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Shops no longer in existence

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NanKate Fri 19-Oct-18 22:25:02

C and A

Another game snaffled from local radio.

AlieOxon Sat 20-Oct-18 10:32:39

Station bookshops

MawBroon Sat 20-Oct-18 11:08:06

Civil Service Stores in the Strand

Jalima1108 Sat 20-Oct-18 11:10:47

David Morgan in Cardiff

GrandmaMoira Sat 20-Oct-18 11:44:04

Supermarkets - Kwiksave, Finefare, Caters, Presto and Safeway.

Scribbles Sat 20-Oct-18 11:54:13

Bodgers of Ilford (a department store)

dani4 Sat 20-Oct-18 12:09:50

Barratts Shoes

MiniMoon Sat 20-Oct-18 14:14:20

The first big supermarket that I can recall,

Food Giant.

Jangran99 Sat 20-Oct-18 14:20:35

Bremner’s

GrandmaMoira Sat 20-Oct-18 14:38:56

Department stores - Army & Navy and Allders.

Billybob4491 Sat 20-Oct-18 15:07:56

Pollards

BBbevan Sat 20-Oct-18 15:55:24

Caters

tiredoldwoman Sat 20-Oct-18 16:57:40

Benetton ?

travelsafar Sat 20-Oct-18 17:28:13

Select boutiques

Cherrytree59 Sat 20-Oct-18 18:32:55

Paco. (although may still have shops in Northern Ireland.

annsixty Sat 20-Oct-18 18:58:17

I remember a supermarket called Gem, which I think turned into Asda.
We also had Lennons in the NW,can't remember who took them over.

Suki70 Sat 20-Oct-18 19:08:13

Importer's Coffee retailer.

Chewbacca Sat 20-Oct-18 19:58:18

Dillons bookshops

NanKate Sat 20-Oct-18 20:14:56

Barrows a department store in Birmingham in the 1950s

BBbevan Sat 20-Oct-18 20:47:53

Kardomah

Patsy70 Sat 20-Oct-18 21:27:30

Jones & Higgins, Rye Lane, Peckham, London SE15

grandma60 Sat 20-Oct-18 21:34:31

Freeman Hardy Willis

Cherrytree59 Sat 20-Oct-18 21:35:40

George Mason

Jomarie Sat 20-Oct-18 21:37:26

Why has nobody mentioned "Woolworths" ???? Is it still going in some parts of the country ?

Bathsheba Sat 20-Oct-18 21:58:37

It was the second one mentioned on this thread Jomarie!

Bathsheba Sat 20-Oct-18 22:01:05

Gamages- department store in Holborn, London, which closed in the early 70s.