Which high Street shops do you miss the most past /present

KateKate1949, that's it Etams!

BHS, Debenhams, Bon Marche and Edinburgh Woolen Mill have all disappeared from my local high street.

Hardly worth going into town these days.

I'm reading this in N.ireland and don't no half of the shops you are all mentioning lol. I lived through the troubles and a lot of the shops wouldn't of come here and I don't blame them at all, so now I feel like I've missed out in having some of your wonderful shops. We did have C&A, Woolies and Tammy Girl in Etams. I was so tiny I shopped in T.G til I was well in my 20s cos their clothes went by height not size. Still having to turn all my trousers up now!

Another vote for BHS. I used to buy loads of undies and tops from there.

Cambridge - Was it Etam?
I too miss C&A.
Karen Millen - the clothes just got my size & style. Principles further back.
In the 60's our local Co-op where you went in with your list and you would be served over the wooden counter.

My nearest M & S closed down almost two years ago and I miss it very much for both food and clothes.
The building is still empty and looks folorn.

Cambridge?! Auto corret: should read janejudge

Janejudge I think Tammy girl was either Top shop or ETAM. Miss woolie and C & A. Other shops just not the same

Yes TrendyNannie6, all same as you!? Was a very sad day & the start of a slippery slope for shops when C& A went.then Woolthworths☹

I miss East too, and Jaeger when they were something special. I also remember Snob too, my friend was the manager and used to give me a discount. And Biba, and Dickens and Jones.

Just remembered another: Hammells (sp)

Yes it was Etams! My Mum would shop at the front and I would head to the back...any men would hang about outside it was brilliant

In France we still have C and A and they still do the clockhouse brand!

Same as you TrendyNannie6

C&A... Woolies and BHS.

Oh Clockhouse, fantastic

Still have it in France!

I really miss Country Casuals. They had a petite range and as I am 5’ 2” I could always find something to fit me. Their trousers and jeans, though a bit expensive, were wonderful quality and still looked like new after dozens of washes.
I am also mourning Laura Ashley for their pretty t shirts and tops.

I used to love the hot salted peanuts sold in woolies when I was a child.
Also C and A in Liverpool
Hendersons was over the road from C and A that was more upmarket I bought an apple green mini dress there and loved it

I spent so many happy hours mooching around Laura Ashley and half of my house is from there, not to mention all my good coats.

I went into C&A in Seville a few years ago. The clothes were very dull.

C&A, as a teenager I got loads of fashionable clothes there, also got clothes for my son when he was little. BHS for long nighties and boots and jumpers, sadly their trousers were always too short.

Hammels used to love it, Richard shops and principles

Woolies & BHS too. Also Debenhams.

tanith
I bought my wedding dress from C&A too, it was £11 in 1965.

I also miss BHS and The Pier. I also missed Marsh and Baxter the butchers and MacFisheries when they closed. I used to buy a lot of groceries from George Mason when I was first married. You just wrote your weekly order down in a book, handed it in and they delivered the order on an arranged day, you paid on delivery, cash of course. DH worked long hours and I didn’t drive so it was a real help. Going back to childhood in the 1950s there were grocers shops called Liptons. I used to go there on errands for my Mum and you cold get broken biscuits and cracked eggs from them.

Oh Jang - you just reminded me that I bought swimsuits in BHS as they always better than from anywhere else. Also bought a lovely shoulder bag in there in the sale once which got many compliments. More recently I bought most of my furniture and household stuff from BHS when I set up home after my divorce! Sales were always excellent value.

Definitely C&A, The Pier, BHS, Littlewoods.