More Lost Shops of the Past
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Published 2024-03-10
Last year on Stuview TV, I made a video called Lost Shops You Wish Were Still Around. Included in that video were old favourites such as Woolworths, British Home Stores and Kwik Save. In case you haven’t seen it yet, here's the link - • Lost Shops We Wish Were Still Around ...
Today’s video features more old favourites from the high streets of yesteryear. How many will you remember?
Image acknowledgements and attributions
*Beatties carrier bag - www.flickr.com/photos/45131642@N00/6288006661
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*Presto Supermarket - David Henderson
*Woolworths - www.flickr.com/photos/terry_wha/3142714886
CC BY 2.0 Deed | Attribution 2.0 Generic | Creative Commons
*Burtons - Chemical Engineer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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*Henry Price - Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) - James Gunn, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
*River Island - Edward Hands, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
*Littlewoods store - By Ben Sutherland from Forest Hill, London. - DSCF1543, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5848620
*Littlewoods Liverpool - Sue Adair / Littlewoods Pools Building, Edge Lane
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All Comments (21)
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John Collier. John Collier. The window to watch! :)
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Wow! A bustling high street with open shops and loads of choice and colour , haven't seen of those in twenty years, mine resembles a cemetery with plenty of grey slabs once full of life.
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Let's take a nostalgic journey to the past and stroll along the high streets of Britain to revisit our culture that is sadly no longer with us.
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❤ Chelsea Girl on a Saturday.. Oh them days…
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Ah! The memories of coming home from school and seeing Mum had a new Littewoods catalogue... 😉😂
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"Mum, the Rumbelows man is here" 24 inch colour tv on tick. Weighed half a ton.
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Bentford Nylons omg ! The name of night mares , as kid my skin would catch on the pulls in the sheets Ma and Pa bought nylon sheets and the blankets . The static snaps popped me me everywhere over my body ... my bum the most as I remember !
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I remember shoe shop Freeman, Hardy and Willis.
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Purple bri nylon sheets and a floral nylon nightie. Lit up like Blackpool illuminations !
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The summer of 76 was hot enough. Then mum bought nylon sheets. Thanks mum.
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When there was variety and competition on the high street. But corporate globalism put an end to all that. "Mergers & Acquisitions" legislation purported to maintain a competitive economy while quietly allowing the multinationals to buy up the competition and destroy market economy. We LOVED the variety of the independent shops and small chains, with just one or two of the mega companies. Now city centres across the country are a carbom copy of each other with most of the company brands owned by a handful of multinationals. Thanks for the trip again Stu, and another happy trip to the past. All the best.
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Woollies... How I miss them. Back in 1969 my dad took me to our local Woolworths and bought me a few Airfix kits. Bloody lovely memories. By the 1980s the retailer was little more than a haberdashery.
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Some day in 1990 I remember watching two old biddies having a scrap in Presto's (Peckham, South London). I'm not sure what they were fighting about, but they were grabbing items from each other's baskets and throwing them anywhere. I ducked to avoid being hit by a can of beans, then as I lifted my head again I was hit in the face by a flying pack of bacon. Ah, the good ole days :) Yeah, Peckham could be a bit rough.
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1/2p wow 😆 the memories. We want Woolworths to make a come back! ☀️
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Im originally from Birmingham and have fond memories of Beatties models. I used to go on the no 50 bus into town with mum and she would take me in there and I would look at all the model trains. Such a shame all these places are long gone. If i could go back to the 80s i would. Much better times.
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Nothing like spending a winters evening with the Littlewoods catalogue planning our summer holiday and summer wardrobe ...
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Tammy Girl, Our Price....Etams! I miss those...i remember my nan talking about Prestos!
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I remember Zodiac Toys store. It was a world of wonder and joy when I was a kid in 70s. 😊
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When I was a young child we would get our groceries from Kwik Save.
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I used to really like Radio Rentals. Could always have the latest TV and video at a monthly payment over a few years then, send it back and get the new models. Excellent.
