This is how you will probably remember Top Man and Top Shop, 1987This is how you will probably remember Top Man and Top Shop, 1987
This is how you will probably remember Top Man and Top Shop, 1987

16 retro scenes from Blackpool town centre which will take you right back to shopping as a teenager

Stumbling across a clutch of photos of school clothing store Rawcliffe’s had us thinking about the other shops we went to as teenagers.

Rawcliffe’s was home of the school blazer, most people from Blackpool would have stepped foot inside the store at least once – or for football and sports wear. Marks and Spencer was another must for mums shopping school uniform. But HMV and Virgin Megastore were the choice shops of teenagers back in the day. And, of course, Woolworths, home of pick n mix, stationery and Top 40 singles. What were your favourite shops on Saturday afternoons? Let us know

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