Bye Bye BHS

Yorko Administrator Posts: 33,531 Mood: Y	Bye Bye BHS Apr 24, 2016 17:41:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Yorko on Apr 24, 2016 17:41:33 GMT www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36123444

Nellie Full Member Posts: 30,470	Bye Bye BHS Apr 24, 2016 18:06:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Nellie on Apr 24, 2016 18:06:17 GMT I'm rather sad about this. Over the years I've bought lots of stuff from BHS - there was a time when they were the place to go for lighting, hats and winter sweaters.
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Yorko Administrator Posts: 33,531 Mood: Y	Bye Bye BHS Apr 24, 2016 18:12:24 GMT Nellie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Yorko on Apr 24, 2016 18:12:24 GMT Despite their recent old fashioned label they sold a lot of work shirts that stayed the course and didn't cost the earth

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The problem with our 2 nearest ones, are their location. They're outside the shopping centres, so unless you make a point of going outside, they don't get much business.

It's a shame, because as Nellie says, at one time, they were really good shops, especially their lighting section.

Deleted Posts: 0	Bye Bye BHS Apr 24, 2016 20:15:42 GMT Yorko likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2016 20:15:42 GMT Doesn't bother me, I've never shopped there, though I have been dragged round. It's the 11,000 people's jobs at risk that I feel sorry for.

Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,597 Mood: FP Swim	Bye Bye BHS Apr 24, 2016 20:17:37 GMT Yorko and Nellie like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Apr 24, 2016 20:17:37 GMT The lighting section was fantastic. Shame about the jobs lost.
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Yorko Administrator Posts: 33,531 Mood: Y	Bye Bye BHS Apr 24, 2016 20:20:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Yorko on Apr 24, 2016 20:20:43 GMT They started selling fresh fruit at the one near me

Frazz Full Member Posts: 19,781	Bye Bye BHS Apr 24, 2016 22:23:15 GMT Liv and lily like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Frazz on Apr 24, 2016 22:23:15 GMT Looks like the problem is being answered in our posts, we all seem to have gone there for specifics rather shop around the store. I use to go for the lighting section as well. Been many years since though. I still miss C&A?

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Post by Liv on Apr 24, 2016 22:53:09 GMT

I've happy memories of BHS or British Home Stores as it was know back then. My mother used to take us to town every Saturday & every now & then she'd take us into BHS and try on the hats -the awful ones- to make us laugh. Later as a teenager, I used to go there for [img src=""] presents as they always used to make the effort to get in some nice gifts. The layout was great, individual islands that you could walk around. A bit before my time, but it gives a general impression of the kind of layout I mean Attachment Deleted

When I married, most of our ceiling lights came from there.

Edit: Why is the word C h r i s t m a s banned?

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Yorko Administrator Posts: 33,531 Mood: Y	Bye Bye BHS Apr 25, 2016 6:00:37 GMT Liv likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Yorko on Apr 25, 2016 6:00:37 GMT Apr 24, 2016 22:53:09 GMT Liv said: Edit: Why is the word C h r i s t m a s banned? I don't know as its not on the list

Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,597 Mood: FP Swim	Bye Bye BHS Apr 25, 2016 6:19:57 GMT Yorko, Liv, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Apr 25, 2016 6:19:57 GMT I liked C&A as well. We had a big Co-Op Department Store in our town too. The travel department was legendary. What about Woolworths though? That was a youngster's dream.
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Yorko Administrator Posts: 33,531 Mood: Y	Bye Bye BHS Apr 25, 2016 7:45:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Yorko on Apr 25, 2016 7:45:29 GMT Did anyone have a Liptons near to them, they were the supermarket of choice until the big boys took over

Liv Full Member TRAVIS FIMMEL- Australian Actor and Former Model Posts: 14,345	Bye Bye BHS Apr 25, 2016 8:03:14 GMT Yorko, Nellie, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Apr 25, 2016 8:03:14 GMT Apr 25, 2016 6:19:57 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts said: I liked C&A Me too! My friend & I skipped off afternoon school to go to the first day of the sales. We saw ourselves that night on TV sailing up C&A's escalator LOL
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Deleted Posts: 0	Bye Bye BHS Apr 25, 2016 8:43:27 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 8:43:27 GMT I used to work at C&A in Brent Cross when I was at college.

Nellie Full Member Posts: 30,470	Bye Bye BHS Apr 25, 2016 8:51:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Nellie on Apr 25, 2016 8:51:52 GMT Always bought my winter coats from C&A - packs of popsox too. In fact, I think I still have some......
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