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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.

Largolass Sun 21-Oct-18 11:47:04

Saxone

BBbevan Sun 21-Oct-18 11:12:22

Macfisheries
Express Dairy
ABC cafes

Jangran99 Sun 21-Oct-18 08:45:46

Pettigrew and Stephens, Glasgow

Billybob4491 Sun 21-Oct-18 06:44:57

Martin Ford

Bathsheba Sat 20-Oct-18 22:03:22

Derry & Toms, another London department store which closed in the early 70s.

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

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

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

It was the second one mentioned on this thread Jomarie!

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

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

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

George Mason

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

Freeman Hardy Willis

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

Jones & Higgins, Rye Lane, Peckham, London SE15

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

Kardomah

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

Barrows a department store in Birmingham in the 1950s

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

Dillons bookshops

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

Importer's Coffee retailer.

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.

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

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

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

Select boutiques

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

Benetton ?

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

Caters

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

Pollards

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

Department stores - Army & Navy and Allders.

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

Bremner’s

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

The first big supermarket that I can recall,

Food Giant.

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

Barratts Shoes