bigmommasally Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 OH still misses Mister Byrite's What was that poster/picture shop called? Sure it started with an "A" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Athena? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Biba. Threshold Records Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmommasally Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Athena? That's it! I loved that shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I remember from my growing up... Woolworths Worrals (pens & paper for school) Normid ( something to do with co- op) Chelsea Girl Etam Lewis's (Department store in Hanley) Thom's Wimpy Family Fayre (toy shop) Fine Fayre ( sort of weigh & save supermarket) - loose cereal, baking stuff etc. Dixons Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 WIMPY - Their 'Benders' & chips with special sauce were the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I really miss our local, family run ironmongers; you could go in there not knowing exactly what you needed for that DIY job, and leave not only with the correct ironmongery/tools, but also with a precis of how to do the job too. I miss the little shops that were in our village in Norfolk before Te$co moved onto the bypass the wet fish shop which became a fish and chip shop after dark, the bakers where we'd buy hot loaves and rush home to eat them with real butter, and the sewing shop which stocked the most wonderful old wools, fabrics and embroidery silks. *sighs* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkitty Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Ha! We must be in the same neck of the woods - we live 5 mins away from the monster tescos on the a47 We had an apartment in Budapest a couple of years ago, and there is a good-sized C&A there which seemed to be pretty busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 This is scary; I moved to a village near Hayle in Cornwall in 2000; by then Hayle had only discovered the Co-op. the Jet garage & the Post Office; things have improved in recent years with Next, Boots & M&S, but it still lacks a bookshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) I never got to go properly to Biba which is something I regret. Big sister went but wouldn't take me - I might have a word with her about that. Edited January 21, 2012 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I don't know if some of these shops were nationwide or just regional Vogue interiors Richard Shops Martin Ford Allders Presto International Timothy Whites (part of Boots) Rumbelows I'm probably just showing my age Presto - didn't it turn into Safeways and now Morrisons? International - I remember this shop from my childhood in England. I bought my mum an egg slicer for her birthday there. It was 10p I am sure she loved it Did they have green shield stamps or am I getting totally mixed up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I rememeber some of these Woolworths (and its still running online!), Allders, Dixons, C&A - grandad used to call it Coats & 'Ats Kwiksave too? I really miss our local, family run ironmongers; you could go in there not knowing exactly what you needed for that DIY job, and leave not only with the correct ironmongery/tools, but also with a precis of how to do the job too. I miss the little shops that were in our village in Norfolk before Te$co moved onto the bypass the wet fish shop which became a fish and chip shop after dark, the bakers where we'd buy hot loaves and rush home to eat them with real butter, and the sewing shop which stocked the most wonderful old wools, fabrics and embroidery silks. *sighs* Sounds like you need to come to Aber! We have some big shops but there's loads if independent ones still around! Aberdashery is the sewing shop round the corner from us. If you go into a shop and they don't have what you want they'll tell you exactly which shop to go to and where it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 WIMPY - Their 'Benders' & chips with special sauce were the best! And their Knickerbocker Glory, the pancakes with maple syrup, and the stale doughnut with cream (was that called the Brown Derby or something?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I miss Ottakers-they sadly got taken over by Waterstones a few years ago and the experience is just not the same! Our local branch used to do Open Days in the summer for children organised by the childrens' book seller, Lucy. I went most summers with my sister and they were great fun! Plus, their offers used to be better than Waterstones too! I also miss Enid's Wool Shop in Yeovil, she sadly retired the other year or so ago and now there isn't anywhere decent in the town to buy that type of thing, unless I go out to Martock, and even then the range isn't the same. I too miss Woolies as well! They used to do really good value stationery, much cheaper than WHSmiths! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Timothy Whites & Taylors MacFisheries Woolies (of course!) Dolcis Cullens International Had to get my walking boots on as I was going so far down Memory Lane ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Dayvilles ice cream parlours! I think this was a London thing. They boasted 32 flavours of ice cream. That was pretty awesome for the 1970's! After they closed down, my dad said it was something to do with the Mafia but obviously I'm very very much mistaken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Millies Chicken Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Littlewoods were I used to work selling bacon on a Saturday back in the 70s. This is were I met my husband. He too was working as a Saturday boy slicing the bacon in the prep room. Lyons cafe my dad used take me for a treat back in the 60's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphisto Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Index (Similar to Argos but more expensive!!) Rumbelows Our Price Bejams Etam & Tammy Girl C&A- I loved a bright blue, pink and neon yellow coat I had when I was about 7/8 Lunn Poly Ratners!! Woolworths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 The Maypole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millie Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 What about the corrona pop that used to be delivered door to door?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 What about the corrona pop that used to be delivered door to door?! Oh yes. We used to wait for the Corona van, we weren't able to get any very often. I used to love getting the deposit back on the bottle. Cherryade. Cream Soda. Gosh, I'm right back to my very young childhood thinking about that, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The jug room by the side of a pub where you could take down a jug and get it filled with beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Akermans bread vans! Delivered bread in south london! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Is Sketchley's still around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 and is Astrix still around - how I used to love their pancakes with syrup Anyone remember Biba's huge black, or was it purple, bed in the middle of the ground floor, with the ostritch feathers? Oh and how about 'The Way In' Never bought anything in either but used to go with my friends for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
