Which stores do you miss?

pensionpat

Woolworths for me.

Me too. They did the Ladybird range of clothes. They were such good quality and didn't cost the earth. Their boy's school trousers were much better than M&S.

Woolies, BHS lighting and homewares. Also there used to be small, one-off sort of shops such as a leather shop that would do leather repairs, another was a pen/stationery shop where I bought my fountain pen (still use it) in the 1960s.

Lewis’s in Liverpool and Blacklers in Liverpool too . Their Christmas tree and grotto were even better than Lewis’s

FannyCornforth

Jane43 - I came on to say Beatties!
I'm amazed that the Wolverhampton one is still there.
The one my mother and I would frequent was Beatties at Dudley.
I also remember Lewis's, it seemed very grand.
Lowering the tone somewhat, do you remember a rather strange shop called Oasis on the opposite corner to Lewis's? It was like a counter-culture department store.
Full of punks, hippies and goths.
I loved it when I was 14!

I think you must be younger than me. By the time Punks and Goths came along I was married with two sons. I don’t remember that shop but from your description I think it must have been in the location where another department store called Greys was, it was quite an old fashioned store. I took my mother-in-law for lunch in the Dudley Beatties for her 70th birthday, it was waitress service then. Although House Of Fraser bought the Beatties stores they kept the Beatties sign on the Wolverhampton store.

Woolworths, I can still remember the Pick and Mix and spending ages trying to decide how to spend my pocket money. Dolcis seemed so sophisticated, I was a child living in the East Midlands! I remember my mother spending hours in C &A. Shopping in my childhood and teens was quite a novelty and an outing.

Does anyone remember Bourne & Hollingsworth in Oxford Street in the 60s. Lovely family owned store. I worked for them for a time.

Gordon Thoday , lots of choices of fabric at a good price, I remember once going to the Gloucester one, I was going to make a Father Christmas outfit using red corduroy, so a little pricey but worth it (we still have the costume now), the chap in the store very helpfully laid out all of the pattern pieces on the fabric so that I didn’t need to buy any more than was necessary... now that’s what I call service!

I had a Saturday job in Woolworths selling shampoo sachets and sanitary towels.

I bought a bright lime green leather coat from C and A. I had long blonde hair but bought a Tina Turner type wig. When I wore both, I rang mum to pick me up from the station after work. She didn't recognise me.

Good old Woolworths!

Marshall and Snelgrove in Leicester and Simpkin and James. The first one had a lovely perfume department that I would wander around with no hope of buying anything and the second, particularly at Christmas has magnificent displays of exotic goods, mangos, cheeses,, olives, hams etc the likes of which I hadn’t seen anywhere before. Nowadays of course, everything they sold is freely available everywhere.

FannyC - Oasis in Brum. My word you've got a good memory. I loved wandering through when I was a teenager.

mancgirl when this Covid business is over I’m determined to have a few days up there in Manchester to see what it’s like now. I do see pictures on forums I’m on and some of the parts look amazing ?

Kittye Lewis's is now Primark, Henry's I think is now Aldi after being a BHS, kendal's now House of Fraser. Not sure what Marshall and Snelgrove is. Not been into "town* since about March this year. Shame really, some great eating places and theatres - and shops!

Kendal Milne had lovely windows near Christmas.
I lived with my grandma from age 12 till I got married at 20, she used to taker me to C&A`s bargain basement in Manchester for all my clothes. We always found just what we wanted, but it was always so much darker down there than in the store proper.

mancgirl I remember Marshall & Snelgrove very posh!
and Kendal Milne. All the snooty assistants in there.
Also remember Henry’s... a load of old tat there, bought by me ☺️. Think Lewis’s was my favourite. Not lived there for many moons don’t think I’d know the place now

Woolies and C&A. We’ve lost our Debenhams as well another of my favourites

MissAdventure

Richard shops are filled with all the pretty things.. that was the ad, I think.
Hey there pretty thing! Make the world a prettier place. Come prettier, come buy your things at Richard shops!

Oh yes, MissA, I remember Richard Shops too!

Woolworths, British Home Stores and Fords which was a fabulous shop in our town selling undies, socks, kids clothes, knitwear, tee shirts........sad day when they closed down.

C&A was always referred to as Coats and Ats! They still have C&A in Switzerland!!

BHS for me. The only trousers that fit me perfectly. M&S size 12 are too big and 10 are too small. Are there any half sizes anywhere?! ?

Woolworths, without a doubt. What a treat it was to buy a quarter pound of hot, salty, greasy peanuts in a grease proof paper bag. I loved those nuts.

British Home stores for my bath mats and towels

MacFisheries -;we were able to have a fish cake and some potatoe croquettes for Friday tea- I can still R.E.M. er the taste!

Richard shops are filled with all the pretty things.. that was the ad, I think.
Hey there pretty thing! Make the world a prettier place. Come prettier, come buy your things at Richard shops!