[News] Who does shop in BHS?

Bozza · Apr 25, 2016

As BHS enter administration, I find myself mulling who actually buys stuff in there. Not enough people, clearly, but there must still be some.

I only ever go into BHS in the lead up to Christmas, generally as part of my desperate "don't know what to buy" phase as they do always seem to have an extraordinary selection of Christmas gift tat.

I also recall, from my childhood, that they did seem to be the place my parents would go to for lighting. They had a wondrous lighting section. Must have cost a fortune in electricity to run. Do they still have this even?

Thunder Bolt · Apr 25, 2016

Yes, they still have a lighting section.
Yes, I have bought occasional items in BHS.

pasty · Apr 25, 2016

The only time I ever enter BHS now is because it is generally the quickest way from the front of Churchill Square to the middle of the shopping centre.

Bozza · Apr 25, 2016

Thunder Bolt said:
Yes, they still have a lighting section.
Yes, I have bought occasional items in BHS.

Like an occasional table?

Igzilla · Apr 25, 2016

Bozza said:
As BHS enter administration, I find myself mulling who actually buys stuff in there. Not enough people, clearly, but there must still be some.

I only ever go into BHS in the lead up to Christmas, generally as part of my desperate "don't know what to buy" phase as they do always seem to have an extraordinary selection of Christmas gift tat.

I also recall, from my childhood, that they did seem to be the place my parents would go to for lighting. They had a wondrous lighting section. Must have cost a fortune in electricity to run. Do they still have this even?

I always imagine the BHS in Worthing does a roaring trade...

GoldWithFalmer · Apr 25, 2016

weird,i was just thinking where is a thread on this......personally i don't but my mum used to take me there too.....think Churchill square used to have a downstairs restaurant with,food coming round on a conveyor belt or something?

Moshe Gariani · Apr 25, 2016

Which NSCers are BHS regulars...?

Bozza · Apr 25, 2016

GoldWithFalmer said:
weird,i was just thinking where is a thread on this......personally i don't but my mum used to take me there too.....think Churchill square used to have a downstairs restaurant with,food coming round on a conveyor belt or something?

I think you're getting confused with Yo! Sushi.

Hampster Gull · Apr 25, 2016

Always felt like going back in time

glasfryn · Apr 25, 2016

mostly shite, and to much of it
cafe useless now
good advert for private enterprise, could'nt run a p1ss-up in a brewery.
Oh and they have just opened a small supermarket at the one in Eastbourne
feel for the staff in all of them, and unless someone buy it out the government is going to have to step in and pay out the pension fund.
used to be Ok in the 70s/80s........................and maybe that was/is the problem ..........they are still there?

GoldWithFalmer · Apr 25, 2016

Bozza said:
I think you're getting confused with Yo! Sushi.

No seriously,talking about 1980 1985 ish.......we would order our food,and it came round to us......perhaps someone will remember it,either that or it was to return the plates on the trays back to the kitchen..

Acker79 · Apr 25, 2016

They're one of the places I go when looking for trousers or a jumper, but I rarely end up buying anything. My mum and sister always go their for the christmas eve sales.

glasfryn · Apr 25, 2016

Bozza said:
I think you're getting confused with Yo! Sushi.

he might be right other half gone to bed,she would know

8ace · Apr 25, 2016

GoldWithFalmer said:
weird,i was just thinking where is a thread on this......personally i don't but my mum used to take me there too.....think Churchill square used to have a downstairs restaurant with,food coming round on a conveyor belt or something?

I think I got taken there once whereabouts was it in the old Churchill Square

Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews · Apr 25, 2016

British Home Stores was only there to act as a meeting place (out the front of...) until the advent of mobile phones

glasfryn · Apr 25, 2016

8ace said:
I think I got taken there once whereabouts was it in the old Churchill Square

right at the front
they also tried to open a food hall opposite the cafe

The Spanish · Apr 25, 2016

GoldWithFalmer said:
No seriously,talking about 1980 1985 ish.......we would order our food,and it came round to us......perhaps someone will remember it,either that or it was to return the plates on the trays back to the kitchen..

you are right we used to go with my Nan, blimey thats a blast from the past.

GoldWithFalmer · Apr 25, 2016

8ace said:
I think I got taken there once whereabouts was it in the old Churchill Square

on the front,the restaurant was down a level....with a conveyor belt of some kind...

Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews · Apr 25, 2016

GoldWithFalmer said:
weird,i was just thinking where is a thread on this......personally i don't but my mum used to take me there too.....think Churchill square used to have a downstairs restaurant with,food coming round on a conveyor belt or something?

I used to go c1978 it just had a long metal rail to slide the tray along. My mother used to treat me on a Thursday to the under 12s Sausage and chips but as I was 11 I resented the fact it came on a paper plate with a train design only suitable for a three year old. I liked the sausage and chips though

8ace · Apr 25, 2016

glasfryn said:
right at the front
they also tried to open a food hall opposite the cafe

So it was

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