Lost Retail Chains

[RapidAssistant]

VCR rental FROM £8.84 per week!!

Bloody hell, how much did it cost to buy one in 1982?

A free blank tape - that would really seal the deal ::):

My dad had a Sony SL-C6 (Betamax, of course) VCR in 1982 - cost him £700 (that's over 2 grand in todays money!), and I think the tapes were a fiver a pop.

[The Egg Man]

I thought Stead and Simpson had gone but I spotted one in the Trongate the other day.

[Dexter St. Clair]

I thought Stead and Simpson had gone but I spotted one in the Trongate the other day.

Probably the name survives but has been sold on.

http://www.steadandsimpson.com/

[robertpool]

VCR rental FROM £8.84 per week!!

Bloody hell, how much did it cost to buy one in 1982?

A free blank tape - that would really seal the deal ::):

My dad had a Sony SL-C6 (Betamax, of course) VCR in 1982 - cost him £700 (that's over 2 grand in todays money!), and I think the tapes were a fiver a pop.

Between 1979 and 1984 I worked as the Scottish Sales Rep for JVC and the first VHS l remember being sold went to John Coghlan of Status Quo and it cost him over £800. It was sold to him by a guy called Alister Lynn, a photographer/audio/video dealership in Annan, Dumfriesshire.

[floweredpig]

Dixons and Currys had several non out of town branches around Glasgow by the early nineties

Parkhead,Trongate,Argyle St,Sauchiehall St,where Pret a Manger is now,Union Street,Shawlands,Victoria Road and further afield in Clydebank,Hamilton,Motherwell and Paisley.At one time,around 1994, the Argyle St branch had the highest turnover of any store in the UK.

All thats left now is a Currys in Jamaica St.

[Josef]

I bought something from the Currys Argyle St (Finnieston) branch only yesterday...

[The Egg Man]

Isn't that a P C World?

[The Egg Man]

Isn't that a P C World?

[floweredpig]

Yes

[Glesga_Steve]

I bought something from the Currys Argyle St (Finnieston) branch only yesterday...

Isn't that a P C World?

Yes

It used to be a PC World, however it was changed into a 2-in-1 Currys / PC World superstore a few years ago.

Dixons have changed a number of their former Currys and PC World sites into joint stores.

[Josef]

It used to be a PC World, however it was changed into a 2-in-1 Currys / PC World superstore a few years ago.

Dixons have changed a number of their former Currys and PC World sites into joint stores.

The name on the front door is Currys/PC World. The receipt and URL say Currys. The Registered office is DSG Retail, i.e. Dixons.

[Sunflower]

Gave me a bit of a turn one day recently when I dashed into 'PC World' and encountered - - washing machines.

[the researcher]

yes it was. We our staff Christmas night out there when it was The Sgian Dubh

What does Sgian mean?
Dubh I take it is black as in Dublin?

Knife. A sgian dubh is the wee dagger worn in the stocking.

a pigeon on skis

[the researcher]

Was it Radio Rentals or there was the Granada tv rental shops, think there was one called Redifusion

There was a DER shop in Renfield st i can remember.

Granada

::):
"Great service great sets thats what you get from.... Granada" no it wasnae them
think it was either DER or Redifusion

Other lost chains - Rumbelows...The Sweater Shop ....Tie Rack??

Rumbelows were a southern chain

did one of these tv rental companies not also offer coin in the slot tv sets think it was 50p dont know how long the 50p lasted for i think this was an alternative to renting a set

[MacotheIsles]

Found this tonight whilst clearing out one of the cupboards...