do you remember when parades of shops used to shut for half a day

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Originally posted by bobbieh:
do you remember when parades of shops used to shut for half a day

They still do wher I live they shut at like 1pm on wednesdays which kinda stupid

Loads of them still do where I live aswell, Wednesday afternoons.

I worked in a shop (many moons ago) and used to hate having to finish work at lunch time on Wednesday. It meant only having a half day off on the Saturday. There was no choice then, practically every shop was the same.

I was once asked to run to the shop before they closed. I got talking to a freind and missed the shop.I was in mums bad book all day.

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Originally posted by little_big_woman:
I was once asked to run to the shop before they closed. I got talking to a freind and missed the shop.I was in mums bad book all day.

No penny daintys for you then.

where i live every shop used to shut all day wednesday it was always known as closing day. the post office and newsagents were the only places that opened to 1 o'clock

Yes I remeber that on a wednesday. I remember when shops were closed on a sunday too.

i also remember that on a wednesday,and on a sunday,our post office used to shut for lunch,i don't think it does now

Not many shops opened on Bank Holiday Monday's either or Good Friday, think that was half day closing as well.

how times have change eh?

Does anyone know the reason why shops used to do this in the first place? I'm sure I did, I just cannot remember.

We used to wee over them, LOL!

Where I live a load of shops still close on Wednesdays, and all hairdressers close on Mondays.

I remember that yes I wish i was still the case, I still remember when shops were closed on a sunday.

I remember when shops were closed for the entire weekend.

Wow really, in the recent/past 10 years, is as I once worked in a supermarket, you could guarantee that on Christmas Eve and every other bank holiday, you could close up by 4pm. Nowadays they are lucky if they close by 6pm. Don't these shop owners, think that the staff have homes and lives to get back to? It isn't as if there aren't any shops open for a week, you will always be able to get bread, milk, etc. at some shop or garage if you have to, so how sad is the owner, that they obviously dont have a life or home to go to and enjoy themselves!!

oh yes it was always wed afternoon. where i live the local libraries still close on wed aftenoon which is obviously a throw back to when the shops closed too.