Remember Stolen From Ivor, and Tandy, this was in the 80's and 90's though. There was a computer shop on Borough Road called Lion Computers that were doing well, but moved to a big shop on the same row as Tandy, but lasted months.
Great pictures, derekdwc. Can anyone remember what the T J Hughes building was before it was T J Hughes? I know there was originally an old church at that location, but I'm sure the building that replaced this church was not T J Hughes, but an earlier department store. As for the closed shops, was the one on the corner of Grange Road / Catherine Street the Halifax Building Society?
Next pics are at the Argyle st end of Grange Road I don't know what the far building was and if it was getting built or demolished in the older photo The new building is an empty block of offices available for renting This road is where the Waterloo pub is
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I went in that Alexandre the tailor two days before my wedding to get a suit. The salesman says to me " here are sir, that's your size, try that on" so i goes into the booth and comes out, my wife to be bursts out laughing and a few other people in the shop. The trousers were that tight i couldn't breath, they stopped the blood rushing to my feet and i could hardly walk, the coat was that big if my arms were a foot longer you still wouldn't have seen my hands and the shoulders were somewhere down by my elbows and the salesman said with a straight face "Do you know what sir I've never seen anyone look better in a suit". Those buggers would tell you anything for a sale.
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1st time I bought a suit (think it was from Hepworths) the assistant was measuring me and asked me which side I dressed on Didn't know what he meant at the time
