Which stores do you miss?

I used to love woolco in Oadby which was a larger Woolworths usually just outside cities. Probably the first out of town shopping centres. It was huge all on one level always went before Christmas then mum and dad would go back when we were at school and buy the toys we had liked.

I miss the shops from my girlhood. Jenners, C and A's. Nostalgic reasons . Now I like shopping online.

MissAdventure

I used to like C & A clock house label clothes.
I have a nice crochet dress from there, which is too tight.
Like a 6lb of sprouts in a 1lb net bag, when I last tried it on.

I've just snorted half my hot chocolate hearing you tell it like it is, MissA - please promise you'll never take a job as a personal shopper.

I was a Woolworth Saturday girl. Oh what fun we used to have. Another vote for the missing Hanningtons store in Brighton and House of Fraser in Hove. You just cannot beat a department store in the centre of town - shopping malls are not the same thing at all.

I used to love Biba, East, Laura Ashley and the Habitat shops, as well as all the stores now gone from London's Oxford Street, and many years ago- Mothercare.

Benetton. I loved their cardigans. I'm wearing one right now. Some I have are quite old now, but have washed and worn well.

The city centre used to be full af groups of young girls shopping on Saturdays. This doesn't appear to happen now, sadly.

I will risk giving my age away now, Biba! Anyone else remember?

Any one remember Robinson and Cleaver in Belfast? I still have a wool blanket bought from there in 1971. It was a very posh department store two doors up from C and A, loved shopping there for clothes in the 60ies.

BHS especially at christmas.

Spangler

Come on, own up. How many went into the Green Shield showroom armed with books of saver stamps?

I did! and you could also get 'pink stamps' from something or other.

Does anybody recall the name of the 'posh shop' in Lincoln? It was ? and ? and was just by the Stonebow. We used to buy all our material we needed from there. A lovely shop. We also had a posh furniture store called Waring and Gillow - memories coming flooding back of the shops in the various places I have lived over the years.

Woolworths. When my cousins and I were small, grandfather used to take us with him when he collected his pension on a Wednesday afternoon. He then took us into Woollies where he would buy treats for us. I built up a big collection of classic children’s books — all the What Katie Did series, Children of the New Forest, Lorna Doone, Secret Garden ............. I could go on. I think I remember them being 2/6 each.

BHS..Huddersfield lost their`s about 3 years ago.
I loved their Christmas gifts and spent a lot in there

Before we were married, DH had an evening and weekend job at a petrol station in the Green Shield stamps era, when he had to go out and fill up the cars in all weathers. Most customers were reps who just told him to keep the stamps for himself, so he started to put them in a bottle under the counter. I think we had enough for quite a few things - seem to remember a complete set of Tower pans.

Woolies, every time! Impossible to replace because no other company does thier range of goods for those prices....

And you could always get good wrappings and cards from them, right up to Christmas Eve!

Jane10 Has Jenners closed now? I know it was rumoured when I was there in January - Loved that place!!
I also miss the Wonder of Woolies!! You just don't find such a comprehensive stock of bits and pieces like Woolies had.

Edinburgh Woollen Mills