Shops that are gone (9 Viewers)

[skybluesam66]

A few food related

lyons cafe - in broadgate (about where cathedral lanes is now - when buses used to go all the way around
all of the wimpys in town - pool meadow ,and the 2 opposite each other in town, + the Round cafe one
Pizza land
And there used to be a restaurant in the building where peeping tom is (an aunt took us in there a few times)

 

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[trevelfarandwide]

There was a musical instrument shop by Fishy Moores, was it strings and things?

Pretty sure it was, yes. I bought my first electric guitar and amp' from there, still have it to this day, 18 years on.

 

[clint van damme]

A few food related

lyons cafe - in broadgate (about where cathedral lanes is now - when buses used to go all the way around
all of the wimpys in town - pool meadow ,and the 2 opposite each other in town, + the Round cafe one
Pizza land
And there used to be a restaurant in the building where peeping tom is (an aunt took us in there a few times)

went there as a kid once, strangely an Aunt took me as well, no idea what it was called.

 

[Houchens Head]

went there as a kid once, strangely an Aunt took me as well, no idea what it was called.

That would be the Bridge Restaurant.

 

[Houchens Head]

Surprised no-one has mentioned Benley's. They were even cheaper than Woolies. Later became Intershop, then The Litten Tree pub.

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

There used to be loads of second hand shops up Hillfields. Me and my sister were always dragged round them with my Dad when we were little.

 

[Samo]

Anyone remember Oz in the city arcade?

 

[Houchens Head]

There used to be loads of second hand shops up Hillfields. Me and my sister were always dragged round them with my Dad when we were little.

Talking of Hillfields, do you remember McManus Carpet shop?

 

[Houchens Head]

Phillips in Hillfields too. Dragged there by my Granddad for files, screws, washers, hammers... you name it.

Boy, I had an interesting childhood.

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

Talking of Hillfields, do you remember McManus Carpet shop? View attachment 5764

I can remeber the big Father Christmas on the wall! Looking at the cars in the photo I reckon it must have been around that sort of period that we'd go too.

 

[Houchens Head]

That would be the Bridge Restaurant.

 

[Houchens Head]

I can remeber the big Father Christmas on the wall! Looking at the cars in the photo I reckon it must have been around that sort of period that we'd go too.

Walked up there many a time going to Highfield Rd!

 

[Houchens Head]

I can remeber the big Father Christmas on the wall! Looking at the cars in the photo I reckon it must have been around that sort of period that we'd go too.

This was from the 1970's

 

[Houchens Head]

Anyone remember Oz in the city arcade?

The City Arcade in it's heyday......

 

[martcov]

went there as a kid once, strangely an Aunt took me as well, no idea what it was called.

Bridge Restaurant? Run by CCC. Loss making..

 

[Ranjit Bhurpa]

The City Arcade in it's heyday......View attachment 5767

Wasn't the Swiss Alps restaurant at one end of the Arcade back then? Never went in but it looked a couple of notches up from the Wimpy.

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Midland education it was a bit like wh smith
My mum and dad ran the pub next door The climax.Apparently when I was I kid I used to go in say hello to all the staff and help myself to plasticine and felt tips

 

[martcov]

Midland education it was a bit like wh smith
My mum and dad ran the pub next door The climax.Apparently when I was I kid I used to go in say hello to all the staff and help myself to plasticine and felt tips

Were your mum and dad Jed and Ann? Or did they come after them?

 

[Gazolba]

Mattisons.

Sat with two 75 year olds. First time in a decade

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Mattersons. My Mum worked there for a while. There used to be a plough on the top of the building. It may still be there.

 

[Gazolba]

View attachment 5766

What was that store 'Spicers' you can see in the background under the bridge. There used to be a really good sweet shop somewhere around there. Then later on an Oxfam shop opened up there.

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Were your mum and dad Jed and Ann? Or did they come after them?

No mate think it was after them
My parents are called colum and Eillen

 

[Gazolba]

The City Arcade in it's heyday......View attachment 5767

I loved the city arcade, it was a brilliant design to have a narrow passage with shops on both sides. I remember some of the shops in that photo. It's great how every shop has an illuminated sign with an image of what the shop's business is.

 

[clint van damme]

Wasn't the Swiss Alps restaurant at one end of the Arcade back then? Never went in but it looked a couple of notches up from the Wimpy.

I ate in there many times, my mum and dad would take us there on special occasions. Can't believe I'd forgotten all about the place, what a blast from the past.

 

[Ranjit Bhurpa]

I ate in there many times, my mum and dad would take us there on special occasions. Can't believe I'd forgotten all about the place, what a blast from the past.

Good on you, I was always intrigued with the name and thought it was a slice of Switzerland right in the middle of Cov. Never heard the name before or since.

 

[Ranjit Bhurpa]

Mattersons. My Mum worked there for a while. There used to be a plough on the top of the building. It may still be there.

Think it was called Matterson Huxley and Watson as its full title. I'm told my Dad worked there for a while in the fifties and it was an early version of B&Q.

 

[Otis]

Think it was called Matterson Huxley and Watson as its full title. I'm told my Dad worked there for a while in the fifties and it was an early version of B&Q.

I used to work there.

They still have a place I think, Kingfield Road.

The company has been going since about 1750.

The shop was in Hales Street and the warehouse in Kingfield Road.

I worked there for 3 years in the late 70's.

 

[Ranjit Bhurpa]

I used to work there.

They still have a place I think, Kingfield Road.
The company has been going since about 1750.

The shop was in Hales Street and the warehouse in Kingfield Road.

I worked there for 3 years in the late 70's.

It was the shop on Hales Street I remember Otis, a large shop with the full company name in individual block letters across the full width of the shop front.
Didn't know about their warehouse though.

 

[Captain Dart]

I remember a model shop on Lower Ford Street, bought loads of Airfix kits from them.

Found this picture of Mattersons but it clearly pre dates the shop next to the theatre.

 

[Malaka]

Sa Bacci

 

[Otis]

It was the shop on Hales Street I remember Otis, a large shop with the full company name in individual block letters across the full width of the shop front.
Didn't know about their warehouse though.

Yep, at Kingfield Road and still there, though it has been taken over.

Used to be a steel stockist, but would also supply all the tools and nits and bolts and screws to the shop in Hales Street.

It was a big store.

 

[Captain Dart]

Was it Ridleys Army Surplus store on Far Gosford St? Where to go to get an RAF trench coat or an army knapsack/backpack, I'm sure I had one of those for school for a while.

 

[Johnnythespider]

Has anybody mentioned Intershop. It was where the Litten tree is, as I remember it was a bit like a mini market inside. I went through a phase of buying shoes from there in the early 80s.


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[clint van damme]

Has anybody mentioned Intershop. It was where the Litten tree is, as I remember it was a bit like a mini market inside. I went through a phase of buying shoes from there in the early 80s.
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what was the record shop in there? Was it Plastic sounds?

 

[wingy]

Has anybody mentioned Intershop. It was where the Litten tree is, as I remember it was a bit like a mini market inside. I went through a phase of buying shoes from there in the early 80s.


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Yeah Gazolba I think
It was Benly's before becoming Intershop.
Remember the Brown Suite we used to have, it came from there.
You may have been a tad young for that one to stick though.

 

[Gaz71]

I used to get sent to Phillips in hillfields when I was doing my plumbers apprentice duties, also Edwin Fryers plumbing Stores which used to be near Highfield Rd, I used to park my car there and walk up to the match.