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Unknown

Unknown Report 5 Feb 2006 13:46

The Home and Colonial Stores? Or did you shop at The International?

Unknown

Unknown Report 5 Feb 2006 13:47

I remember bacon slicers, and tins of loose biscuits. Anyone else have any memories? Dee xx

.•:*:•. Devishly Angelic Juliecat & Panda..•:*:•.

.•:*:•. Devishly Angelic Juliecat & Panda..•:*:•. Report 5 Feb 2006 14:00

Never heard of them Juliexx :0)

Unknown

Unknown Report 5 Feb 2006 14:01

Carol Surely your Granny used to tell you about them Dee ;-))

Unknown

Unknown Report 5 Feb 2006 14:02

I remember seeing them, Dee, but neither had a branch near where I lived, so we never shopped there. CB >|<

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 5 Feb 2006 14:02

Hi Dee, I remember Home and Colonial and International., bacon slicers and the general smell of the place. Is it my imagination or did Home and Colonial get bought up by Sainsbury's? Ann Glos

June

June Report 5 Feb 2006 14:05

I remember Home and Colonial, Anne I was wondering who bought them up. June xx

Unknown

Unknown Report 5 Feb 2006 14:06

Anne and June, not sure who took them over CB, were they regional do you think? There was one in Hoddesdon, I'm sure, and one in Hitchin Dee x

***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust***

***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust*** Report 5 Feb 2006 14:15

its somewhere back in my memory, the name rings a bell

Unknown

Unknown Report 5 Feb 2006 14:16

When you think about it it was unhygienic wasn't it? ;-))

Jess Bow Bag

Jess Bow Bag Report 5 Feb 2006 14:34

remember 'International'- wasn't their own Brand called 'Wavy line' or was wavy line a different store altogether?

Unknown

Unknown Report 5 Feb 2006 14:34

I'm a pretty tough bird as well Carol ;-))

Unknown

Unknown Report 5 Feb 2006 14:35

Jess, I seem to remember Wavy Line being a shop in its own right ;-))

June

June Report 5 Feb 2006 14:35

The one I remember was in Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire June xx

***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust***

***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust*** Report 5 Feb 2006 14:36

theres a world of difference between clean dirt and dirty dirt,

East Point

East Point Report 5 Feb 2006 14:37

Remember them well Dee - used to be able to buy broken biscuits there.

Haribo

Haribo Report 5 Feb 2006 14:37

I remember The International (just about) David Gregg had lots of stores all over London, I dont know about anywhere else.

Unknown

Unknown Report 5 Feb 2006 14:51

Broken biscuits, that brings back memories Stella Donna, vaguely remember them, would they have been in Wood Green - used to go there sometimes ;-))

Haribo

Haribo Report 5 Feb 2006 14:54

I know there was one in Kennington and my hubby remembers one in Upper Norwood.

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 5 Feb 2006 14:57

Did they issue greenshield stamps??? GLoria