Southampton Nostalgia - Department Stores

[Window Cleaner]

I seem to recall the Green Shield Stamp showroom being along Queensway, opposite Debenhams.

 

Connor & Mitchell's also used to have a shop in East Street, back in the days when you had independent sports stores.

 

Wasn't the store in Woolston John Conning, before it was taken over by Trevor Mitchell who changed its name to Connor & Mitchell?

 

Blimey, I even remember walking into Debenhams through the East St entrance and never failing to be amazed by their range of fishing rods and other outdoor pursuit equipment.

 

Not quite as big a range as here, though: http://www.basspro.com/homepage.html

 

 

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Then there was that other modelling shop a just a bit further down Below Bar on the other side of the street, spent a lot of time in there drooling over (and occasionally buying) bits of balsa wood and solid fuel rocket motors. That was just by the bus stop where you got the Number 14 to go home from the Swimming Baths. Couldn't possibly rtell you the name of it though

[70's Mike]

Gill Brothers East Street for;

 

Staypress,

Y Cardigans,

Farah's

Grandad shirts

Puffa coats

 

Fook me we knew how to dress

 

thought that was Sydneys

[Kenilworthy]

Patstone & Cox. Also had football shirts in wooden draws marked 'QPR', 'West Ham' etc

[Kenilworthy]

I think the other model shop was called 'Hobbies'. I remember it closing down and virtually giving away loads of plastic kits.

[70's Mike]

Patstone & Cox. Also had football shirts in wooden draws marked 'QPR', 'West Ham' etc

 

and all the subuteo teams

 

Connor and Mitchell was run by Barry Connor who was Secretary of Southampton Sunday Football league in early 70's

[egbb saint]

Patstone & Cox. Also had football shirts in wooden draws marked 'QPR', 'West Ham' etc

 

Worked there on saturdays for a couple of years. Used to keep maggots for fishing in a fridge in the cellar. Then 1 day I was stood at the top of the stairs and could hear a buzzing. The door of the fridge had been left open and all the maggots had hatched! Couldn't get into the cellar for bluebottles:)

[spyinthesky]

Barry Connor now works at John Lewis

[revolution saint]

I worked at Solent when Plummers was being converted and helped run a lot of the network cable there. Was really good fun - got to play football in a department store which doesn't happen often.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

There used to be a pneumatic tube system in the old Edwin Jones store too.

 

But I'm probably the only one on here old enough to remember

 

Mayes also had one.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Not quite in Southampton, but can anyone remember a supermarket in Eastleigh where Litten Tree (and other units either side) is now?

 

It was called Torbocks or something.

 

I remember going there as a kid and buying my Star Wars figures from the toy section upstairs.

 

Torbocks it was and they used to do home delivery, with an old boy packing all your shopping into cardboard boxes before going off on his rounds. No toy section until later, early 70's? when the store extended upstairs.

[Durleyfos]

Torbocks it was and they used to do home delivery, with an old boy packing all your shopping into cardboard boxes before going off on his rounds. No toy section until later, early 70's? when the store extended upstairs.

 

I remember it from the late 70's early 80's.

 

Also, there used to be a carpark where the Swan Centre now is.

[Dimond Geezer]

Then there was that other modelling shop a just a bit further down Below Bar on the other side of the street, spent a lot of time in there drooling over (and occasionally buying) bits of balsa wood and solid fuel rocket motors. That was just by the bus stop where you got the Number 14 to go home from the Swimming Baths. Couldn't possibly rtell you the name of it though

 

I think this was called 'Beatties'. Sold Hornby railway bits & bobs & Airfix models as well.