Name a closed shop you still haven't gotten over closing?

[OneUmberJoker]

Woolworths
Blockbusters

Woolies is the obvious one , Kitchen Reject Shop ( which was the go to location when we were still at school for weekend shopping trips as they sold all kinds of shiny things , bracelets made of springy plastic too ) I feel like someone could make a fortune if the could bring back the nostalgic vibe of these .

Oh and The Covent Garden General store .

Paperchase - the big one on Tottenham Court Road. I know there's a limited range in Tesco but it's not remotely the same/as good. I enjoyed many a lunch. hour in there when I worked behind Euston.

I don't know if this counts as a shop, but there used to be a Cornish pasty place in Covent Garden with a pirate/ship-themed bar above it. It was really small, but cwtchy and a really nice place to take a date during the winter because usually people didn't know that it existed, so it was like a hidden gem type thing. I've also dated a handful of sailors in my time, so they particularly loved it!

Jenners was lovely.

Agree about Woolworths.

There's a very similar shop to Paperchase in London Waterloo station - on the balcony. It's called Postmark. I don't know if it is only in London, or only in railway stations.

I remember there being an Owen Owen in Bath, I didn't know there was one in Liverpool as well.

Debenhams and BHS. Especially Debenhams. Really missed it when doing my house up, would find everything that you need there and I have this deep nostalgia when remembering shopping there every Christmas time for my kids.

Etam
Tower Records
Woolworths
Debenhams

Cranks restaurants, too.

Clas Ohlsen & Hema (thanks Brexit).
Paperchase
Habitat
The Pier
Lombok

I wanted a new long, wool coat, but not expensive. I actually longed for C&A, they used to have a whole floor devoted to such things.

Woolworths
Wilko
C & A
Wallis
Debenhams
Bhs
Ravels ( shoes)

Also markets used to live and work near Pettycoat Lane in London and apartments from market stall there used to be a lot of independent shops behind the stalls .

Wilko, ours was a four minute walk away, very handy for a packet of Polyfila needed urgently on a Sunday.

East! I loved their clothes. They are still operating online, but it’s not the same and their clothes are now dreadful. Saggy expensive dresses not helped by models in ugly boots.

The Pier - no shop has ever come close!

Pratt’s, the John Lewis store in Streatham

Heals and Habitat and Paperchase on the Tottenham Court Road - I did my entire Christmas shopping in those 3!

You can buy GAP from Next directory online.

Cranks restaurants
Stockpot restaurants (great on a student budget)
Woolies
Benjy’s sandwich shops
Dickens & Jones

And although I’m too old for them now, I feel for the younger generation missing out on:
Top Shop
Miss Selfridge
Kookai
the re-run of Biba
Lots of the vintage shops where you could buy anything from a 1950s ball gown to a pair of battered Levi’s from the 70s.

You know I remember The Pier existing but I can't for the life of me remember what they sold 😂

Paperchase
Cath Kidston
Joules
House of Fraser
Debenhams
Gap

Topshop
Habitat
Woolworths
Virgin Megastore
The Italian deli near my house that shut after about 80 years. 😭

True, but they don’t give the 20% offers that Gap used to do. I only ever bought when I had an email discount code.

You can indeed buy GAP online as you can with some of the other mentioned brands. It’s just not the same.

Patisserie Valerie—used to order show stopping birthday cakes from there.

Mark one

Richards