Shops that don't exist anymore

[NZBoro1]

C & a, the blight of my Saturday morning when we would go into Middlesbrough to see my Nan and family and I’d have to walk round with mam and dad.

Actually, it’s a toss up between c&a and the light section in BHS

 

[AytonMews]

and the light section in BHS

Yeah I seemed to spend a ridiculous amount of time in there as well

 

[sadgit]

Have a walk around Dorman Museum. Free and well worth 60 minutes of your time. Sad to see places from my childhood now gone.

 

[SCG]

Presto

 

[king_hellfire]

I can’t for the life of me remember the name of the stores but they were sterile-looking record/CD/video game stores. I think they were around for a few short years sometime in the early, to late 2000s. They didn’t have a good reputation and I think they were one of the first stores to encourage buying stuff online. It was really expensive (£20 CDs) and I think it may have bought out another big music store (Virgin or HMV, or something like that). I think their stores decor and logo had a lot of green in it.


Can anyone reassure me that I’m not going crazy, and these stores actually did exist?

 

[SCG]

Zavvi? Although there was that’s entertainment which was more bargain basement.

 

[king_hellfire]

I can’t for the life of me remember the name of the stores but they were sterile-looking record/CD/video game stores. I think they were around for a few short years sometime in the early, to late 2000s. They didn’t have a good reputation and I think they were one of the first stores to encourage buying stuff online. It was really expensive (£20 CDs) and I think it may have bought out another big music store (Virgin or HMV, or something like that). I think their stores decor and logo had a lot of green in it.


Can anyone reassure me that I’m not going crazy, and these stores actually did exist?

I’ve just Googled ‘bought out virgin music stores’ and the answer came up… Zavvi.

I knew I wasn’t going crazy.

 

[rkangel]

I used to go in here and ask for a great story. I always left disappointed but warmer.

 

[The Disciple]

McKenna and Brown, Redcar
Rublelows
Timothy Whites
Woolworths
Uptons

Woolworths is still on the go in some other countries

 

[king_hellfire]

Zavvi? Although there was that’s entertainment which was more bargain basement.

Yeah, that’s the one. I finally managed to find it using Google, thanks

 

[SmallTown]

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No way it looked like this? My childhood memory is of a giant Palace in black and yellow filled with many delights

 

[JackG]

Have a walk around Dorman Museum. Free and well worth 60 minutes of your time. Sad to see places from my childhood now gone.

Does it still have the stuffed bear?

 

[SCG]

McKenna and Brown are still in Northallerton afaik. Did TV hire in the 70s/80s

McKenna and Brown, Redcar
Rublelows
Timothy Whites
Woolworths
Uptons

 

[Seadoggy]

Frankie Dee
Tates Late Shopper

Both used to be on Orchard Estate Shops, Eaglescliffe

 

[NZBoro1]

Bells stores.

Think Les bell started out in Skelton and then had little shops everywhere.

Always used to see him driving around in his roller, LB1 I think was his number plate

 

[Estonboy]

C & a, the blight of my Saturday morning when we would go into Middlesbrough to see my Nan and family and I’d have to walk round with mam and dad.

Actually, it’s a toss up between c&a and the light section in BHS

Fred Burn
Manstop
Jon’s City and Western
Hamiltons

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Athena
Pybus's
Officers Club
Fine Fare
Lord John
March The Tailor
Jacksons menswear

 

[Fat_Dragon]

Wimpy
Food Giant
Safeway
Shipman’s Bakery
Chipsworld

 

[MoggasDog]

Kwik Save
C&As
Geordie Jeans
Clinkards.
Bill Gates(I presume).

Charlie Clinkards is alive and well in the Midlands

 

[MoggasDog]

Carricks the bakers