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We go to the carrefour in Doussard.If you go a bit further down the lake there’s a Carrefour that has Marmite and Quaker porridge oats on the shelf, we go almost just for that![]()
The one we stopped at somewhere around Dreux, Evreux , there was only furniture in. no food.
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When I was about young I asked my mom, you know how people shorten Marks & Spencer to M&S - well, what's C&A stand for then? I don't know Jen - maybe it's Coats & 'Ats?
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Me 2 but it wasn't the one in Blackpool ,it was a warehouse facing the bus station in Cleveley's before they built the one at the rear of the bus station.I remember shopping in the first store in the 70s.
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The business was founded in 1978 with the first store opening in Blackpool.www.bandmretail.com
It is when you find that they sell no food you become depressed.so, yes, I would be excited too.![]()
Me too, couple of friends an I often had a day out thereI remember shopping in the first store in the 70s.
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Our History
The business was founded in 1978 with the first store opening in Blackpool.www.bandmretail.com
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They sell Spam which is almost foodIt is when you find that they sell no food you become depressed.![]()
The one in Kirkham has reverted back to Maymans store We too were there MIL lives round the corner from where the one used to be on Highfield/Lytham RdMe 2 but it wasn't the one in Blackpool ,it was a warehouse facing the bus station in Cleveley's before they built the one at the rear of the bus station.
here's a locals take on their beginning.
The true begining of B&Ms is a little different to the above. In early to mid 1960's two young Blackpool people started selling Toilet rolls and household cleaning products on Fleetwood Market. Little did Brian and Pauline know that their small business would end up being a national company turning over £3billion pounds a year!
Malcolm and Pauline Billington opened their first shop on Dickson Road Blackpool (behind the Derby Baths) called Derby Bargains in 1964/5 then went on to open a shop in Kirkham with partners Brian and Rossella Mayman and THEN one in Highfield Road South Shore near the junction with Lytham Road not long after. They also opened in St Annes and Lytham. They called the shops B&M BARGAINS! Both their names had the same initials so B&M's came naturally. It was Brian and Malcolm or Billington and Mayman, either worked!
The history on the internet may tell a different story but as someone who was there I can guarantee this is how it all started!
Cleveleys (1978) was not their first store but their 6th!
I got excited at finding a traditional British butcher's shop in Slough.My wife got excited about finding a C&A in Spain.
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They sell Frey Bentos pies, your correct, they don't sell foodIt is when you find that they sell no food you become depressed.![]()
What no Halal.I got excited at finding a traditional British butcher's shop in Slough.
& spain by all accounts?Never mind B&M they now have Screwfix in France![]()
In the 'High St.' all I could see were foreign food shops - mostly Polish and Asian/Mid Eastern it seemed.What no Halal.
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Sheltered life, it's only the UK stores they closed they are in practically every other country in Europe.My wife got excited about finding a C&A in Spain.
Plenty of Halal butchers in Slough!What no Halal.
Paddy was celebrating his new purchase, of a pair of wellies. He was showing them to Murphy and his missus. Look, they even have a 'L' on one, and an 'R' on the other. so that I know the left from the right. Bejesus said the missus, 'that's why it has C&A on me knickers.When I was about young I asked my mom, you know how people shorten Marks & Spencer to M&S - well, what's C&A stand for then? I don't know Jen - maybe it's Coats & 'Ats?
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