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Before online shopping, there was the department store (and mail order catalogues). When I were a lad, the centre of Edinburgh had, I think, the department sto
by parenthesis 5y ago
Before online shopping, there was the department store (and mail order catalogues).
When I were a lad, the centre of Edinburgh had, I think, the department stores: BHS, C&A, M&S, House of Fraser, Debenhams, Jenners, John Lewis, Goldbergs (extra brownie points to anyone else who remembers Goldbergs!). I think only M&S and John Lewis remain.
As recently as the 1980s, Jenners still had lift attendants.
I can't believe I've been an Amazon customer for over twenty years (an early purchase was a film on VHS), yet I remember well the glory and wonder of the department store still in its heyday.
- arethuza 5y agoI remember Goldbergs from my time as a student in Edinburgh in the 1980s - never went in though. The shop had a rather weird location which was apparently due to some planned roads at Tollcross that never actually happened: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/remembering-edinburghs-goldbergs-department-store-608804 https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-ent... It might have been the horrific plans for an inner ring road in Edinburgh - which I can say I'm very happy never got built: https://www.gcat.org.uk/blog/?p=682 https://www.gcat.org.uk/blog/?p=682 Edit: I never understood what the attraction of Jenners was supposed to be.