23 Things Everybody Misses From The 1970s British Corner Shops

There was a shop at the end of almost every street in working class Britain in the nineteen seventies, and if you grew up on one of those streets you knew it the way you knew your own house. You knew which board creaked when you stepped on it. You knew which shelf the gobstoppers were on without looking. You knew the smell of it, newsprint and sugar and the particular warm smell that came off the wooden counter, and you knew the person behind that counter by name because they'd been there since before you were born and were going to be there long after you grew up and moved away. That was the assumption, anyway. It turned out not to be true.

30 Things That Are ILLEGAL NOW but Were Normal in 1980s Britain

30 Things That Are ILLEGAL NOW but Were Normal in 1980s Britain

Things nineteen seventies British Children Did That Are Now Banned

Things nineteen seventies British Children Did That Are Now Banned

25 Things Every British Family Did During the 1970s Energy Crisis That We've Already Forgotten

25 Things Every British Family Did During the 1970s Energy Crisis That We've Already Forgotten

What £5 Could Buy You in 1978 Britain

What £5 Could Buy You in 1978 Britain

Why No One Got Fat in 1970s Britain — Even Eating Unhealthy Food?

Why No One Got Fat in 1970s Britain — Even Eating Unhealthy Food?

17 JOBS THAT USED TO BE EVERYWHERE IN BRITIAN

17 JOBS THAT USED TO BE EVERYWHERE IN BRITIAN

75 British Foods That VANISHED From Corner Shops FOREVER

75 British Foods That VANISHED From Corner Shops FOREVER

25 Things in Every British Kitchen When Money Was Tight That Have Completely Vanished

25 Things in Every British Kitchen When Money Was Tight That Have Completely Vanished

The Man Who Built Tesco — And Legally Destroyed 30,000 British Shops Doing It

The Man Who Built Tesco — And Legally Destroyed 30,000 British Shops Doing It

WHAT A POUND WOULD BUY YOU IN 1971 YOU'LL BE SHOCKED

WHAT A POUND WOULD BUY YOU IN 1971 YOU'LL BE SHOCKED

British Pubs Were Perfect... Until We Let This Happen

British Pubs Were Perfect... Until We Let This Happen

10 Rock Stars From 1960s That Were Always Drunk On Stage

10 Rock Stars From 1960s That Were Always Drunk On Stage

20 Funny British Home Items That Made Absolutely No Sense (Nan Still Used Them Daily)

20 Funny British Home Items That Made Absolutely No Sense (Nan Still Used Them Daily)

25 Old British Habits for Feeding a Family of Six on a Factory Wage

25 Old British Habits for Feeding a Family of Six on a Factory Wage

20 British Treats From The 1970s That Are Now BANNED

20 British Treats From The 1970s That Are Now BANNED

Perfectly Normal British Behaviour in 1970s That Nobody Would Dare Do Now

Perfectly Normal British Behaviour in 1970s That Nobody Would Dare Do Now

21 Things That Are Normal in British Fish & Chip Shops But Nowhere Else

21 Things That Are Normal in British Fish & Chip Shops But Nowhere Else

13 Things Every British Family Did to Survive a Heatwave in the 1970s

13 Things Every British Family Did to Survive a Heatwave in the 1970s

20 Door-to-Door Jobs That Were Completely Normal in the 1960s (Milkmen, Fuller Brush, Encyclopedias)

20 Door-to-Door Jobs That Were Completely Normal in the 1960s (Milkmen, Fuller Brush, Encyclopedias)

Bizarre British Supermarket Products That Have VANISHED

Bizarre British Supermarket Products That Have VANISHED