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My Childhood Highstreet
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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 !!0 -
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Principles
Etam
Fine fare
Mac Fisheries
wait for it this is a good one GREEN SHIELD STAMPS TA DA
Principles is still open
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_Jen_0 -
we used to have Galbraiths and ShopRite as our local supermarkets.0
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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!!???0 -
Our Price - used to love going in there in a saturday !:j0
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Chelsea Girl hasnt gone though, they just rebranded to River Island
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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
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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:0
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