My Childhood Highstreet

barmonkey

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

With Barratts going it got me thinking how all the shoe shops have vanished
Dolcis, Timpsons, Lilly & Skinner, Freeman Hardy Willis, and Saxon's there are others on the tip of my tongue that I can't quite remember.
It reminded me of alot of others I remember when I was small
Rumbalows
Prestos
Ratners
Radio Rentals
Wimpey (still exist but v.rare)
Chelsea Girl
C&A
Index
John Menzies
Tandy
Our Price
Beefeaters
Fosters
Snob
Timothy White's

Who else have I missed?

we have a wimpy in our town

barmonkey

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

How could I forget Athena I loved looking at the posters, and Midland bank my first bank acc!

there is quite a big Athena in Exeter

Princess_Coupon

purplebutterfly wrote: »

When you used to walk round Safeway and hear the click click click of the pricing guns and if ever one was left unattended, you had to fight the desire to sneak over to it and have a quick go


Or was I just a very sad child? :rotfl:

My first job was working for 4 hours on a Saturday pricing the tins of cat and dog food with a pricing gun aged 13, I loved it and got paid £1.10 p/h

ailuro2

Here are some Dundonian ones....

What Every Woman Wants (was before the rest of "what every gadgee wants" chain - used to have some really great bargains when it first opened.)

Price Invaders - the equivalent to today's pound shops - great shop

RS McColls - not MArtin McColls

Fine Fayre - later taken over by Food Giant

Wollies when it was where Tesco in the Murray gate is now - later taken over by John MEnzies after they moved from their 3 floor store on the corner of Commercial street.

The A1 restaurant in commercial street, later moved to the Nethergate.

Draffens the department store

Hepworths mens tailors

Dunn & Co. men's tailors

The shop along the old overgate that used to sell 'alternative clothes' - spandex and punk tartan trousers.

Geo. Stephen the ironmongers in Castle Street

Largs the music shop at bottom of Commercial Street.

Audrey - the clothes boutique that gave you 'tick' on the corner of Wellgate and St. Andrews street - kids department was downstairs.

Goldbergs the dept. store in the Wellgate Centre (around the time Tesco had their store in there)- did great coffee....

Nicoll and Smibert the baker's where Greggs is at the top of Castle Street now.

Wallace's pie shops!:A still can't get a decent pie yet...

ailuro2

some more...

Trustee Savings Bank

Leeds building Society (with the leeds and you're smiling)

The Associates - loans when no-one else would touch you.

Rollerama in North Lindsay Street

Arnotts - dundee branch of House of Frasers - their bargain basement - half carp, half designer labels with 80% off.

barmonkey

ailuro2 wrote: »

some more...

Trustee Savings Bank

Leeds building Society (with the leeds and you're smiling)

The Associates - loans when no-one else would touch you.

Rollerama in North Lindsay Street

Arnotts - dundee branch of House of Frasers - their bargain basement - half carp, half designer labels with 80% off.

the leeds building society are still arround

TDA10

pumpkin25uk wrote: »

what about jonathan james shoe shop.
going off the subject slightly who remembers united bars yum and walkers snaps.

Here in Derby we still have Jonathan James AND there is a kiddy soft play place that sells tomato flavour snaps! Yummy!

To whoever asked - Mark One did become MK1 but sadly followed Woollies et al late last year

jackieb

ailuro2 wrote: »

Here are some Dundonian ones....


Wallace's pie shops!:A still can't get a decent pie yet...

Shouldn't that be peh?

TDA10

RoseFairy wrote: »

Half Price Jewellers
Mark One
Odeon Cinema
?

Half Price Jewellers are still in Derby - although I think they are called HPJ, and I'm pretty sure that there is an Odeon cinema in nearby Burton Upon Trent too.

Princess Coupon mentioned Beefeater - if you mean the restaurant chain then yep, good ol Derby still has theirs! Are we just stuck in the past or what?!!!

Oh and our Fine Fare became Gateway, THEN became SOLO! Anyone remember them? They didn't last long before becoming Somerfield here though.

Great trip down memory lane OP! :beer:

Mrs_Ryan

Oh god I forgot about Index!!!

Strangely enough Argos took over the Index shop in Newcastle.... I always liked Index better... as everything we ever bought from Argos either had bits missing or was broken or something....