There are still a few Happy Shopper shops around England and Wales.
Here's a look at the Happy Shopper in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
This is what was left of Blockbuster Video on Fallowfield Retail Park back in October 2019 |
I found the preserved remains of a 'dead brand' - Blockbuster Video - while in Manchester five years ago today!
It became the first of many former Blockbuster Video stores Emily and I travelled to once we found that there were still some other visible remains of the brand to be seen on high streets and at shopping centres around the UK.
Oh, what happened to this sign? |
Dark clouds gathered over the brand in 2013 |
A sign in the shop window |
The window graphics still looked fresh |
Clearly still recognisable as a Blockbuster on the inside |
The shelves were bare |
Quik Drop box to nowhere |
Do you still have a video store near you?
The location of the former Toys R Us store at Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich |
The location of the former Toys R Us store at Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich |
The location of the former Toys R Us store at Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich |
The location of the former Toys R Us store at Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich |
The location of the former Toys R Us store at Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich |
The location of the former Toys R Us store at Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich |
A Happy Shopper shop sign in Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk |
A sign at the Pleasant News Happy Shopper in Wisbech (2021) |
A Happy Shopper shop in Preston |
Visiting a fully branded Happy Shopper shop is like stepping back in time |
You could still see the 'newer' Happy Shopper branding on Pleasant News in Wisbech in 2021 |
The shelves inside the store were still the classic orange and yellow design |
The Happy Shopper on Page Hall Road in Sheffield in 2020 |
At the Happy Shopper shop on Chaucer Road in Sittingbourne |
Pub number 1 - The Kings Tap on Station Road in Cheadle Hulme. A lovely Art Deco building. We'd never seen it shuttered before the lockdown |
At the 265th pub on our lockdown 'pub crawl'. Not a drop was drunk on our daily walks in April, May, June and July |