Which closed British shop would you bring back for 24 hours just to experience it again?

Every Christmas/birthday for grandma that’s where I headed

Always reliable and always fun to poke about

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Charming_Honeydew_91@reddit

Woolworths for sure.

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Serious-Top9613@reddit

WOOLWORTHS!

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Yikes44@reddit

I still have some lovely plates and bowls from The Pier. It's been years since it went under but I loved that shop so much.

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Cattyjess@reddit

I worked in the Pier until it went into administration. I loved working there. I still have two bowls/plates from there that I bought for uni. My parents still have a massive mirror over their fireplace.

Probably a local toyshop or one which died out.

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aldursys@reddit

Funnily enough that store used to be a Binns before it was a Wilko.

Dog food, washing powder and Virgin Cola

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glasgowgeg@reddit

I can't even tell you how much I miss physical Wilkos

They sold basically the exact same stuff that B&M, Home Bargains, and The Range sell, and The Range sell loads of the Wilko stuff anyway.

I am doing some work on the house and am missing Wilko terribly. Run out of sealant or need a couple of screws in a certain size etc. It was just up the high street so didn't need the car.

Our local one had a lady on checkouts who SPOKE A LITTLE BIT TOO LOUDLY and be like “FILL IN THIS SURVEY FROM THE RECIPT AND YOU COULD WIN A WILKO GIFTCARD”. No faulting her enthusiasm!

This is my one. Wilko's has no equal, fro range, quality or price.

AWhistlingWoman@reddit

Same!! And I cannot find anything equivalent. I mean, I can, but not quiiiiite

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LadyBAudacious@reddit

I think B&M is an acceptable substitute, but I don't feel comfortable about buying food items in there.

Maybe I'm just weird.

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JordiLyons1234@reddit

Toys R Us, not sure if British but Friday evenings in those places were the one.

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Inside-Sprinkles3235@reddit

DanielleBun@reddit

It’s been gone a while. My siblings and I bought our roller skates from there to take to the park. Vicky Park ramps also no longer exist, they took them down and replaced them with a modern skatepark (made of beige stone)

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imtheorangeycenter@reddit

Oh man, I saw Tony Hawk and the rest of the Bones Brigade there on a tour.

Basically just doing a mini-spine over and over, so while it was great, it was no Animal Chin final ramp 🤣

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uncle_monty@reddit

inevitablelizard@reddit

it was only making a "loss" because of the interest it had to pay on its repayments to its vulture capitalist owners- they literally bought the company with borrowed money then put all of the borrowing costs + extra directly onto the company itself.

This seems like something which shouldn't be legal. What valid reason is there for this arrangement to exist. I have heard of this ruining other companies too.

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RobotXander@reddit

That is sad...Maplin was always handy for the odd PC part for a repair or new build.

I do miss it

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Lots of electrical wholesalers do CAT cable and sell by the meter now - try your local TLC or similar

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abw@reddit

You should do what I did and buy a 100m drum of cable, a box of 100 connectors and the fancy crimping tool.

There was something about knowing your newborn to walk in and get a really obscure cable that same day.

I know we’ve got Amazon prime nowadays, but if you’re impatient like me sometimes you just need something within 30 minutes.

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mistakenforzen@reddit

Used to be and to walk into Maplin and buy, like, a single resistor or capacitor for a few pence. That's just not possible anywhere anymore. The only place you can buy stuff in smallish quantities now is eBay.

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Devious_Pudding@reddit

Same with obscure battery sizes.

yeah... and some of the little project electronics and stuff were fun ...

I needed a single 1k resistor recently, I'm now left with 99 spare.

You joke but they really are shipping it by the boxful. The outer rubber of old apple headphones and charging cables really does smell like this when it breaks down, and it breaks down faster than basically any other cables out there in my experience. The only thing that comes close is cheap XLR cables when they die basically the same way.

quantum_splicer@reddit

How do you think they keep the CCTV selling going, the connection between the burglery and the sales is an circle

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ConduciveMammal@reddit

Fucking loved Maplin. Never bought anything but always enjoyed looking around it.

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BassPhil@reddit

Canny fella from the maplin near me bought some stock and plinths in the fire sale. Still running a little shop 3 doors down from the old premises; now occupied by a massive desert "restaurant" in which I'm yet to see more than 2 customers at a time. Maybe they're part of a government initiative...

I buy my random tech stuff from clever ex-maplin dude whenever I can.

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Bald_Plonker@reddit

This and RadioShack, I think the nerdy old fart I've turned into would have appreciated them a lot more than I did when I was young.

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Diligent_Leopard7739@reddit

I worked in a maplin as a student and really didn't get on with how predatory the sales tactics were. Each staff member had a high sales target for the week and you were harshly pulled up if you weren't on track.

This meant that people were always upselling unnecessarily especially to less informed customers like the elderly. They would also push things like expensive HDMI cables at ~£50 and bring the customer to the tills immediately so they were pressured into buying.

I didn't get on with it so quit and stopped going there even though it was the best way to get electrical components etc.

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SirDiesel1803@reddit

As a big time walker with the old school 3.5mm headphone user. Maplin was a god send. 2 pound for a cheap pair buy on my birthday id splash out and buy A 40 english pound pair.

Bloody Bluetooth standard connection. God I miss my Google 4 s phone.

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autofill-name@reddit

Maplin / Tandy merger ftw

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TawnyTeaTowel@reddit

True - there’s nowhere else where you can be properly patronised about your cable choices by a man who sells disco equipment.

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Majestic_Matt_459@reddit

And staff that would say "Dont buy that its crap - Here's what you need" (often downselling not up-selling) and then giving you a little guide on how to set it all up and get you started

And if they didnt have somethign they'd tell you where you could get it

God they were the best nerds that ever lived *looks wistfully at that router he still has just for keeps

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Ok-Explanation1990@reddit

Yep. And before that, Tandy.

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ardcorewillneverdie@reddit

Maplin was good, although a lot of their stuff was pretty pricey and of questionable quality. It did get me out of a pickle or two though over the years.

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SuperSpidey374@reddit

Have you considered fixing the phone problem? You could get a dumbphone, 'dumbify' your existing phone, etc.

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BeaksFalcone@reddit

Dvds and videos are now collectibles, I collect dvds and we have a walk in cupboard full,every one a decent film,I go out of my way to get ones that weren't released in uk for my multi reigon player.when our Internet was down for 2 days there was no issue of what to do instead

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Giant_Gaystacks@reddit

Second‑screen TV is absolutely a thing now. Shows are being written with simplified plots and characters spelling out the obvious, because producers know a big chunk of the audience is half‑watching while glued to their phones or struggling to focus.

See: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1oezrhd/tv_shows_are_being_intentionally_created_for_you/

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Longjumping-Cod-6164@reddit

That might explain why nothing catches my interest anymore.

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Hullfella@reddit

Really satisfying visiting blockbuster with family, and everyone picked a film to watch other the weekend

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VladamirK@reddit

A friend of mine used to work in one for a while and we would have a constant supply of free movies to borrow. Good times.

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twirling_daemon@reddit

When I had my first flat at around 17/18 I’d finish work, go for a pint or 2 in my local. Head to Blockbusters to grab a movie then to kfc every Friday

Blockbuster! How did I forget this. Sunday night, dreading school the next day, and a movie to help you pretend the weekend wasn’t almost over.

I still remember the day when my mum wouldn’t come with me so she let me ride my bike all the way into town alone so I could get something to watch. The excitement the whole 30 minute bike ride, the 20+ minute browsing agonising over which movie to get as, only to finally decide and be refused rental because I picked a 12 rated kids movie and he didn’t believe I was 12.

Yeovil?

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The_Mayor_Involved@reddit

My hometown hasn't replaced it's BHS, it's just an empty shop. The BHS sign is still up.

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tekkenjin@reddit

its the same in my home town

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RFRMT@reddit

And mine… is this common or are we all from the same place?

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Nah, mine was Northampton!

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WaltzFirm6336@reddit

It’s not the same company. The name/branding got sold when they shut down.

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JeffersonRP96@reddit

No I figured, just more so that someone else would want to trade under that brand name after all the bad press surrounding their demise.

Ah, you brought back some 90’s memories mentioning their fry ups

I remember the smell and layout. My nan always stopped for a cuppa and to get us some grub

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Saltyuniform@reddit

That slightly greasy but reassuring smell

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TruePineapple6@reddit

Years ago I used to get lunch at BHS. Always a tuna cucumber sarnie and a vanilla slice 😋

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TheBlueprint666@reddit

Littlewoods breakfast was also up there for me. Every Friday morning before college.

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NotEvil_JustBritish@reddit

The quality was pretty decent too. I remember we always got our school uniforms at the BHS on Queen Street in Cardiff.

Is it pick n mix or a £6 cup that you need to brim?

It was great just having like 10p and buying 10 sweets

mr-tap@reddit

Not sure if it helps, but Woolworths is still running in some other countries - I think the companies are unrelated but maybe it will help with the nostalgia;)

https://www.woolworths.com.au

https://www.woolworths.co.nz

To close.

The website's just badly worded.

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imtheorangeycenter@reddit

Went to a school that cost an astronomical amount per term in '89 (hello royal family members from the UK and beyond)

We ALL skiied in C&A.

tar-mirime@reddit

My first Christmas 'do' in my last job was in the David Morgan cafe when they were closing. I also remember Debenhams staying open late, last minute having twisted the arms of staff to get them to stay, due to the, iirc, 'aggressive marketing' of a competitor. I was so glad to be out of retail at that point.

David Morgan was a maze of a building and I loved it. It was nice to just have a wander round. Loved the little David Morgan in Penarth as well, the cafe there was lovely. Wouldn't mind being able to go back there as well.

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NekoFever@reddit

Does it have to be a chain? Because I sorely miss my local independent video games shop.

Great community, knowledgeable staff, imports, late night openings when they got the first batch of new consoles imported from Japan, under the counter stuff that you had to know them to get at, and a real Aladdin's cave of obscure rarities that was always fun to browse.

Pretty sure they used to have a big bin full of old games that were priced at like 25p each or something, good times

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JohnArcher965@reddit

Decent secondhand pc games in the 00s though. Still got this one.

I hated the staff in GAME. I remember as a teenager going in and asking a question, and the guy spoke directly over my head to my brother.

Like ok cool, you just don't speak to women then??

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VermilionKoala@reddit

Like ok cool, you just don't speak to women then??

Probably afraid to...

Icy-Astronomer-8202@reddit

Damn! Very good going. Was that to Blockbuster?

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TheNutsMutts@reddit

Yes it was, who then went on to sell it to Game a few years later for £75m. Everyone except Frasers did well out of that it seems.

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BroccoliMcFlurry@reddit

I used to go to my local gamestation just to hangout with the staff when I was like 10-11. They were cool as fuck & even let me buy 18+ games.

God I miss those days of walking in with a fiver & walking out with 5 decent PS2 games.

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I remember, didn't win owt, but the points were great after Xmas!

Ours did a day for the Forza release as well- go down, try the game and fastest lap got prizes. I got a keyring and a couple of other bits for shittest lap (it was on Xbox 360, the last console I'd used at that point was PS1 🤣)

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boldstrategy@reddit

Used to get cd keys from there to play games online, miss those days

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spokenwealth@reddit

One of the greatest high street stores to exist

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Icy-Astronomer-8202@reddit

Every Christmas. I think of Fat Chris

Ok, fair point well made! But they were an absolute rarity down in the SW where I grew up.

But then again I was straddled by Yeovilmand Salisbury for any "known" shops.

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another_emma@reddit

Poole calling. The John Menzies in the Arndale shopping centre was where I got all my posters and C64 games.

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BoomalakkaWee@reddit

There was an amazing John Menzies in the shopping centre in Epsom, Surrey, in the late 1980s.

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imtheorangeycenter@reddit

Oh you are kidding! I just went to the shopping center in Epsom this weekend for the first time (moved down to Surbiton way 6 years ago). Been to the high street bit a few times before, but not that far up.

I honestly said to my OH "it's got a real late 90s layout feeling, but in a good way, it's not got empty shops. And I got the wrapping paper you wanted from WHSmiths.."

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BoomalakkaWee@reddit

Yes, WH Smith's took over the old John Menzies premises in the Ashley Centre in the mid-1990s. Before that it had a much smaller site in the High Street.

You can see the John Menzies signage in the ninth photo down on this local history page, opposite another long-departed business, Mothercare:

NaomiOnions@reddit

Before our Menzies was a Menzies, it was called Martins. Used to get my Jackie magazine there!

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percyheadcannon@reddit

John Menzies are still going, as a company, but they got into aviation. Appropriate for a company whose first shop was at Edinburgh Airport (then Turnhouse). They sold their shops to WH Smiths.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menzies_Aviation

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sagraham@reddit

Tower Records. When I was 17 I worked evenings - 5pm to 9pm. I was paid weekly. When I finished at 9pm on a Friday I drove the 15 miles to Tower Records in Glasgow City Centre which closed at midnight. I spent an hour or two just listening to music and picking out a couple of CDs. I spent so many happy hours in there.

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catseyesuk@reddit

C&A from the 80s for the Italian and French style clothing we thought was way to colourful and weird.

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SpudFire@reddit

I'd say Woolworths too. Not because nostalgia makes it seem like the best shop ever, but just to see how much of the stuff in there is now covered by the likes of Home Bargains/B&M/The Range or even supermarkets, and how much wouldn't survive in todays world such as CDs.

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Longjumping-Cod-6164@reddit

Maybe it’s nostalgia talking but there was something slightly more elegant about Woolies that B&M/Home Bargain just doesn’t compare to.

Toy and Hobby, I met Darth Vader when I was young and he signed a small slip of paper, I kept it for years but lost it in one of the house moves.

It was probably similar to a Smyths (UK) but I remember huge sections of star wars, he man, transformers and thundercats toys.

I can still see where it was in the town center, that building has always been toys and hobby.

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DrachenDad@reddit

BHS, T.J.Hughes, and Beales, the former, online only.

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SunDriedFart@reddit

Woolies

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Alexander-Wright@reddit

Maplins.

I have projects that I need just a few components for. None of them justify CPC postage for less than a £1 worth of components.

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OldHelicopter256@reddit

Dixons, but the Dixons of the late 80s. The smell of the static off all of the old TVs and the warmed up plastic smell from everything plugged in all day long, heaven.

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Racing_Fox@reddit

It’s crazy to think there are people alive now who don’t know what a TV smells like

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Majestic_Matt_459@reddit

My first ever big purchase was at Dixons - it was a Hi-fi system (possibly Aiwa - ity was definitely beginning with A) - would have been about 1983 and it had bronze on black looks and the cassette deck flap opened slowly and closed slowly - oh it was a thing of beauty - and it was £400 which was about most of my first pay cheque (lived with Mum so no rent)

I had my £400 ready and the guy said "Oh no - you dont have to give us that - just pay £8 a month and you can actually have £500 to spend so you've got £100 leftover after the hi-fi" What magic is this? I thought

Mischief_Makers@reddit

The Gadget Shop, especially if I could also revert back to being a kid any time I went in there.

So much money spent on so many random useless gimmicky things because they looked cool. Plasma balls, lava lamps, those bars with red lights that spin real fast and made geometric patterns, tamagotchis, enough quirky watches to last my family for generations, those Iraq invasion playing cards.

Definitely Woolies. I feel for my children who never experienced its awesomeness.

hr100@reddit

Nottingham co-op at Christmas.

It was a staple for all children growing up in Nottingham to visit and meet Santa. I remember waiting an hour in line and being fine with it.

carguy143@reddit

Stolen from Ivor, anyone?

The smell of denim and leather in the dimly lit shop in a 1970s concrete monstrosity of a shopping precinct.

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Definitely woolworths

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Pembs-surfer@reddit

Ahhh fuck, saw the title and went Woolworths as well. For the CD/cassette Tape section and obvs pic n mix. Or pig n mix as I used to call it when I was younger.

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87catmama@reddit

Oh yea, agreeing completely on Woolies and Debenhams. I did love Debenhams, though, I was a regular shopper there. On that note, Dorothy Perkins too.

I always think it hasn't actually been that long since Woolies closed, because I vividly remember shopping three and buying cheap DVDs (there was one with Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker, photographed on the cover as adults but the film was them when they were teens. Very weird). Anyway. I then have to remind myself that I was buying DVDs there, like, 20 years ago, so maybe it actually has been a while.

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Hyrules_Saviour@reddit

Gamestation and blockbuster were pillars of my youth 😭

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Complex_Box_7254@reddit

Sweater Shop. It would be so popular if they brought it back now. Jumpers and fleeces are having a moment.

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Flibertygibbert@reddit

The massive fabric & haberdashery department in John Lewis on Oxford Street in the 1980s.

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PressureBeautiful515@reddit

Obscure and not actually British, but Clas Ohlson. I think at one time they had 6 UK stores, but announced in 2018 they were closing all except Reading. The Reading store was finished off by the pandemic and shut in 2022.

If you think Wilko was good... In Clas Ohlson you could buy a crowbar in any size, the biggest was impossible to lift, it was so huge. You could buy a stunt kite (say that carefully.) You could buy rope as thick as your arm. You could buy a ukulele. You could buy a lightbulb. You could buy bin bags. Absurdly powerful torches. Toys. Hats. Laundry drying racks. Plastic bags. Toolboxes. Bluetooth speakers. Daim Bars.

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theonlysamintheworld@reddit

Not so much the chains but if I could reopen one specific shop it’d either be the Borders or the Virgin Megastore, both on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. I could (and did, when I was student) spend hours in each of them.

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indianajoes@reddit

Woolworths - When it was closing, I understood it but I was too young to take it all in and appreciate it and how much I'd miss it. It's the fact that you could go in and get pretty much everything. Toys, books, DVDs, CDs, games, home stuff, clothes, gardening stuff, small appliances, stationery, food, etc. The closest we have now is B&M or Home Bargains but it's just not the same.

Virgin Megastore/Zavvi - I remember heading into Central London on a Saturday and spending hours walking up and down the aisles of Virgin/Zavvi and HMV just looking at the DVDs. I'd always come home with 3 but I had to make them worth it in terms of quality and price so I spend so long browsing. No streaming back then.

Modelzone - I never bought stuff here because I was too young. I just loved looking at the stuff they had. I was hoping that once I was old enough, I'd be there all the time getting different models but they closed around the time I turned 21.

A local Disney store - I know the one in London exists and I have been several times but I miss having a quiet local one right next to me.

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rwinh@reddit

Homebase, which might be a bit controversial but their sales were unmatched by the competition like B&Q - garden range sales, paint, outdoor furniture...

They were often labelled as expensive but that's what you get if you don't do your homework, and buy during peak seasons. When a season ends the bargains come out.

I bought an 8 seater table with 10 chairs for £150 with cushions, loungers for £16 each (and they're still going strong), two mature grape vines for £80, two sure conditioning units for £350 and painted every room in my house including the ceilings for less than £100 thanks to Homebase.

B&Q have never done a comparable set of sales, and garden centres for pots, tools and weirdly plants have been a bit mixed.

Some_Ad6507@reddit

Definitely Woolworths

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Kamic1980@reddit

BHS, Debenhams, Alders, Jenners (Edinburgh)

Honorable mention to C&A as technically not British.

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Illustrious_Sea7480@reddit

Paperchase.

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FST_Fruckie-Poo@reddit

I'm with ya on Woolies. I used to love going there as a kid as had a but of everything too

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PatriciaMorticia@reddit

Tough choice between Woolworths & Tammy Girl before BHS bought it out.

I spent many a day in Grainger Games and The Gamestation.

Also Netto. Although, I never actually stepped inside of one out of fear of being bullied. So it would be nice just to experience it just once.

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Ricky_Martins_Vagina@reddit

RIP the poor bastard who'd show up on PE day with their kit in a Netto bag 😂

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Longjumping-Cod-6164@reddit

Netto…! I didn’t even realise they’d disappeared.

The nearest one to us was several towns over and we didn’t have a car so every now and then me and my mum would to get a lift or so with another family and go up there and buy our shopping.

I remember also being embarrassed to go there because even for someone who usually shopped at Kwik Save, it felt even lower class than that ha.

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luther420@reddit

Strange you never made it in.

Beatties.

bex9865@reddit

Woolworths, Used to love going in there, looking at the cds, getting the pick n mix with pocket money (always used to pinch one when walking by there lol, I was a kid) bought my first cd from there Now 40 I think and boyzone singles when they came out lol

Natural world (am sure if was called that, it had things like fossils, gemstones, dinosaur items lol etc etc) but not sure if they were nationwide)

BHS at Christmas

We had a shop called Bastins not sure if they were nationwide or not

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DanielleBun@reddit

The best feeling walking up the stairs to Tammy!

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SirDiesel1803@reddit

C & A. The old school bhs

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PurpleNurpleGurgle@reddit

OurPrice.

I still occasionally have a vivid dream in which I'm wandering around it looking at gangster rap CDs and PC games I can't afford

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MrSilentx99@reddit

Blockbuster, friday night. Can't beat it

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Fweetheart@reddit

I loved Poundstretcher. Go in for some toilet roll and come out with a patio set.

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Longjumping-Cod-6164@reddit

Right? The movie wasn’t the whole event, it was the routine of getting on your bike (I was a kid then) with your best friend, the anticipation as you took the 30 minute or so ride there discussing what sweets you’d get, spending ages choosing a movie you both wanted to watch, spending a fiver on snacks which got you a lot back then, then the ride back home with your movie and goodies, and then by the time you’d watched the movie it was time for bed.

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Chain store: hands down it would have been Tower Records for its selection of magazines and imports.

Tammy I always felt super cool when I got clothes from there!

In the early nineties I went in to buy my sister some perfume for her Christmas. I'd read that it was an older brother's duty to buy their younger sister their first bottle of perfume. The ladies in the section were all fantastic with the general sentiment being "Och, Bless" when I explained my needs to them. I ended up getting Sunflower by Elizabeth Arden which my sister loved. It's one of my all time favourite shopping memories.

NinetyFiveBulls@reddit

HMV or blockbuster - browsing was a top tier activity in my teens.

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stem734@reddit

Fords...for those old enough

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DoubleDelsewhere@reddit

Tandy

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GunstarGreen@reddit

I couldn't stand Woolworths. I know it has a lot of love but theres a reason it closed. It was messy, it wasn't really good at any one thing. Always the 'other' shop you went to when your first choice didnt have what you were looking for. All anyone ever mentions is the Pick and Mix, which I never liked anyway.

Debenhams.

Illustrious-Divide95@reddit

Ray's Jazz Shop on Shaftesbury Ave in London

Mostly for the pick n mix with my Grandad, again many 1st's bought there, Cassettes and CD's amongst other things

Tammy Girl

everyone got there 1st crop top/ training bra there before you got marched to M&S once a real bra was needed. I also loved the jeans from there.

C&A

semicombobulated@reddit

It’s a boring answer, but Wilko’s. If you don’t drive, there’s simply no accessible shop anymore to get DIY and decorating stuff.

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Unlucky-Public-2947@reddit

A video nasty era video rental shop.

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One-Administration96@reddit

Not a specific chain. I would like independent sports shops make return. So much better than Sports Direct

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imtheorangeycenter@reddit

Beejams.

BHS, Dorothy Perkins, Barrets - the stuff there was really good

Mothercare - nostalgia

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nickats@reddit

MVC, but only if I get to see the people I worked there with again. Can't think of one person I wouldn't like to see again even just for a chat and see how they got on in life.

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the_uk_hotman@reddit

Woolies in the pick n try section or the records and 50p a single.

Tandy and all the tech you could get and when I made the computers run faster and screwed up there demos.

Just to go and buy something for the prices that they were when they shut down. Couldn't afford a Tandy computer then or now they were over priced then. But maybe get a CoCo or two and keep them unused.

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Puzzleheaded_Turn887@reddit

BHS, awww what a great store and nice cafe too.

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folklovermore_@reddit

Wilko. I would spend so much money on all the random small bits of house stuff I don't want to order off Amazon or schlep out to a retail park to get.

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death-in-tipton@reddit

Games workshop when they first opened , not the overpriced store it is now.

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mistakes-were-mad-e@reddit

I will take Games Workshop in the mid 90s.

Next day delivery.. shopping right from the couch!

Wilko’s for example.. everything they sold you could buy much cheaper online! And I loved that shop.. but who has money to waste?

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tdrules@reddit

It’s why B&M owners are offloading sites for developers, the writing is on the wall for these weird general stores.

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StereotypicallBarbie@reddit

I love a walk round bnm too! They built one last year near me.. right next door to a home bargains!

It’s literally empty everyday.. like a ghost town! Because it sells the exact same stuff as the shop next door.

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sssstttteeee@reddit

My local independent computer store in the 1980's. It was a Mecca and the owners were very cool and generally chain smoking lol!

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