Shops no more....

[mashibinbin]

Yes our Holland and Barrett used to do that, breakfast cereal, nut, biscuits loads of stuff.

We had an independant one called "Weigh and save" which for the most part didn't live up to it's name. They even had a picnmix sweet section to rival woolworths!

 

[mashibinbin]

Littlewoods.

Their pools didn't come up sadly.

 

[mashibinbin]

With the very odd exception in a handful of towns, camera shops are largely a thing of the past.

Just another flash of the past now.

 

[mashibinbin]

Hifi shops are thin on the ground

No one wants to sound them out!

 

[mashibinbin]

Butchers.

I hope too many don't meat their maker.

 

[Roger]

Ironmongers

 

[theatrically_inclined]

Not a shop but the men that used to come round sharpening knives, he used to stop at the end of our street and me mam would give me a handful of knives to run up the street with to get sharpened. Not just me over kids too then we'd have sword fights on the way home! Seriously how am I still alive!

We had a mobile shop - once a week, that would have been mid 1970's - like a daytime milkman round, with daily "essentials". It's basically come back now, with ordering from milkandmore.co.uk

 

[mashibinbin]

Veg shops, used to be one on every road.

They've bean and gone.

 

[mashibinbin]

Cobblers

They're true I tell you!

 

[mashibinbin]

Mens Tailors

They don't suit today's society.

 

[mashibinbin]

Artist shops for you pens, pencils and paper

All gone stationary now.

 

[mashibinbin]

We had a mobile shop - once a week, that would have been mid 1970's - like a daytime milkman round, with daily "essentials". It's basically come back now, with ordering from milkandmore.co.uk

There are still plenty of mobile shops selling these new fangled portable telephone thingys.

 

[Roger]

Has @mashibinbin been hacked by the lastest Chinese AI chatbot?

 

[mashibinbin]

Has @mashibinbin been hacked by the lastest Chinese AI chatbot?

Nah, not me, I just wait ages for pun opportunities then they come along by the busload!

 

[Marianna]

Launderettes

As a traveler, I sorely miss the launderette that used to be in every town. When I visit England, it's usually for about four weeks at a time, but I travel with only three changes of clothing. Without a launderette within a short bus ride, I'm reduced to the primitive laundry in the sink every evening, and hope it dries overnight.

 

[Pearl]

Shops supplying Wool for Grannies knitting

We actually have a really good one in town but it's the only one I can think of now

 

[Pearl]

Artist shops for you pens, pencils and paper

I'm starting to think you live in a desert, don't you have a Rymans or Works?

 

[mashibinbin]

We actually have a really good one in town but it's the only one I can think of now

Just goes to show you can't pull the wool over Pearl's eyes!

 

[mashibinbin]

I'm starting to think you live in a desert, don't you have a Rymans or Works?

As Malrab's in the UK he does at least have a ruler.

 

[theatrically_inclined]

As a traveler, I sorely miss the launderette that used to be in every town. When I visit England, it's usually for about four weeks at a time, but I travel with only three changes of clothing. Without a launderette within a short bus ride, I'm reduced to the primitive laundry in the sink every evening, and hope it dries overnight.

I can sympathise. On one of my filming trips to Holmfirth my "on screen" jeans got very wet and caked in mud. Popped in to Tesco to see if they had anything similar - it was late, after other shops closed - but nothing. Ended up washing the jeans in the bath. Luckily they dried on the radiator overnight and looked "ok"!