80s/90s shops

[wetasstenalady]

Feeling a bit nostalgic today I will start- every good shopping trip would involve a visit to Bay Trading and Snob

The only one of the ones I remember, but don't think has been mentioned yet, is Sock Shop.

Loved bay trading co.
Pilot was all about going out clothes for me. Pure sparkly fabolousness.

I remember having loads of the carrier bags from River Island with the old fashioned paintings on.

I also loved Internacional but for the homewear bits not the clothes. Still have some xmas decs I bought in there and wooden storage boxes I still use.

Anyone remember Spoils? Homewear shop. The cutlery I still use every day was bought there 20 years ago! 😄

What shop (whateverybodywants)

If you are from Liverpool, Dodo's. (Think Shuh is there now in L1)

Bow bangles or something like that ? For scrunchies :)

Woolworths!!!!!

Past times
Tammy
C&a

I loved Snob. Red shutters as changing room doors. Was logo a big kiss?
Also there was a ‘space age/futuristic’ young women’s clothes shop which had white ‘cave’ internal walls and big futuristic silver font for its name ... name was something like ‘2001’?

From the republic of Croydonia we had Clobber.

La senza

Aaah I remember bay trading Co. Always felt bit more grown up shopping in there

Will always miss woollies

I also miss an alternative shop that used to be in Plymouth called Petes place. Used to sell amazing jeans

I was in Germany (or it could have been the Netherlands) and saw a C&A there recently.

OMG YES!! Those 'hipsters' from Bay Trading with the silver buttons. My god they were awful! I had white ones... loved myself sick in those!

@BasinHaircut

Saying that, a few years ago DH’s granny sent us round a bread pudding that she’d made wrapped in a carrier bag.

Said carrier bag was from a local shop (don’t think it was a chain, but anyone who happens to be from Dagenham would remember Pollards) which closed down decades before. I did from a bit of an emotional attachment to that bag for a while I will admit.

I remember Pollards! Not the Dagenham one, but another branch where I grew up (not far from Dagenham). It had old fashioned wooden units, with glass tops and wooden cupboards behind.

I had them in black, brown, baby blue and pale green!

Sorry that was in reply to @BritInAus

Not sure it's been mentioned, but does anyone remember Tandys, the electrical shop? Radio Rentals is also another blast from the past!

Clock House
Tammy Girl
Shoes from Dolcis

We all used carrier bags from record shops as schoolbags.

@SkepticalCat yes it’s where you got your plimsoles for PE and sold wool and material by the yard and things like that.

It must have closed down about 30 years ago though, do you think?

Rumbelows....

Came on to say Etam and Tammy Girl but they have had a mention.

I miss Woolworths.

I used to spend hours pouring over Argos and Index catalogues for toys I wanted. Granted Argos still exists.

I loved mooching around Our Price too. For alternative wear in my teens, it was some weirdy independent shop which I can't recall the name of - could have been Orbit or Ozone or something. And another independent one called GMT's.

Tommy Ball's for school shoes.

I remember Tradex stores if anyone else does, they were ace around Christmas time. Randomly just remembered Texas home stores and Focus DIY superstore.

@insertcleverusername

Not sure it's been mentioned, but does anyone remember Tandys, the electrical shop? Radio Rentals is also another blast from the past!

Oh yes, definitely remember Tandy's.

C and A is definitely alive and kicking in Germany. I got some good lounge wear that can pass as day wear from there.

I have a C&A 10 minutes drive from where I live, it’s still the same 😂

Dolcis-best shoes!
Tammy girl
Top shop
Body shop (White musk and pinching lip liners 😬)
Bay trading-turquoise of ‘Those’ trousers with a turquoise cropped tie too.
River island-was never keen though
Etam
Ns2
Stolen from Ivor (could be purely a Northern thing)
Woolworths

My mum used to take me to C&A for underwear and socks.

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