Well known high street stores - Now defunct

rlw

Michael Barrie

rlw

Cecil Gee

scrumhalf

Hepworths ("just a lttle but more..." )
Granada tv rentals

bobblehat

Barkers Menswear
 Fosters

goldtop

Mr Byrite - supplied most of the embarrassing clothes I wore as a yoof.

Not sure that The Works is long for this world - I've seen three shops closing down in the last month or so. Same for Jessops.

DB1

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

There's still a Wimpy kiosk not far from me in Stafford. The oldest Wimpy Chalet in the country, apparently. They did indeed do a Brown Derby, and they still do a Bender in a Bun. I'm sixty years old in a couple of months and have only just managed to learn to order one without giggling like a girl. 

stonevibe

 The Reject Shop 

ronnyb

Trident, same as Comet and Curry’s. Bought my first colour TV there.

ronnyb

ronnyb said:

Trident, same as Comet and Curry’s. Bought my first colour TV there.

Have I imagined that? I can’t find any reference to Trident on the internet.

HAL9000

Mrs Lovett's pies ;-)

Nitefly

This is luxury you can afford - from Cyril Lord!

Carpets?

boogieman

Nitefly said:

This is luxury you can afford - from Cyril Lord!

Carpets?

Yup it was a carpet shop. My mum still says “Oi don’t get the Cyril dirty, take your shoes off!”  

hollywoodrox

The showrooms of the gas and electricity board 

scrumhalf

hollywoodrox said:

The showrooms of the gas and electricity board 

Which, of course, closed for lunch so you couldn't pay your bills in your own lunchtime. 

SRich

Couple of high street shoe shops long since forgotten...

Dolcis

Stylo

hollywoodrox

Dolcis were very good . Was there one called Curtis ? Very low end 

scrumhalf

hollywoodrox said:

Dolcis were very good . Was there one called Curtis ? Very low end 

Curtess.

rawk100

Anybody remember Athena? I got some great posters of an oiled -up Cindy Crawford from there in the early 90s. They also had lots of posters of topless firemen holding puppies.

Axe_meister

Radio Rentals.
Our Price
Virgin Records

fandango

Tower Records.