I remember Oasis - it always smelled of joss sticks and at 16 I thought it very exotic. I bought the most gorgeous red silky dress at one of the boutiques in there. It was the first shop I always went to as it was near the bus stop where my bus stopped (the navy blue and cream bus) when going shopping on a Saturday.
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Yes I remeber that smell. Used to buy combat trousers and tiny tops, bought a gorgeous suede jacket and thought I was the bees knees.
Yes you could get lost in it for ages. I remember the record shop. Used to buy different coloured hair dyes too
As a scouser I agree about quiggins!
WMPTE (pronounced wumpty) buses! That was the West Midland Passenger Transport Executive, and then there was the Midland Red. I haven‘t lived there for 20 years but the same buses don’t exist, think it’s all Arriva now.
Woolworths, miss them big time!
There was one shop that closed down many years ago which I really miss, Beano's was based in Croydon and was the biggest second hand record/CD shop in the country.
There was one shop that closed down many years ago which I really miss, Beano's was based in Croydon and was the biggest second hand record/CD shop in the country.
Oh yes, you could buy Krazy Kolor! Aubergine was my favourite.
Wow, I remember Midland Red buses too! I lived on the outskirts of Birmingham and there were two circular buses that served where I lived - the 161 and 171.
I also miss Wimpy Burger Restaurants - you used to get a real plate, knife and fork to eat it with and their burger sauce was amazing!
Does anyone remember Adams kids? I noticed in my wardrobe today I have a tiny Adams coat hanger in there, age 2-3! It would've been from when I was a kid in the 80s/90s!
And directions in the pots
Someone mentioned nicking sweets so I'll share my experience. There was a traditional sweet shop on the walk to school (fifty years ago) and I pinched a toffee, one single chocolate covered Bluebird toffee and all day at school I felt riddled with guilt to the point that on the way home I spent my last 6 (old) pence on a bar of chocolate and slipped the toffee back in the tub and the the sense of relief I experienced was overwhelming. Of course, twenty years in the army changed my view on 'liberating' things lol.
You cant bet Woolworths pick a mix. They used to have the fun sized chocolates like mars, snickers etc
I forgot about adams!
Ethel Austins, or “‘thlostins“!
Awear back in like 2005 ish, not just before closed.
Still one in Liverpool
Oh my god I just had a massive flashback of being in there as a kid when my mum was buying me clothes and they had an light that was projected in the shape of an apple that moved across the floor - and I’d always try and chase it.
Blockbuster that’s a good one. Even in 2012/2013 when we’d had our first baby that was our treat go to blockbuster get a film and some wine, oh the simple days of one child who would be asleep by 7.... fast forward 8 years just had baby number 3 and the other two in lockdown fever don’t sleep until 9.30
This
And the bigger the bag the posher you felt!Kookai- used to get a new school bag from there every September!!
I was really poor growing up but when my mum got married again we had a bit more money- I remember so clearly going to Shelley’s in the city my stepdad is from and getting a pair of school shoes, the clumpy heeled loafery type ones with the silver Shelley’s tag across the front. It made my life (for a while at least!).