High Street names that have completely vanished

warby68

Shoe shops - Saxone, Dolcis, Freeman,Hardy & Willis, Stead & Simpson, Trueform and Barratts.

A lot of them BSC brands.

I think they're all gone.

NaughtiusMaximus

warby68 wrote: »

Shoe shops - Saxone, Dolcis, Freeman,Hardy & Willis, Stead & Simpson, Trueform and Barratts.

A lot of them BSC brands.

I think they're all gone.

I didn't realise Dolcis and Barratts had gone, probably a reflection of how rarely I visit a High Street or shopping centre.

Bonniepurple

International (now Iceland)
Circle K
Kay’s (now shop direct)
Famous Army Stores
Jones Bootmakers
Our Price
Woolies
Staples - now Office Outlet but going downhill fast
Phones 4 U
Somerfield
Radio Rentals
Barratts shoes
BHS
Brantano

coffeehound

Saw a K Shoes sign today -- here it is in fact



Seemed like a logo from the past. Have they gone under?

Also Dôme. Sort of vintage French arthouse style cafes.

Malthusian

Never heard of Dosme but according to Wikipedia it's an Australian chain and still going strong. It doesn't look like it was ever a major presence on British high streets.

coffeehound

Malthusian wrote: »

Never heard of Dosme but according to Wikipedia it's an Australian chain and still going strong. It doesn't look like it was ever a major presence on British high streets.

That's interesting, they look sort-of similar though the british ones were more 1960s style. The ozzie ones started in 1991 whereas the UK ones came earlier I think. The Dôme in my home city turned into a Caf! Rouge so don't know if they bought them up?

Pixie5740

Tie Rack - I don't know how I forget them as I used to work in one many moons ago. I also seem to recall the Sock Shop which was owned by someone who used to work for Tie Rack.

kingstreet

Scan
Giro
Oobidoo
Mainstop
Sunspot
FineFare/Somerfield/Gateway
NSS
Ethel Austin
FADS
Dollycraft
Times Furnishings
Cavendish Woodhouse
Rumbelows
Granada TV Rentals
Radio Rentals
Rediffusion
Dewhurst
Edwards butchers

Forgive the NW of England bias.

ITV areas;-

ATV/Central
Granada
Border
Yorkshire
Tyne Tees
Channel
Thames
LWT
Scottish
Grampian
Ulster
Southern
Westward
HTV
Anglia
TVAM/GMTV



My personal favourites as a financial services worker for the last thirty-five years;-

Building Societies;-

Burnley
Britannia
National & Provincial
Gateway
Town & Country
Cheltenham & Gloucester
Woolwich
Liverpool
Anglia
Abbey National
Alliance & Leicester
Bradford & Bingley
Derbyshire
Portman
Staffordshire
Cheshire
Leeds Permanent
Halifax
Norwich & Peterborough


Life Offices/Unit Trust Groups;-

FS Assurance
Scottish Life, Mutual, Amicable, Equitable, Provident, Widows
Clerical Medical
Norwich Union
General Accident
GRE
Commercial Union
Royal Life
Sun Alliance Life
London & Manchester
Equitable Life
UK Provident
NPI (National Provident)
Lloyds Life/Royal Heritage
Vanbrugh/Prudential Holborn
Friends Provident/Friends Life
BUPA

Mortgage lenders;-

the Mortgage Corporation
Capital Homeloans
National HomeLoans
Mortgage Express
Household Mortgage Corporation
First Mortgage Securities
Bear Stearns HomeLoans
UCB HomeLoans
Private Label.

I'll probably think of more...

surreysaver

lindens wrote: »

Bejam (bought by Tesco)

I thought Bejam was bought by Iceland?

noodle_doodle

James Thin bookshops

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-james-thin-1254230.html

Borders bookshops
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/nov/26/borders-goes-into-administration