The days when you had an assistant behind the counter when you wanted to buy something.Those chunky tills like large typewriter keys would go ping and the price would show up for you to see.The mahogany and glass cabinets to display stuff much better those days.
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I remember going to buy my first album proper (1973 I suppose). It was in Soper's (a department store in in Harrow-On-The-Hill).
I only knew I wanted a Sweet album and they had only made two. The assistant kindly showed me the tracklistings for both.
The first album, Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be, was really only a collection of pre-fame singles and the As and Bs of their few hits since. Needless to say, I knew very few of them.
The other album was Sweet's Biggest Hits, which I went for as I knew the songs, thanks to the guy's help.Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas - go figure!
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In my region we still have a fair few but nothing like they used to be - like even WH Smith had they own Travel Agency department circa 30 years a-go I recall ... may-be possibly 27 in one Town I recall
These Department Stores with individual parts sure had an echo of Grace Brothers - which I could not abide as a programme (Are You Being Served) but sure indeed it is an echo of past glories lost upon thinking about it!
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From 1907 to 1983 the building on the right was flagship store of the Bullocks Department Store chain which was a famous name around here. I used to go there with my mom when I was a kid. One of my fondest memories was sitting at one of the second or third floor windows and gaze down at the street below while my mom shopped. The building which is seven or eight storeys is now used as a carpark with various jewelry shops on the ground floor.
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Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post... Lewis's which for years I thought was owned by John Lewis but wasn't.
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There was a department store called Shepherds in Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne but either now closed or taken over by Debenhams/HoFsigpic
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