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My Childhood Highstreet
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Not a shop, but do you remember Alpine - they use to deliver bottles of pop and were really cheap!!
When I was young we also had a mobile shop! Made up for the fact that the icecream van didnt come down our street.ACII and Chartered so now I can focus on learning to play my beautiful Sax. 🎷0 -
Not an old shop but does anyone remember Cinnabon - MMMMMmmmmmmmDream as if you'll live forever - live as if you'll die today0
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quality seconds (qs, unsure if nationwide )
norweb (sold electricals):xmastree::xmassign::rudolf::xmastree:0 -
the clothing company
benneton:xmastree::xmassign::rudolf::xmastree:0 -
Not a shop, but do you remember Alpine - they use to deliver bottles of pop and were really cheap!!
When I was young we also had a mobile shop! Made up for the fact that the icecream van didnt come down our street.
I remember the Alpine pop man and the Schofield pop man!
Nothing beats the taste of pop from one of those old glass bottles, and the Cream Soda was green ~ just like it ought to be now!
Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty...0 -
Mace? Happy shopper? or are they still going?0
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sexykellylovespink wrote: »the clothing company
benneton
My daughter had an orange United Colours of Benetton sweatshirt and liked the colour. I bought United Colours of Benetton paint in the same colour from B&Q and painted her bedroom in it. At night with the lights on it looked like the room was on fire!0 -
Quality Seconds or QS are still around. I ate at a spudulike this week
The Very Right Honourable Lady Tarry of the Alphabetty thread-I just love finding bargains and saving moneyI love to travel as much as I can when I canLife has a way to test you, it's how you deal with this that matters0 -
The Body Shop when it first opened - it was queued out to the doors for weeks and weeks!
Timpsons the shoe shop was where we were taken for shoes - My posher friends went to Peter Lord's I think it was the local shop for Clarks.
AT MAys the travel agents.
James Thin is a more recent buyt much loved absence from our High Street.Member of the first Mortgage Free in 3 challenge, no.19
Balance 19th April '07 = minus £27,640
Balance 1st November '09 = mortgage paid off with £1903 left over. Title deeds are now ours.0
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