Which stores do you miss?

NannyTopsy - I used to have the pistachio milkshake!
Sooo sophisticated...
I also remember the ladies who would model the latest fashions in the cafe.
Happy, comforting times.

In their cafe, that was!

Another BHS vote from me, It was such a great shop, loads of my clothes came from there. We had a nice C&A too.

Although it hasn't disappeared completely, in my town we had a wonderful John Lewis which has closed, and that has left a massive dent in the shopping centre. We have lost our Debenhams too, although I appreciate if I travel a few miles away they still operate.

I loved Beatties in Wolverhampton too! I used to pass it every day on the way to school. It was the only place to buy our uniform. The banana milk shake with a swirl of ice cream in the top was to die for!

Woolies definitely - worked on broken biscuits counter on a Saturday for £1 per week! Also Clements in Watford, an old family department store,

I really miss Country Casuals. I could always find something that fitted me in their petite range. I am 5’ 2”with short arms! Not many brands cater for us shorties. Their trousers were such good quality they lasted for years.
I also miss Laura Ashley and House of Fraser before Mike Ashley filled it with sports wear.

Polnan, I remember Woolworths having those wooden flours and square counters - there was a particular smell about our local Woolies that was very comforting.

Like others I also miss C&A and Littlewoods, but also food shops like MacFisheries and little independent haberdashers where you could buy knitting wool, ribbon, buttons and (ahem) "female necessities" ....

C&A and Woolworth still exist in Germany.

Something to look forward to when covid 19is a thing of the past.

I will be brave and share a memory I have with you all, of

Woolworths..

remember I am getting on in years,, so guessing, must have been not long after the war ended (NO WW2! anyway sniggering there)

I was with my best friend, and woolworths then, yes wooden floors, but the square(ish) counters, all surrounded the assistant... remember? my friend and I were walking around the sweet counter, deciding what we could afford I guess, and there was a man.. yes, flashing.... we giggled and quickly walked .... yes, around and around to see him again... I think he had disappeared though...

never forget that..

I miss the London department stores such grand names
Marshall & Snelgrove, Dickens & Jones, Bourne & Hollinsworth, Debenham & Freebody. The current Debenhams is nowhere like the original.
The other shop I miss is the Biba which moved into the building previously occupied by Derry & Toms

C&A; Richard Shops usually had just what I wanted at a decent price.

Definitely Woolworths, They used to sell a bit of everything at reasonable prices.
Not sure if it's true but think I read somewhere recently that they are going to open stores again.

I miss Country Casuals or CC as they were branded before they disappeared from the high street.

Bourne and Hollingsworth and Gamages. Also M&S when it was good.

Woolies and BHS. Have still not found anywhere that sells such lovely cardigans as BHS so am still wearing my old ones till they fall apart.

woolies, c and a, lewis's. lewis's in liverpool always had a brilliant grotto at christmas and a lovely restaurant on the top floor, actually there were 2, 1 was a self service and the other waitress service. my nan bought a coat from c and a when pensioners first were given the £10 christmas bonus!

Another vote for BHS. I still have a couple of very old, comfortable BHS bras. I went for a fitting at M&S but still prefer my old BHS ones.

Yes C & A! (Or: "Coats and 'Ats" - as my dear mum used to call it.)

C&A and BHS.

Woolworths everywhere; Dickens and Jones, Regent St London; Allders, Croydon and Bromley; Biba boutiques.

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!

Richards Shops ...

I miss BHS too. Most of all we miss a department store in Wolverhampton - Beatties. There was a wonderful selection of household goods in the basement, we used to love to wander round there when we were first married. Their customer service was excellent, DH has always been into hi fi and they would let him take things away to try out ‘on approval’. It was taken over by House Of Fraser but is still called Beatties, the last time I went in before lock down it was half empty, very sad. There was also a great department store in Birmingham - Lewis’s.

BHS. Laura Ashley. A lovely local gift shop but it was so expensive and frivilous that I really just used to treat myself to a wander round.
I miss Debenhams and John Lewis as they used to be - the good ole days

Woolworths and C&A I have enjoyed spotting in other EU countries and in most cases have been delighted to find something I need or want in them.

The French Connection and Next surplus stores, DisConnected and the huge Next to Nothing, in Leeds that I used to get most of my clothes from back in the 80s and 90s. The wonderfully named Brown Muffs in Bradford (a very classy department store). And of courseWoolworths, where I had my first weekend and holiday job.