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Ryank

Ryank Report 12 Jan 2008 22:19

Hi another one to keep you all going.
What shops that have closed over the years.
Just e few to get started do you remember.

John Collier the tailors.
C & A the clothes retailer.
Liptons

Ryanke

Desperate Housewife ♥

Desperate Housewife ♥ Report 12 Jan 2008 22:20

Chelsea girl. Used to spend saturday afternoon in there spending my first wages!

Karen

JustJean

JustJean Report 12 Jan 2008 22:21


litlewoods
kwik save

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 12 Jan 2008 22:21

Richard shops - I used to love them for my clothes!!

K

Desperate Housewife ♥

Desperate Housewife ♥ Report 12 Jan 2008 22:23

God I remember richards shops, my mum used to buy a dress there every xmas for the works do.

karen

cariad

cariad Report 12 Jan 2008 22:25

yes Richards shops, bought a lot of stuff there. and C & A.

Tina-Marie

Tina-Marie Report 12 Jan 2008 22:26

ohhh what a lovely 'blast from the past' thread.

Richard shops... totally forgot that one
Chelsea girl
C & A... loved the dresses

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 12 Jan 2008 22:26

Timothy Whites
Brentford Nylons

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 12 Jan 2008 22:26

Peter Lord - shoes
Carrefour - everything
Salisbury's bags and umbrellas
Home and Colonial - grocers

Ryank

Ryank Report 12 Jan 2008 22:27

For those on the board from Liverpool
Well thats my home town.

Blacklers Department store.
George Henry Lees Department Store
Owen Owens Department Store


Ryanke

Desperate Housewife ♥

Desperate Housewife ♥ Report 12 Jan 2008 22:34

For anyone from Manchester....Lewis' department store, worked there when I left school, now it's primark, cheaper but not as much class. lol

karen

Maddiecow

Maddiecow Report 12 Jan 2008 22:35

Anyone Remember Dickie Dirts - Camberwell Green London - many many years ago.

Desperate Housewife ♥

Desperate Housewife ♥ Report 12 Jan 2008 22:36

No sorry Maddie cna't recall that one, what did they sell

karen

Jackie

Jackie Report 12 Jan 2008 22:39

c & a was my first job when i left school in 1961
hated it i weighed about 6 stone and we all had to wear black dresses had red hair so looked like a black matchstick Lol
you had to be called by your surname and as mine was smith they called me by the name of the street i lived on
couldnt get used to answering to ir
Love Jackie

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 12 Jan 2008 22:40

Anyone from Manchester remember Henry's store on Market St? not as classy as Lewis's,but used to get some real bargains especially in their china dept,in fact still have some small china plates that I got from there!

Maddiecow

Maddiecow Report 12 Jan 2008 22:40

Jeans HH was very famous I think they were even mentioned in the Lyrics of a Madness song.

Ryank

Ryank Report 12 Jan 2008 22:42

Not giving my age away

Appletons the Chandlers
Waterworths the greengrocers
Irwins
Binns the Department store

Ryanke

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 12 Jan 2008 22:43

just love that black matchstick description
Jackie - can picture it!!

cariad

cariad Report 12 Jan 2008 22:43

macfisherys

ratners

Desperate Housewife ♥

Desperate Housewife ♥ Report 12 Jan 2008 22:43

Brenda, don't remember Henry's but do remember Bostock records, bradleys records and best of the best for records....Yanks all in manchester in the eighties.

Karen x