tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post3164863262711137316..comments2023-12-31T13:20:27.351+00:00Comments on Saltaire Daily Photo: Brown, Muff & Cojennyfreckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-22321334217562749522010-12-09T00:49:16.099+00:002010-12-09T00:49:16.099+00:00Love that huge white vintage scale and really enjo...Love that huge white vintage scale and really enjoyed hearing about your memory during exams! ~LiliLilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003968489244660242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-32482910894719209702010-12-08T03:11:58.684+00:002010-12-08T03:11:58.684+00:00This is a great image of days long past. Love the...This is a great image of days long past. Love the composition and the editing.What Karen Seeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794694138108500767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-17005056868467488022010-12-07T16:06:20.255+00:002010-12-07T16:06:20.255+00:00What wonderful memories!What wonderful memories!Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737705457021667861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-39485146374651579332010-12-06T21:21:26.928+00:002010-12-06T21:21:26.928+00:00Fantastic trip down memory lane. Sadly too young t...Fantastic trip down memory lane. Sadly too young to remember the shops being like this although my local post office as a child wasn't far off. Think they still had a similar till even in the late 70s. Lovely picture.Synflamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698351187221918659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-88961306032561702142010-12-06T10:32:12.206+00:002010-12-06T10:32:12.206+00:00I'd have ;loved to visit this. How brilliant....I'd have ;loved to visit this. How brilliant. xxDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269721218424514656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-91703625235046261912010-12-05T14:58:19.394+00:002010-12-05T14:58:19.394+00:00I can just about remember Brown Muff's from wh...I can just about remember Brown Muff's from when I was a kid (my grandma lived in Bradford) We had Rowntree's in Scarborough, which was very similar. It became Debenham's, then was knocked down to make way for a nasty shopping centre......MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-81695110081912886132010-12-05T13:24:06.220+00:002010-12-05T13:24:06.220+00:00What an interesting post. «Louis» is fascinated by...What an interesting post. «Louis» is fascinated by how some stores can be <i>THE</i> place to shop for a time - and then find themselves grasping for business. One such in San Francisco was the City of Paris department store. Having once been a favorite of the local moneyed class, it faded and failed. The building sat vacant for many years. Then Neiman-Marcus built on the City of Paris site. Neiman-Marcus preserved the <a href="http://places2explore.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/neiman-marcus-hdr-fisheye-01.jpg?w=450&h=681" rel="nofollow">rotunda</a> of the old City of Paris.Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-3544842399907367122010-12-05T12:56:34.453+00:002010-12-05T12:56:34.453+00:00That must be great to step back in time, a nice pr...That must be great to step back in time, a nice project of the BBC.biebkriebelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01539958495933835606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-46232983823169577022010-12-05T10:47:19.947+00:002010-12-05T10:47:19.947+00:00There was a similar department store in Derby when...There was a similar department store in Derby when I was a child. Ranby's was the quality place to shop. Eventaully, it was taken over by Debenhams who have now moved out of the beautiful old building into the Westfield Centre.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357761230206692089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-59635656614805544302010-12-05T10:23:36.255+00:002010-12-05T10:23:36.255+00:00I never revised like that but then I wasn't li...I never revised like that but then I wasn't living near Harrods anymore!!<br />I love this and I sometimes wish I had TV and the Beeb. As it is, all we get here is a specific BBC channel.cieldequimperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541298876304462514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-48654972120145239352010-12-05T10:07:35.828+00:002010-12-05T10:07:35.828+00:00What a great way to teach history and to jog the m...What a great way to teach history and to jog the memories of those old enough to remember when those shops operated.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-78990971915740338232010-12-05T08:52:49.952+00:002010-12-05T08:52:49.952+00:00Wood certainly does give a place that feeling of &...Wood certainly does give a place that feeling of "solid good taste"... it's becoming rarer these days with all things the colder glass, aluminum and plastic... What a nice vintage shot.Franciscahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10733111654769386624noreply@blogger.com