Help please; what was on the corner of Lord St and Whitechapel before Mothercare?

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Originally Posted by Quentin_Sharples

Nice photo, Dazza.
Hope Bros were Gent Outfitters and were still there in the 1960s.
(No, I don't actually remember, but I've got a street directory.)
I don't know if the new building was built for them, Mothercare, or somebody in-between.

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Thank you Quentin; much appreciated

Thanks also to Dazza for photos. Dazza and Quentin rule

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Thanks also to Dazza for photos. Dazza and Quentin rule

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pffft'! I know Ethel Austins was there before Mothercare,reason being my sister worked there.

Last time I help you out. :disgust:

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Originally Posted by Partsky

Thanks also to Dazza for photos. Dazza and Quentin rule

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Thanks Partsky, glad to help.

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Originally Posted by George

pffft'! I know Ethel Austins was there before Mothercare,reason being my sister worked there.

Last time I help you out. :disgust:

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Cheer up, George. :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

I didn't know Ethel Austin were there.
Not the type of shop I frequented. :PDT10

I can tell you where all the bookshops were!


Thanks, Partsky.

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Originally Posted by pablo42

Widnes is pretty dire these days. Runcorn is the same. Yet if you look at Chester, it has a booming town centre. Wrexham has improved no end neither.

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I went to Chester recently Pabs !, there were so many empty shops !

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Originally Posted by squiggs

I went to Chester recently Pabs !, there were so many empty shops !

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Ho dear, last time I was there it looked booming. That was last summer though.

The old Woolworths in Allerton Road is still empty.
Things must be bad if places like that (and Chester) have empty shops.

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Originally Posted by Quentin_Sharples

The old Woolworths in Allerton Road is still empty.
Things must be bad if places like that (and Chester) have empty shops.

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I think with the internet Quentin, High Streets might bi in for a big change. That and parking, I think this is a big reason for the out of town shopping areas doing so well.

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I didn't know Ethel Austin were there.

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It was also Pram World but I cannot remember what years?