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Letchworth Shops and Shopping

How has shopping changed over the years? Find out in this section.

  • Butchers Shops
    Butchers Shops
    In Letchworth, the Butchers' shops of the early 1900s were much the same as Victorian Butchers' markets.
  • Hardware & Electricals
    Hardware & Electricals
    Letchworth Garden City has always sold hardware products.
  • High Street Chains
    High Street Chains
    Letchworth has had a number of chain stores from its early days
  • Leys Avenue
    Leys Avenue
    Images from the past
  • Memories of the Shops in Letchworth
    Memories of the Shops in Letchworth
    I am born and raised in Letchworth, and remember many of the shops in  the town..My memories go back to ...
  • Shop till you drop?
    Shop till you drop?
    Old Letchworth shops
  • Supermarkets
    Supermarkets
    This new way of shopping revolutionised post-war Britain.The large self-service supermarkets of the 1950s suited the needs of a new ...
  • Womenswear
    Womenswear
    From drapers and dressmakers to milliners and shoe shops, over the last 100 years Letchworth has had a variety of shops to cater to women's taste for clothes and fashion. Early Letchworthians had few options.
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