EXPLORE COLLECTION

United Kingdom

Brantano shoe store at Guiseley Retail Park
Footwear

Brantano

Brantano originated in Belgium and became a familiar UK out-of-town footwear retailer, offering self-service shoe shopping for families.

BHS department store in Kirkstall, Leeds, photographed April 2006
Department Stores

BHS

British Home Stores was a familiar fixture of British high streets for decades.

Former Wilko store in Telford, photographed February 2024
Discount and Homeware Retailers

Wilko

Wilko became known for practical household goods and affordable everyday essentials.

Mothercare World in Croydon, July 2007
Baby and Child Retailers

Mothercare

Mothercare specialised in products for expectant parents, babies and young children.

Toys R Us and Babies R Us closing-down store in Oldbury, March 2018
Retail

Toys R Us UK

The colourful toy superstores that shaped childhood shopping trips.

Blockbuster video rental shop in Northwood
Retail

Blockbuster UK

A Friday-night institution for film and game rentals.

Little Chef restaurant at Darsham, Suffolk, May 2007
Food and Drink

Little Chef

The roadside diner famous for breakfasts and long-distance journeys.

Phones 4u high-street shop
Mobile Phone Retailers

Phones 4u

Phones 4u was a prominent independent mobile-phone retailer.

Debenhams in Bury St Edmunds, October 2009
Department Stores

Debenhams

A historic British department-store name whose physical UK shops closed in 2021.

Jessops camera shop in Manchester, January 2013
Photography Retailers

Jessops

A specialist camera-shop name known to generations of photographers.