What now defunct stores did you like shopping at?

[glovestrains]

Woolworths
Netto
Blockbusters

Oasis was my absolute favourite clothes shop.
Also miss Warehouse and Top Shop.

The pier

Woolworths
C&A
Debenhams

Principles
Richards

Bay Trading! I got some lovely bodice tops in the early 2000s.
Past Times was lovely too.

Woolworths, everything you needed,
top shop for dc
bhs

I miss Awear, as you said, they had amazing clothes at great quality. I still have a few of their tops that are still going strong

ELC for dc

@Willmafrockfit ELC is now part of The Entertainer toy shops.

I miss Woolies and Chelsea Girl.

They should definitely bring woolworths back.

Dolcis
Ravel
Chelsea Girl
Alders
Debenhams
Woolworths
BHS
C&A

All gone, non replaced.

What happened to Dotty P's? I know a few people who relied on them for jeans

C&A although they still exist abroad (and yes I always pop in holiday)

Woolworths

BHS - especially the Christmas giftware tat section which I loved.

I see someone has already mentioned Biba. Also Boodle-Ams in Leeds, the Pier, Crocks, Au Naturelle, Chelsea Girl and Past Times.

As a former employee of Woolworths I can tell you all that Wilkos, Home Bargains, B+M, Poundstretchers, The Range, Poundland etc sell pretty much everything Woolies did.
Seriously...they do. Woolies doesn't need to come back. It's been replaced.
Not the Ladybird clothing - but that market has pretty much been taken over by supermarkets and Primark.
Another public service announcement....
Early Learning Centre STILL EXISTS.
It is part of The Entertainer toy shops. They sell the ELC branded toys there including Happyland.

Borders books - loved the massive one in Southampton

Cromwell’s Madhouse for cheap Levi 501s, Athena for a poster or two, Our Price for this week’s chart busters, Past Times for a present for your granny, rounded off by a 1/4 lb of pick & mix from Woolies.

Classic 90’s shopping trip as an older teen.

Adams the kids clothes shop
Woolies for everything!
BHS did cheap school uniforms
C&A did cheap ski gear
O'Neills the sandwich shop
Borders and all the defunct bookshops
Bay Trading lots of 90s clothes
Debenhams- Christmas presents
House of Fraser nice stuff

BHS
Woolworths
Laura Ashley
My local Marks and Spencer which has just closed down !

I'm near Belfast and we used to have a branch of A Wear in our local shopping centre. It disappeared years ago and I was never sure if the whole chain had collapsed or if it just hadn't been performing well in this location.

I used to love shopping in A Wear when I was in Dublin and was stupidly excited when we got our own branch🤣 I bought some fabulous clothes there.

The Pier. I still often Google shops like The Pier….

Agree about the Pier. Their sales were great. Once got a fabulous wicker hamper that we used as a toy box for 50p! My bedroom furniture is all from Pier and it's lasted well.

I seriously think some on this thread need to take a good walk around their local High Street/Shopping Centre and see what's there and what they sell.
Nostalgia is one thing - but you can buy pretty much everything these dead retailers sold in other shops. No wonder High Streets are "dying" - it sounds like no one actually goes there because people don't seem to know what current retailers exist and what they actually sell.
I see this on Facebook groups where people ask "where in town can I buy..." and people respond with a dozen different shops and you then get all the "Oh I didn't know so and so sold that" when it's something that retailer has always sold.
Anyway... I better get up and going. Need to pop to the shops myself today 🙂

but i dont like Wilkos
the quality is inferior

BHS
Debenhams
Neon Sheep
Woolworths

Locally an independently run bed shop