My Childhood Highstreet

helwarren

I remember a really large fabric shop in gloucester, every time had needlework project at school I would trundle along to there -but can't remember what it was called -became mvc when they closed down. Also remember wimpey, our price, meb shop which then became powerhouse, rumbelows, radio rentals, etam, c&a, hyper-value, bella pasta. We don't even have a next anymore as they moved out of town then it burned down!

mum remembered -it was Gordon Thodays.

square_bear

What about Tie Rack. Are they still going?
They used to sell ties and...........handkerchiefs

jess1974

Has anyone mentioned Great Mills the diy chain? ours turned into Focus....

FatAndy

mintymoneysaver wrote: »

I remember Jumpers as they had a shop in Newport , Isle of Wight until about two summers ago!

There was a Jumpers in Llandudno until a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure that it was a franchise and the franchisee decided it wasn't worth carrying on.

eileenfromplaistow

Aah, Brentford Nylons and Pollards - the wonderful slipperyfeel of nylon on your bed!

lynzpower

I jsut remembered a national wholesaler called ORBRO which i tihnk was a solely food only part of the makro group.

My parents used to buy some stock for our shops from there

I was so rackig my brains to think of PACO last night- GREAT ONE :T

Tarry

square_bear wrote: »

What about Tie Rack. Are they still going?
They used to sell ties and...........handkerchiefs

Tie rack are still about. I am sure I also saw them selling scarfs as well as ties last time I looked.

scottishminnie

lynzpower wrote: »

Another one I dont think has totally gone, but I have hardly seen on the high street at all- any one

get those pastel batwing jumpers at the ready- anyone remember DASH!!

Until last year I still had a DASH sweatshirt (I hasten to add it was in the gardeining clothes box) - it had the little people on the front - don't know what they were made of, kind of raised and stuck on to the fabric. Mine were ski-ing!

I've also got some Together gear in my gardening wardrobe - it's all very pastel and colour co-ordinated. Maybe I should go the whole hog and have a spiral perm again to complete the look - oh and also lurking in the painting clothes are a pair of pin striped Sasparilla jeans (not that there is a snowballs chance in hell I could get into them)

scottishminnie

FatAndy wrote: »

There was a Jumpers in Llandudno until a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure that it was a franchise and the franchisee decided it wasn't worth carrying on.

Was Jumpers the same as Sweater Shop? - I remember every single person seemed to have something from the Sweather Shop. How naff were they! Thankfully I think I only had the one sweater with the name emblazoned on the front!

lynzpower

no jumpers were deffo a competitor, there was one of each in manchester arndale when I had my saturday job there.