Shops – you take them for granted until a pandemic shuts them overnight | Nostalgia

We’ve probably all learned to value our shops much more in the past 17 months.
By Debz Croker
Published 24th Jul 2021, 19:51 BST
Updated 24th Jul 2021, 19:52 BST
Bulson's Stores and Pleasure Retreat in High Street, Lee-on-the-Solent, the closest Lee got to having a department store in its main street.Bulson's Stores and Pleasure Retreat in High Street, Lee-on-the-Solent, the closest Lee got to having a department store in its main street.
Bulson's Stores and Pleasure Retreat in High Street, Lee-on-the-Solent, the closest Lee got to having a department store in its main street.

Who will ever forget the eerie quiet that descended on our high streets during that first lockdown?

So today we’re looking at some very old shop fronts from around the area.

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And if this whets your appetite click here for a few more in our gallery.

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