C & a

[amethyst]

Who used to shop at C & A racks of clothing You could spend hours in the store looking for stuff

[xmark1234]

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c & a oh my yea I use to go there I must say

[amethyst]

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c & a oh my yea I use to go there I must say

Always plenty of choice and you wouldnt leave without buying something

[darren]

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c and a cant think of the name of the shop.

[amethyst]

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c and a cant think of the name of the shop.

Really darren I am sure they were still around in the 90s until they dissappeared

[Twocky61]

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I bet nobody knows what C&A as an acronym is:

Clemens & August

The two founders of the store

In the Preston Lancashire branch early 70's there was a jukebox on freeplay. I always chose Elton John's Crocodile Rock when there either with Mum or even sometimes on my own Being 11 the staff knew I was not a potential customer but were still nice to me & one particular lady (she was probably a holiday temp fresh out of High School doing her first job. I actually had a crush on her) If I remember rightly her name was Cheryl)

[Richard1978]

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They closed their UK stores in about 2000, but are open in most of the rest of Europe.

[Heather74]

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I bet nobody knows what C&A as an acronym is:

Is it so the ladies knew which way round to try the knickers on?

[sixtyten]

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! Heather!

[Heather74]

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What? lol, I meant 'C'entre forward and 'A'round the back, you naughty boy!

[jason h]

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Lots of C&A memories myself. As a child I would look under the clothes rails for any little plastic size tags that had fallen to the floor. They were different colours as well and I ended up with quite a collection of them.
I remember the security cameras they had in the store. They were fixed high up on the ceiling and were black, round and had camera lenses pointing out - I was a bit scared of them as they looked a bit Dalek like.
Whenever winter came around, the store would be fitted out with lots of skiing range of clothes wear. I would usually buy a ski jacket myself as a winter coat, along with lots of other kids at the time.
I remember a range of clothing called Rodeo. Also (I think) Clock Tower, but maybe wrong about that.

[jason h]

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Is it so the ladies knew which way round to try the knickers on?

Haha. I remember my big sister telling me that joke when I was about 10. I didnt get the joke until many years later.

[Heather74]

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The old ones are the best... I remember the clockhouse range

[Twocky61]

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Is it so the ladies knew which way round to try the knickers on?

Now you mention it Heather................ lol

Also maybe Coats & 'Ats

[Richard1978]

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Lots of C&A memories myself. As a child I would look under the clothes rails for any little plastic size tags that had fallen to the floor. They were different colours as well and I ended up with quite a collection of them.
I remember the security cameras they had in the store. They were fixed high up on the ceiling and were black, round and had camera lenses pointing out - I was a bit scared of them as they looked a bit Dalek like.
Whenever winter came around, the store would be fitted out with lots of skiing range of clothes wear. I would usually buy a ski jacket myself as a winter coat, along with lots of other kids at the time.
I remember a range of clothing called Rodeo. Also (I think) Clock Tower, but maybe wrong about that.

I remember some other shops had those "Dalek" cameras, the Boots in Stockport did, I did see one recently in Manchester.

Until recently I had some C&A clothes around, some of my ties might be from there.