Mrs ET got really excited as we drove into Annecy - shouted with joy 🙄 (1 Viewer)

[EuroTrotters]

 

[Figaro]

She got excited about a B&M ?

I remember my OH's joy at finding a branch of M&S in Valetta Malta.

These women are easily pleased

 

[Ridgeway]

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

 

[EuroTrotters]

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

We go to the carrefour in Doussard.

Nice barmaid in the local bar

 

[gus-lopez]

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The one we stopped at somewhere around Dreux, Evreux , there was only furniture in. no food.

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[ElliesBoss]

My wife got excited about finding a C&A in Spain .

 

[sedge]

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?

 

[Ridgeway]

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?

Clemens and August

 

[Ridgeway]

There’s one in every town here, for some reason the Dutch family that owns C&A moved here with there $$$ years ago

 

[Taran_Las]

There's a B&M not far from Carcassonne airport. I did look twice when I saw the sign above the store.

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[HKF]

I remember shopping in the first store in the 70s.

Our History

The business was founded in 1978 with the first store opening in Blackpool.

www.bandmretail.com

 

[Tribute615]

I remember shopping in the first store in the 70s.

Our History

The business was founded in 1978 with the first store opening in Blackpool.

www.bandmretail.com

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.
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!

 

[Janine]

They have really upped their game recently with their uk stores(maybe since the demise of Wilko?) so, yes, I would be excited too.

 

[gus-lopez]

so, yes, I would be excited too.

It is when you find that they sell no food you become depressed.

 

[scotzsue]

I remember shopping in the first store in the 70s.

Our History

The business was founded in 1978 with the first store opening in Blackpool.

www.bandmretail.com

Me too, couple of friends an I often had a day out there
amazing how much you could get in a romahome.

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[Janine]

It is when you find that they sell no food you become depressed.

They sell Spam which is almost food

 

[DandJ]

C & A...named Cheap and Awful when we were kids.

 

[The Coops]

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.
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!

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 Rd

 

[dunnah01]

Never mind B&M they now have Screwfix in France

 

[Spriddler]

My wife got excited about finding a C&A in Spain .

I got excited at finding a traditional British butcher's shop in Slough.

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[Figaro]

It is when you find that they sell no food you become depressed.

They sell Frey Bentos pies, your correct, they don't sell food

 

[pelican]

There's one just off M27 on the way to Portsmouth. Just right for stocking up all your budget food before the ferry.
A most depressing store.

 

[pelican]

I got excited at finding a traditional British butcher's shop in Slough.

What no Halal.

 

[gus-lopez]

Never mind B&M they now have Screwfix in France

& spain by all accounts?

 

[Spriddler]

What no Halal.

In the 'High St.' all I could see were foreign food shops - mostly Polish and Asian/Mid Eastern it seemed.

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[Lenny HB]

My wife got excited about finding a C&A in Spain .

Sheltered life, it's only the UK stores they closed they are in practically every other country in Europe.

 

[Rjcamper]

I got very excited when I saw a Toolstation driving through France

 

[stevewagner]

What no Halal.

Plenty of Halal butchers in Slough!

 

[mitzimad]

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?

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.

 

[Folkranger]

Pulling into Gouda earlier this week, a frequent stop for us, wife was really looking forward to visiting C&A. However her bubble burst when she found it closed it's doors last August.

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