What store do you wish was still here.?

Yes indeed, and elsewhere on the Continent too.

Monsoon is still here, miss C&A good quality for decent price, they're still going abroad.

There are some carluccios around still we travel to them often x

Monsoon is still in parts of the UK, but not everywhere. 35 stores closed in 2020 when they went into administration, and more disappeared in 2021, including all 3 of the branches in my area.

Loved Woolworths. Ladybird clothes for kids was brilliant. It’s now a Poundland, which just doesn’t do the same job.

Josieann

And Gamages for toys, although I found it boyish ... trains and planes etc. I think it was in Holborn.

Oh Gamages. I’d forgotten it. I used to have to go there for my school uniform.

tigger

Fenwicks

Has your Fenwick closed. There is a lovely Fenwick in Colchester. It’s light and spacious and sells masses of beautiful things. I love going there.

It would have to be C&A …… I did have the privilege of opening the Hemel Hempstead store many years ago. The whole experience from being taken to the Oxford Street store and being kitted out, lunches, the vintage Rolls Royce and the huge amount of vouchers, absolutely superb.

I used to work in Woolworths as a Saturday girl. Do miss it.

I also miss George Henry Lees in Liverpool, the yearly treks there for school uniforms always included treats in the cafe and diversions into the toy department.
As a young child I was enthralled by the sights and smells in the huge Coopers , also the 6 floors that was Lewis’s , what a day out that was !

Lucky Girl 13
I too remember Chadds in Hereford and agree that it was a lovely place to shop . Completely agree that Hereford has been ruined by the new shops and cinema complex . It’s such an anachronism , sadly one that many other Councils adopt , to the eventual detriment of the places they say that will be ‘improved’
Backhanders anyone ??

'Grannywanny ^ remember all those you mentioned, as live in Colchester,"

I forgot Willie Gs .... Wonderful independent department store. There were so many good shops then.

BHS and Richards

Definitely Woolworths without a doubt.

C&A I used to buy clothes for my son and I would love to buy for my grandchildren They were well made and reasonably priced

oh, so many stores I wished still were here!
Woolworths for a start always what you wanted in there and also great for a wander around to pass the time!
Co-op there was a big one by us that sold clothes and they were really good value, fitted well and excellent price.
Littlewoods though the clothes were good they also sold brilliant knitting patterns and yarn. Our local one had a good cafe too, they used to have a sort of cake with raspberries in it as well that was heavenly but I have never found it anywhere else! okay, the rest of the food was a bit greasy spoon kept hot stuff but was cheap and when I lived in a hostel nearby was a lifesaver. The allowance the Social gave me for food daily was so small most places were out of the question and there was no where to cook so their cafe was a life saver!

I miss BHS. I got the best-fitting pair of jeans from there. They were also great for lamps and light fittings.

Dickins & Jones in Regent Street, I had a friend whose mother worked there and she would use her staff discount for us.
BHS as one could sometimes find something a bit different there.

Seamus89

I also miss George Henry Lees in Liverpool, the yearly treks there for school uniforms always included treats in the cafe and diversions into the toy department.
As a young child I was enthralled by the sights and smells in the huge Coopers , also the 6 floors that was Lewis’s , what a day out that was !

I remember Coopers, and I also loved Lewis’s - you could make a day of it. I also remember the Kardomah coffee emporium in Bold Street - much missed. I remember the gorgeous waft of fresh ground coffee as you walked past. I haven’t lived in Liverpool since 2004 (long story) and still miss it - you know what they say, you can take the girl out of Liverpool……………………!!

I also remember Blacklers in Liverpool - Elliot Street. I think it’s a Wetherspoons now. I well remember going to Santa’s grotto as a child, and there used to be coloured dancing fountains at Christmas. Ah - happy days !!

Bus and Woolworths