The High Street Shops We Loved & Lost

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7:00 PM to 7:55 PM

Thursday 31 July

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Part two of two. A look back at an era when booking a holiday meant a trip to the high street to visit Lunn Poly or Thomas Cook. There's also a celebration of the new giants that revolutionised shopping habits, from Our Price and Toys R Us in the 80s to Athena and Phones 4U in the 90s. Anne Hegerty and Lesley Joseph bemoan the loss of Debenhams, Robert Elms spills the beans on his time as a less-than-helpful shop assistant, and Mark Heyes sees reasons for optimism that the high street as we knew and loved it could still have a future