Lost Shops from the High Street
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Lost Shops from the High Street
BHS
C&A
Dixons
Kwik Save
Our Price Records
Zodiac Toys
Woolworths
Burtons
Top Shop
Top Man
C&A
Dixons
Kwik Save
Our Price Records
Zodiac Toys
Woolworths
Burtons
Top Shop
Top Man
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Benns
Fitzpatricks
Malcolm Yardleys
Safeway
Moneysave
Taskers
Oobidoo
Hitchens
Record Exchange
Fitzpatricks
Malcolm Yardleys
Safeway
Moneysave
Taskers
Oobidoo
Hitchens
Record Exchange
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Rumbelows
Colour vision
Colour vision
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Toys R Us
Lewis’s Department stores
Binns
Gentleman Johns
Lewis’s Department stores
Binns
Gentleman Johns
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JJB
Gibsons
Blockbuster
Mother care
Lunn Poly
All Sports
Going Places
Thomas Cook
Comet
Gibsons
Blockbuster
Mother care
Lunn Poly
All Sports
Going Places
Thomas Cook
Comet
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Soon there won't be a high street thanks to internet shopping.
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Wimpys (Though there was still one on the I.O.W).
Norweb.
Granada Service Stations ( not quite the remit I know).
Norweb.
Granada Service Stations ( not quite the remit I know).
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I was in c & a in schleswig last week. They also have a woolworths. C & a is in loads of high streets just over the water. Now that debenhams is gone, it's a decent place to do clothes shopping.No Ney Never wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 1:48 amBHS
C&A
Dixons
Kwik Save
Our Price Records
Zodiac Toys
Woolworths
Burtons
Top Shop
Top Man
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My all time favourites as an 18 year old boy
Stolen from Ivor in Bury
And Benn's in Burnley for Warhammer and Lego.
Stolen from Ivor in Bury
And Benn's in Burnley for Warhammer and Lego.
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Decent C & A in Krakow.Bought a pair of jeans in there a few weeks ago.
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John Menzies
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Thornton’s
Solid Sounds (Burnley)
Ratners
Solid Sounds (Burnley)
Ratners
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Tandy in its time back then was a good store it's where I first got my realistic scanner from & lot's of CB equipment.
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Freeman, Hardy & Willis
Dolcis
ETAM / Tammy Girl (although like C&A, still trades abroad)
Dorothy Perkins
Fast Fashion has accounted for much, if not all, of this demise!
Dolcis
ETAM / Tammy Girl (although like C&A, still trades abroad)
Dorothy Perkins
Fast Fashion has accounted for much, if not all, of this demise!
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Action
Primark
Poundland
just to name a few reasons why
Primark
Poundland
just to name a few reasons why
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Mothercare and Adams
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Not just convenient but also cheaper to buy online.aclaretinstevenage wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:17 amExactly this. Bezos getting richer and richer while high streets are dying, problem is it's too b****y convenient buying everything on line and somebody dropping it at your doorstep!
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Massive miss for me - Maplins.
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Border books
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Exactly hardly any overheads the distribution hubs pick & pack at volume on scale.
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It's more then just convenience. It's the massive choice, the fact that if something exists you can reasonably easily find it. It can also often be cheaper as online you can sell to the world whereas a shop is geographically limited. Shop's probably have greater overheads too.aclaretinstevenage wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:17 amExactly this. Bezos getting richer and richer while high streets are dying, problem is it's too b****y convenient buying everything on line and somebody dropping it at your doorstep!
Generally I don't miss them.
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Nobbut Lads in the now gone precinct in Rawtenstall...lived in there in the 70s/80s..my tab was astronomical
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My youth.
Cockers.
Alien.
Electron Records.
Cockers.
Alien.
Electron Records.
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Isn't Electron still there?
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Harry Mack's on Parliament Street decent fishing tackle.
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Websters toy shop
Luptons book shop
Motormania
Carstuff
Motorist Discount Center
Radio Rentals
Redifusion
Granada
Wimpey
Stonedry ?
Luptons book shop
Motormania
Carstuff
Motorist Discount Center
Radio Rentals
Redifusion
Granada
Wimpey
Stonedry ?
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Kwik Save
Our Price
Metro
Etam
Virgin Megastore
Body Shop
Lunn Polly (‘get away’ )
Radio Rentals
Burtons
Safeway
Maplin
Our Price
Metro
Etam
Virgin Megastore
Body Shop
Lunn Polly (‘get away’ )
Radio Rentals
Burtons
Safeway
Maplin
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Liptons
Home and Colonial
Maypole
Home and Colonial
Maypole
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Taskers on Plum Street
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John Collier....the window to watch
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It started in the Precinct buddy then moved to bigger premises at the bottom shop in Bank st...think its s cafe now.AlargeClaret wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:46 amWasn’t Nobbut’s at the bottom end of Bank? st or has it moved from the precinct yrs before ?
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Wilkos is on it's way out I believe
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De Whits on Lyndhurst Road.
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Timothy Whites, rival chemist chain to Boots.
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Cordon Bleu in Burnley town centre.
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Ahhhh ......Van der Graaf Generator...they deserve a thread all of their ownJoStarling wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:16 amYes amazingly still there at the top of Hall St- since 1955. . It was either there or the long gone Record Exchange on Standish st for a regular Saturday afternoon jaunt to bag the latest Van der Graaf Generator !
H to He...fantastic album.
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No bait, I think that non consumable items should be internet, practical and cost effective. I don’t need to go and ‘try’ anything anymore. It works/fits or I send it back.
Consumables, should always be local to the community you’re in.
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Yes that would make sense , think they sent bump about 99/2000 ish . I’ll never forget buying a v expensive yellow ( it was the 80’s) Pringle wool golf jumper , only to get food spilt down it . Mate said you need to boil wash it in a pan. Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor would have been better… happy days
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Bob Whittakers on Queen Victoria Road. Cycling stuff and more importantly, subbuteo teams.
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The smell of Aramis as you walked through the doors was a welcoming aroma as a prelude to spending a fortuneAlargeClaret wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:46 amYes that would make sense , think they sent bump about 99/2000 ish . I’ll never forget buying a v expensive yellow ( it was the 80’s) Pringle wool golf jumper , only to get food spilt down it . Mate said you need to boil wash it in a pan. Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor would have been better… happy days
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In the transition period between fully populated high street shops and the almost inevitable move to no shop units in towns centres and high streets the growing sight of empty units falling into disrepair projects an image of poverty and dereliction. It makes for a poor experience in towns across the country.Hipper wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:24 amIt's more then just convenience. It's the massive choice, the fact that if something exists you can reasonably easily find it. It can also often be cheaper as online you can sell to the world whereas a shop is geographically limited. Shop's probably have greater overheads too.
Generally I don't miss them.
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Ardal
Corellas
Stockdales
Corellas
Stockdales
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Is Cockers now on Sandygate?