Well known high street stores - Now defunct

randella

exocet said:

randella said:

That’s what I thought too, at the time I was there, but it really has no affiliation whatsoever. The founders named it after FW Woolworth, and got away with it as the name hadn’t been registered in Aus. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Group_(Australia)

Edit - I always liked the fact that Burger King was called Hungry Jack’s in Australia for years, as the owner of a takeaway already had the trademark and wouldn’t budge. 

I stand corrected! Got me thinking of Ozzie stores now....E.g Grace Brothers. What was the name of the Australian Maplins..Dick something or other?

Dick Smith! My memory’s not what it was and that was bugging me too - had to look that one up

guitars4you

What was Next called prior to Next ? - George Davies took over an old gents style chain of shops

@jerkmoans - Great call on the Private Shops - We had one about 3 doors down the road from us at my old hunting ground in Derby

guitars4you

The Golden Egg - Think it might have morphed into Garfunkels

exocet

guitars4you said:

What was Next called prior to Next ? - George Davies took over an old gents style chain of shops

@jerkmoans - Great call on the Private Shops - We had one about 3 doors down the road from us at my old hunting ground in Derby

Hepworths?

HAL9000

CHRISB50 said:

My mum is from Tooting. 

I was born in Tooting. Lived there until my mid twenties.

guitars4you

exocet said:

guitars4you said:

What was Next called prior to Next ? - George Davies took over an old gents style chain of shops

@jerkmoans - Great call on the Private Shops - We had one about 3 doors down the road from us at my old hunting ground in Derby

Hepworths?

Thanks

guitars4you

Have we done Brentford Nylon's

MagicPigDetective

Toy & Hobby. I loved the Chester store when I was a young ‘un. Were there more about, was it a chain?

exocet

I live in the South East and can recall that our “Pre privatisation” Electricity supplier (Eastern Electricity Board had a large appliance shop on our High Street. Think the “Gas Board” had one too.

guitars4you

exocet said:

I live in the South East and can recall that our “Pre privatisation” Electricity supplier (Eastern Electricity Board had a large appliance shop on our High Street. Think the “Gas Board” had one too.

Yes I recall such stores we even had 1 in our small town

Philly_Q

randella said:

JerkMoans said:

randella said:

Speaking of takeaways, anyone remember Spud-u-Like? Wimpy was nearly as dismal, at least the ones near me were. 

I recall losing a tooth at the age of about 10 in the Manchester Piccadilly Gardens branch of Spud-u-Like.  Much blood, maximum potato n beanz.

As for Wimpy, I swear they had a dessert named the 'Brown Derby'.  Asking for trouble...

Hah! Didn’t they do a ‘Bender in a Bun’ too? PR wasn’t their thing maybe

I keep coming back to Streatham (sorry) but we still have a Wimpy in Streatham.  And both the Brown Derby and Bender are still on the menu....  I always liked Wimpy burgers, the Quarterpounder is in a brown bun which seems nicely un-American.

MagicPigDetective

Three pages in and I’m the first to mention Tandy Electronics

JerkMoans

Philly_Q ....both the Brown Derby and Bender are still on the menu.... 

Is it Friday, already?

exocet

Dewhurst (Buthcher) think they were a national chain?

Nunogilberto

MagicPigDetective said:

For those from Wales.....HYPERVALUE! 

https://www.facebook.com/Hypervaluebeachside/videos/612230955978571/?vh=e

I used to buy all my tools from there when I was in my mid to late teens, working on cars etc.

I used to change the words to the radio jingle...

"Hyper Value value... The king of... Cheap shite..."

Nunogilberto

Ferrari's bakery - Wales' answer to Gregg's, gone back in the mid 00s.

Great British Burger

Fatty Arbuckle's - US themed restaurant a la TGI Friday, where they took an absolute fucking AGE to bring you your food. I remember my mother complaining about it and she was told that it was part of the US dining 'experience'...

Gilesports/Allsports

Kwik Save

John Menzies

MVC

Dolland & Aitchison opticians

United News newsagents

Fina petrol stations

BRS Truck Rentals...

Midland Bank

Courts furnishers

Bellycaster

Tandy
Principles
Richard Shops

scrumhalf

Visionhire

Lord John

K Shoes

octatonic

There are fewer farriers than there used to be.

Whitecat

Yeah, Safeway only disappeared from the UK - still lives on in the US and Canada. Although Morrison’s sells Safeway-branded food to wholesalers. If you live near a McColl’s that’s a big stockist.