♫ Juan - Johnny - Mingies, there's only Juan - Johnny - Menzies. No, wait. There were hundreds of them! And they were glorious. Hurry up and hop on the nostalgia bus so we can go and take a look! John Menzies, here we come!
Arcade Odysseus - John Menzies
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I recently found a vintage action man with kit bag and clothes in a charity shop! Was amongst a pile of cheap modern barbie rip offs! I couldn't believe my eyes! Plus it was only £1.50
Wow! That's the stuff.
Thanks Stokers. Me too! Always on the look out for ones with people I know.
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Yeah, it's a weird one because that charity shop usually puts the more expensive items in the glass cabinets and charges more than ebay prices! I also found recently in the same shop, 2 vintage star wars figures both mint and complete! Obi-Wan and a Snow Trooper! They were in a clear plasic bag together for a quid!! Better for me that things slip through the net!
No memories for me on that one, I don't remember one being in Leicester, goes to check
Yes, Leicester did have a John Menzies store located in the Beaumont Leys (Fleas) Shopping Centre during the 1980s and 1990
Okay that's why I never saw one then, Shopping centre in rough area, think I've only been the place twice lol
Yes, Leicester did have a John Menzies store located in the Beaumont Leys (Fleas) Shopping Centre during the 1980s and 1990
Okay that's why I never saw one then, Shopping centre in rough area, think I've only been the place twice lol
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Yeah, was better back then. Shopping was exciting with people actually going out and looking and touching what they might be buying, not just clicking a button online. Plus there was the community and social aspects of stopping back then. Was a nice mix of shops with a few bigger stores like woolworths, menzies etc along with various smalller chains and independent shops. Until they started introducing massive soulless industrial size shopping parks and online shopping options that is strangling the life out of once busy high streets. All by design i feel.
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Who want's to go in Town Centres when the looks like Right Photo, used to have Real Shops not Nail Bars, Barbers, Fast Food on every street, 2 Greggs in a town centre jeez, Vape Shops, every town centre looks same with same rubbish shops.
This Year some Banks (Barclays) aren't closing any more as not many left for them to do, but they have been reducing ATM's from 2 or 3 to just 1 in most town centres now even Oxford from 3 to 1
This Year some Banks (Barclays) aren't closing any more as not many left for them to do, but they have been reducing ATM's from 2 or 3 to just 1 in most town centres now even Oxford from 3 to 1
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Cash will be a thing of the past in the not-too-distant future.
That's exactly right. Look at how busy it used to be. Full of life, and opportunities. Sadly missed.
Agreed. I was in Kirkcaldy town centre at the weekend. Don't get me wrong, there are some great things about the place. The hight street, however, is not one of them. An absolute sh1th0le of boarded up stores, vape shops and pound shops. Ugly and dodgy AF. It was genuinely depressing walking round that and remembering what we used to have. I suppose we're all to blame for buying our stuff from Amazon and the like. For me, it's getting to the point that I'd happily pay more to buy local... if only it was a possibility...
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Yes and very sad and dangerous. Losing all our freedoms. Total control.
A slippery slope, for sure. But at least the vape shop owners will have to pay their taxes now..... if they actually sell anything 🤔
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And all the Barbers who strangely don't have any customers in but have big sports cars outside. Mmmm
Sometimes I would really like to buy things local, today I had a look for some 30mm Steel Box Section, 2 places local came up, one 1/2 mile away it said until I find that's just head office 
not even got a store anywhere near head office, next place 12 mile away Online Seller, can collect after bought online, ffs I just wanna pop over get what I need and pay without handing over my life storey online prior to collection when they decide its okay
Other time I bought a big drill bit or tap from local engineering place I paid a fortune compared to what I could get off ebay for 2nd hand good make stuff like I bought so you can't win lol
not even got a store anywhere near head office, next place 12 mile away Online Seller, can collect after bought online, ffs I just wanna pop over get what I need and pay without handing over my life storey online prior to collection when they decide its okayOther time I bought a big drill bit or tap from local engineering place I paid a fortune compared to what I could get off ebay for 2nd hand good make stuff like I bought so you can't win lol