sid]

My mum once brought me Delaware jeans from Tescos in George St, when all the other kids had Levis.
They had dirty great big seams down the side.

 

[fiona_brighton]

C&A

 

[Lady Whistledown]

My mum once brought me Delaware jeans from Tescos in George St, when all the other kids had Levis.
They had dirty great big seams down the side.

Did she buy you Gola football boots from Woolies too?

 

[W.C.]

Did she buy you Gola football boots from Woolies too?

A friend told me a story about a friend of his who was jumped by a group of men in France and beaten up. He said that, while he was on the floor, being kicked in the face, all he could think was,


who the **** wears Gola trainers?

 

[El Sid]

Did she buy you Gola football boots from Woolies too?

Nope. Got me dad's old 50's ankle boots, 6 pairs of old socks and half a tin of dubbin.

 

[8ace]

I notice "Bench" on the corner of North St and West St has closed - did they go bust
A few years ago everyone seemed to be wearing their clobber, all I bought was a pair of shorts their once - had trouble getting them to stay up

 

[timco]

Queens Rd Superstore.....never went in there but it was good knowing it was there...

Don't miss Woolworths (except the money I lost owning shares at the end) Wilkinson's is a Woolworths really.

 

[Easy 10]

Tomorrows World down Boundary Rd. Gone completely now, but I used to spend many a Saturday morning down there playing "demos" of games on their C64's and Spectrums, before carefully deciding which game to spend my £7.99 on (or £1.99 on a Mastertronic jobbie if I'd had a tight week).

 

[Mental Lental]

Tomorrows World down Boundary Rd. Gone completely now, but I used to spend many a Saturday morning down there playing "demos" of games on their C64's and Spectrums, before carefully deciding which game to spend my £7.99 on (or £1.99 on a Mastertronic jobbie if I'd had a tight week).

You didn't have one of these?

 

[Peter Grummit]

Wade's, Western Road. Used to go and see Father Christmas there. Yo-ho-ho.

My Great Uncle Bert was sometime Father Christmas at Wade's, late '60s. Rest of the year he operated the lift. So I miss Wade's and my Uncle Bert.

Oh and Gamley's too.

PG

 

[joeywortho]

Sportspages on Charing Cross road

what a place, used to buy my fanzines there

 

[joeywortho]

oh and did love fopp on north st, didnt last long

 

[Peteinblack]

I miss Woolworths. but only for the pic'n'mix sweet counter, especially the Cadbury's Roses (I know you can buy the boxes anywhere, but I miss picking out my favourites - Hazel Whirls).