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2 ай бұрынDid a former owner of a shoe shop chain predict the future of town centres in 2013? Was 2005 one of the worst years ever for high street stores going under? Find out in this week's exciting episode in which we recall HMV's relatively short-lived revival in Ilford and remember part of the Exchange which has seen a fair number of businesses come and go. Do you remember others which haven't been mentioned?
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mal...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchang...
www.retail-week.com/essex-sho...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_(c...)
www.rush.co.uk/blog/rushing-b...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granvil...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auntie_...
www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news...
www.guardian-series.co.uk/new...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Co...
@storm3698 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading. As i have said a few times, the best time for me re:Ilford was the 80s. Great place to shop and the excitement of Xmas and the lights switch on in the high road. I miss those days.
@IlfordRetro 2 ай бұрын
They really were great times...
@storm3698 2 ай бұрын
@@IlfordRetro yes. Not the same world now. Things don't always change for the good.
@alangiles2763 2 ай бұрын
I remember both TIme and Tiny Computer shops - I think they were next door to each other?. I think Time had a green facia. The shops were quite small, and very expensive, even for the time - there was a magazine around at the time called "Micro Mart"and you could buy a custom built system for less than Time/Tiny charged. That said, to be replaced by a pretzel shop is an indignity nobody should suffer.
@IlfordRetro 2 ай бұрын
That last sentence got me laughing! You're right that Time had a green fascia (and an egg timer as its logo). I believe the shops were one and the same, but changed branding once the respective takeovers happened. I completely agree about the pricey nature of their products too. They seemed to offer clunky, bloated packages which weren't competitively priced for the specs, if you shopped around. They didn't seem nice designs either.
@rajnirvan3336 2 ай бұрын
Wasn't that computer shop either Time or Tiny. They were once rivals later merged
@IlfordRetro 2 ай бұрын
Yes, they certainly were. Do you remember Leonard Nimoy from Star Trek advertising Time computers?
@rajnirvan3336 2 ай бұрын
@@IlfordRetro oh yeah I remember those adverts
@YasinBusEnthuiast2024 2 ай бұрын
What the board on top remind me the airport 🤣🤣😂
@IlfordRetro 2 ай бұрын
Yes, it does look like that!
@YasinBusEnthuiast2024 2 ай бұрын
@@IlfordRetro we should call it “Ilford International Airport” 🤣
@IlfordRetro 2 ай бұрын
@@YasinBusEnthuiast2024 😂
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