Shops from your childhood no longer around

I was thinking our price too. The only other one I can think of is Gateway supermarket in Brentford!

Fosters for "menswear"

Saxone for shoes

C&A and particularly their Clockhouse range for "stylish" fashion items

Bejam (although does that count as it turned into Iceland...)

Ratners jewellers

Radio Rentals

Athena (loved their posters!)

Wax Lyrical - candle heaven!

Safeway

Presto

International

Liptons

I used to work in Gateway, I had a very glamorous bri-nylon long-sleeved dress with a green tabard over the top ?

Athena is still around, there is one in Exeter where i live.

I used to like

Gadget Shop

Solo Records

C&A!!

<showing my age> Thoms <showing my age>

Anyone remember Thoms shops from the 70's early 80's?

Fairly sure the Gadget shop is still around as I think I've seen one in Brum (either Bullring or Merry Hell, can't remember). They've got a website, happy browsing! http://www.gadgetshop.com/

Mine is very specific - when I was a child there was a sweetshop near my house called The Chocolate Box. It was basically a converted front room of a house but I just remember it being really magical going in there with my 20p age 5 and having a very serious discussion with the lady about how best to spend my money! The house is still there with the sign on the front but it closed about 15 years ago and it still makes me sad when I see it - I'd have loved to take my kids there one day.

Jean Jeanie

The Co-Op (huge department store that turned into a Next)

There used to be a shop that only sold posh "jogging suits" for women - can anyone remember the name? They were quite expensive - warm, fleecy tops in pastel colours for women of a certain age?

Carol's Kitchen - used to be called Bake and Take before that.

The Left Bank - for records (although I'm wondering if that was an independent one-off)

Galt Toys

We still have co op in the North East

I used to love C & A bit far to travel but they have one in Amsterdam lol

Not from my childhood but i miss Etam ( plus size clothing store )

I don't think Etam was plus sizes was it? I shopped in there and that was back in my skinny days! ?

Dash?

I loved C&A, Spinadisc, Our Price, Whitemans (sport shop), and a sweet shop chain that had a huge selection of pic n mix, cant remember it.

I think Wax Lyrical might be making a comeback, I noticed some candles in Waitrose the other day made by them. Was a fab shop wasn't it!

Dash!! That was it!! Thanks Mizz Pink - that was going to drive me mad!! ?

Etam became Tammy Girl didn't it?

Nah, Etam wasn't plus size, I'm sure. Tammy Girl was a concession of theirs, I think.

The Sweater Shop and Benetton were all over the joint when I was a young whipper-snapper.

Me too, I think it might of had a "fat" section?

Yep, they certainly are. They're owned by The Entertainer Group (who sell the toys, innit).

My mistake but it did have a fantastic plus size range x

Chelsea Girl- I think that became Dorothy Perkins though.

I had my first bank account here - I was a Griffin saver ?

Chelsea Girl became River Island.

I cant believe I had remebered it!!

What about Fashion Floor...?

Athena still exists as does the co-op.

Gateway became Somerfield if I remember rightly and we all know who the Midland Bank became I'd have thought (I still have an account with the HSBC)

Ah, I was close!

Anyone remember Andy's Records?

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! At Dash - my Mum used to wear their tracksuits ?

I used to live in Benetton jumpers, and wore a white polo neck underneath, with a short black skirt and Nike Air Jordans - I was soooooooo cool ?

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! At Dash - my Mum used to wear their tracksuits ?

I used to live in Benetton jumpers, and wore a white polo neck underneath, with a short black skirt and Nike Air Jordans - I was soooooooo cool ?

This wasn't in a small village in Surrey by any chance was it? There was a Chocolate Box where I lived that was a converted house and I think the sign is still there too!

Did you have the black sports bag and the maths set with compass and protractor? ?

I thought you were doing interviews missy!!

Tammy Girl was the young range of Etam, fact fans ?

There was a great chippy in Coventry called Fishy Moores. I used to get dragged in their once a week by my nan which I wasn't too impressed with as it was full of old people but their chips were lovely.

I remember Lilley and Skinner for shoes as well. I always wanted to get my school shoes from there, but dad made me get Clarks ones instead!

Was the little black skirt a wrap-around? If so I wore the same. Benetton or Naff Naff. With a Benetton bag covered in tipex ?

Hmm

Our Price

Benetton - anything with "United Colours" on it was de rigeur at our school!

As was Global Hypercolour?