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My Childhood Highstreet

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  • lorac3
    lorac3 Posts: 248 Forumite
    Timothy Whites ( showing my age here ! )
    Granada TV rentals
    Chelsea Girl
    Timpsons shoes
    Hodgkins and Hepworths ( not sure if this was nationwide or just Yorkshire )
    Fine Fare supermarkets
    Liptons supermarket
    Taylor and Colbridges ( stationary store )
    I could go on and on !!
  • Fruitloops
    Fruitloops Posts: 887 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    debralee wrote: »
    We've still got an Athena in my hometown!

    Ooh really? What town do you live in? :D I loved Athena!!


    Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
  • x_Bunny_x
    x_Bunny_x Posts: 1,325 Forumite
    Tricia_^^ wrote: »
    Principles
    Etam
    Fine fare
    Mac Fisheries


    wait for it this is a good one GREEN SHIELD STAMPS TA DA

    Principles is still open :D

    www.principles.co.uk

    I remember food giant, im sure it used to be where woolies is now, but then that has shut and all :p
    _Jen_
  • GlasweJen
    GlasweJen Posts: 7,451 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    we used to have Galbraiths and ShopRite as our local supermarkets.
  • MandyLou66
    MandyLou66 Posts: 254 Forumite
    I had my first Saturday Job in Weston Hart record shop!
    Got my first bra at Contessa!

    I loved both Green and Pink shield stamps! We kids were allowed to choose a pressie each and then we had a family outing to go pick them up!!

    Good thread! ML
    'Neither a lender nor a borrower be'
    Now why didn't I take any notice of the
    second part of that quote!!???
  • Minimoneysaver_2
    Minimoneysaver_2 Posts: 163 Forumite
    Our Price - used to love going in there in a saturday !
    :j
  • flea72
    flea72 Posts: 5,392 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Chelsea Girl hasnt gone though, they just rebranded to River Island

    Flea
  • coxy07
    coxy07 Posts: 327 Forumite
    ladybez wrote: »
    Redmans Supermarket,
    Glad someone remembers Redmans! All my family worked for them. I spent my school summers working for them.
  • RoseFairy
    RoseFairy Posts: 741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Salisbury Handbags, my first sat.job!
    Lifecycle health foods,
    Bejam's
    Martin McColls newsagents,
    Shoe Fayre
    Half Price Jewellers
    Mark One
    'Kentucky Fried "Chicken"' ie not KFC!
    Odeon Cinema
    ?
  • mackidee
    mackidee Posts: 50 Forumite
    Owen Owen department store - we would go in after school for a squirt of the tester for Estee Lauder Youth Dew, we were all actually wearing Charlie but at the time Youth Dew was seen as the ultimate in sophistication! :rotfl: :rotfl:
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