Well known high street stores - Now defunct

guitars4you

So let's recall some well known high street stores that are no longer with us - I'll Kick off with one or two

Dewhurst's - Woolworths - Sock Shop - Tie Rack - Toys 'R' Us - Lipton's supermarket

As a kid in the 70's I recall a supermarket chain called U Save - Not sure how many branches they had or if it was just a Northern Chain - Anyone else recall it

ten77guitar

Our Price - £12 per cd anyone?

Philly_Q

Kwik Save, Somerfield, Fine Fare, Bejam (always referred to as "BJM" by my dad).... like your U Save, when I was a student in Bath there was a supermarket called Key Markets.  I don't know how widespread they were.

Tower Records, Virgin, Our Price, Blockbuster, John Menzies.

Deadman

Athena - For all things poster related.
Hintons supermarket - Not sure if this was North East based only?
Fine Fare - My first job as a student

WiresDreamDisasters

ten77guitar said:

Our Price - £12 per cd anyone?

Flagrant lies.

I bought my first cd in Our Price for £11.99.

fields5069

Freeman, Hardy and Willis. They have your shoes, I am reliably informed.

EricTheWeary

Brentford Nylons.

John Collier ( I went to a school with a John Collier and gained much pleasure from singing ‘John Collier, John Collier the window to watch’ to him; I suspect he doesn’t miss them off the high street). 

Barretts of Feckenham ( not sure how country wide they were, Feckenham is quite a nice place in North Worcestershire). 

CHRISB50

Beejams 
Rumbelows
Gamleys
Doughmasters (Croydon)
Pratts (Streatham)

Pablo

C&A

Reverend

Bejam stores were bought by Iceland. 

Philly_Q

CHRISB50 said:

Pratts (Streatham)

Pratts was still there when I moved to Streatham, but closed not long after - a real old fashioned department store!  Now it's a Lidl.

Legionreturns

Pablo said:

C&A

My ex had a pair of knickers from there... 

She thought the label was to tell her which way round to wear them 

...I'll get my coat! 

exocet

Littlewoods, BHS, Fine Fare, Mac Markets (Supermarket).

Kilgore

Grace Brothers

It failed to keep up with the times after "young" Mr Grace passed on. 

RandallFlagg

Timothy Whites (deceased 1985)

HerrMetal

Comet

Jalapeno

Lasky's

Maplin's

MFI

JJB Sports

Tie Rack

Blockbuster

BHS

ToysRUs

Staples

Phones4U

breakstuff

The Sweater Shop. 

That was pretty short lived as far as I remember. 

Philly_Q

Ratners.

scrumhalf

C&A still exist in mainland Europe.

MacFisheries

Owen Owen

Gamages

Bourne & Hollingsworth

Swan & Edgar

Lilly & Skinner

Tape Revolution

Do It All

kaypeejay

Radio Rentals
Ethel Austin
Lewises