Boots is 175 years old: What high street shops do Londoners miss?

Boots is celebrating its 175th birthday this year, but what high street shops do Londoners miss seeing the most?

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00:00 Oh well of course I remember Timothy White's. I think they got taken over by

00:05 Boots actually and of course C&A that we used to have when I was at college you

00:09 could get a shirt for about two pounds they've gone I think you still have them

00:13 on the continent don't you? I can't think of any offhand. Of course Walworth's.

00:19 Always used to love Walworth's at Christmas to get your decorations, cards,

00:24 records, you could buy a record for a pound, music for pleasure, the old LPs.

00:29 I mean I noticed in they've got a newly reopened HMV shop in Moxwell Street

00:33 it's about 50 pounds for an LP now isn't it? Yeah and they're peddling record

00:38 players it's nice to see all that coming back. There used to be more sit-in pizza

00:44 huts, I miss those. I mean Walworth's is the first thing that springs to mind but

00:51 I was quite young when that shut down so I wouldn't really know. Do like Boots

00:55 so yeah still so yeah appreciate that.