My Childhood Highstreet

bagby

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

don't remember Mac Fisheries? Etam that reminds me of my first Bra from Tammy girl (28AA).
Got my first mobile from The People's phoneshop
and my first BF who was really "trendy" shopped at Concept Man

I remember macfisheries but I think it was in the late 60's - my mam worked in there. Wasnt it just a northern firm??? Great name

bagby

anguk wrote: »

Geordie Jeans! :T

Everyone from the north-east who was a teenager in the 80's must have owned at least one pair of Geordie Jeans. Every time a new craze came out, pinstriped, stripe down the side, coloured turn-ups etc. we'd be there buying a new pair.

Also Robert Anthony for cheap jewellery, me & my friends would be in there every Saturday buying something with our pocket money, you could get a silver chain for a couple of pounds. I think my very first digital watch came from there!

yes -geordie jeans - great shop bought loads. Also Robert Anthonys I got my ears pierced there, very cheap jewellery shop.

Also Chelsea Girl - the shop was very dark and dingy and those changing rooms (but I couldnt fit into much stuff from there - the largest size they did was a very small 14). That was my aim to buy a skirt from Chelsea Girl when I was losing weight - I did achieve this but the next month found out I was pregnant!! so never wore it again.

Memory lane

Ellie2758

The Golden Egg - used to go there with schoolfriends for pancakes and syrup. Yum.

Country Casuals

lynzpower

The gadget shop- hasnt that one gone as well - albeit fairly recently?

Mrs_Ryan

Stationery Box! I used to buy loads of stuff in there. Lynzpower - the gadget shop did go fairly recently, ur right.

Alikay

Jean Junction and Jean Genie - Sold, you've guessed it: Jeans! and any other item of clothing you can imagine made from denim.
John Collier menswear
Jackson's the Tailor
Hogg Robinson travel agents
Pickfords Travel (guess what my job was!)
VG local grocery stores
Manfield shoes
NSS newsagents
and the Kardomah for coffee afterwards

pumpkin25uk

berni inn wow what a treat that was, we only ever went on birthdays, and they used serve a kiddie cocktail (limeade) with a curly straw.
TDA10 im also originally from derby maybe jonathan james and walkers snaps are an east midlands thing lol. when at school if you had shoes on from JJ you would get loads. as for derby being in a timewarp derby had the original primark in the eagle centre which opened late 80s/early 90s!
does derby still have birds the confectioners now that was a real treat!
beatties toy shop?

Ellie2758

Fine Fare supermarkets

scottishminnie

jackieb wrote: »

I forgot about Galls. Maybe that was just a Scottish chain? Used to sell ladies clothing and if I remember correctly, it also sold wool.

Galls - oh another name from the past! The more I think about this though the biggest presence on the High Street in the 70's around my area was the Co-op. They had umpteen stores in each town, there would be the bakery, butchers, fruit shop, furniture, menswear, ladieswear etc etc and in most cases the all seemed to be housed in separate buildings. Some towns were decimated when the Co-op shut down. And I think people saved co-op stamps (my memory is hazy there but I do remember licking and sticking stamps on a cardboard booklet type thing for granny)

mintymoneysaver

lynzpower wrote: »

Wimpy is definately still going, as there are quite a few round london *roman rd/ lewisham are 2 I can remember- plus a couple Ive been unfortunate to eat in at services ( norton canes??) they are a franchise.

Also another one that has bit the dust- was it national - Toy & Hobby?


Select Seconds ( bolton I particularly remember)

My aunty was good friends with Helen who owned toy and hobby, and my mum used to clean her house! We got great Christmas presents as kids with our Sindy wall of sound being a particular favourite! She stopped trading in the late 80's/ early 90's I think, and went off to live somewhere exotic! I think it was mostly a Northern chain, but she would never have a shop in Liverpool town centre as she said the rates were too expensive.

We still have a Wimpy in Liverpool, and we used to have a Leo's supermarket, it became Pioneer and then the co-op

We also have a Beefeater, it's part of the Travel Inn brand.


What a great thread!!!